Two days at SQUARE in Brussels where the European Commission, ESA, member states, national agencies, industry, defence actors and investors set out the European space agenda for the year.
The European Space Conference is the annual policy conference of the European space sector, held each January in Brussels. The 19th edition takes place on 26 and 27 January 2027 at SQUARE, the Brussels convention centre on the Mont des Arts. It is organised by Business Bridge Europe, part of MCI Group, and brings together European institutions, member states, national space agencies, industry, defence actors, innovators and investors. The programme is built around competitiveness, security, sustainability, innovation and investment in European space.
This is the annual public statement of European space policy. The commissioner responsible for space, the ESA director general and national ministers use it to announce direction, and industry responds on the same stage. Because it falls in January, it effectively frames the sector's year: budget decisions, programme priorities, the EU Space Act and the constellation and launcher debates all get their first full airing here. Attendance is compact and senior, and the corridors matter as much as the plenary.
The European Space Conference in January is the institutional set piece. The European Space Forum, held mid-year in Brussels, is a smaller policy discussion event. Neither is a trade fair: European space procurement and supply chain business happens at Space Tech Expo Europe in Bremen and, for defence and commercial strategy, at World Space Business Week in Paris.
It is organised by a private conference company but functions as the sector's institutional meeting point, with the Commission, ESA and member states shaping the programme and speaking from the main stage.
No. There is no exhibition floor. The format is plenary and panel sessions with structured networking.
Compact by design. This is a policy conference of several hundred senior participants rather than a mass event, which is the source of its access value.
SQUARE sits on the Mont des Arts in central Brussels, a short walk from the Central Station and within reach of the European quarter, which is why it hosts many institutional conferences.
The two days each January when European space policy is set out in public, with the Commission, the agency and the member states in the same room as industry.
Registration and partnership details are published on the conference website ahead of the event. The organiser opens an interest registration well in advance and confirms delegate pricing closer to the date; sponsorship and partnership packages are quoted directly. Places are limited by the venue, and the conference has historically filled ahead of the January dates.
26 and 27 January 2027 at SQUARE Brussels Convention Centre, Mont des Arts, 1000 Brussels.
The organiser invites interest registration on the site, with delegate registration opening later. Pricing was not published at the verification date.
English throughout, in line with European institutional practice.
| Official website | https://spaceconference.eu/ |
| Previous edition, European Commission | https://defence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu/ |