VIP FORTITUDE Beyond Gravity

Follow award-winning filmmaker Torsten Hoffmann as he meets leaders in the emerging space industry, including policymakers from the United Nations, renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, leading venture capitalists, established technology companies, as well as ambitious start-ups, astronauts and many more.

Sparked by humanity’s thirst for exploration and propelled by breathtaking technological advances, a New Space Renaissance is emerging. Fortitude uncovers how a few influential individuals with utopian ideas and vast fortunes are forging a trillion-dollar off-world industry, while inspiring millions of us back on Earth.

This is the story of those who take the risks, invest the capital, and endeavor to turn science fiction into science fact.

Link to Teaser

Program (13 Sep 2024):

16:00 Welcome at Beyond Gravity

16:15 VIP Location Tour:

- Satellite Assembly

- Clean Rooms

- Testing Facilities

- Mars/Rover Simulator

followed by Apéro Riche on site

-Transfer-

Hyatt Convention Hall (The Circle, Zurich Airport):

17:45   Red Carpet Opens

18:00  Welcome Cocktail

19:00  Introduction / Overview FORTITUDE

19:10  FORTITUDE Part 1

20:00  Panel Discussion: "LEO-Moon-Mars: Space Economy in 2040"

- Pascale Ehrenfreund (COSPAR President), Panel Lead

- Claude Nicollier (EPFL Professor, Swiss Astronaut)

- Oliver Grassmann (EVP Satellites, Beyond Gravity)

- Torsten Hoffmann

20:30  --Break--

20:50  FORTITUDE Part 2

21:30  Farewell &   Outlook LUNAR WEEK