Mr. Luca del Monte is a senior executive at the European Space Agency with strong background in industrial policy making, strategy development and deep tech. He is responsible for the ESA Commercialisation Department which support European space entrepreneurs in their journey to commercialisation and to sustainable scale-up on the global markets, with a full range of services including business incubation, transfer of technology and connection with the investors community. Mr. del Monte holds a master degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Rome, La Sapienza, he is graduated from the French Armament Research Studies Centre, and he is professor of Space Commercialisation at the Politechnic University of Bari (Italy).