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First-of-its-kind Executive Programme at Thai Space Expo
C-suite leaders gather for a first-of-its-kind executive learning experience to understand how space can be a competitive advantage for their non-space business.
Registration Is Now Open!
The Space Advantage: Strategies to Accelerate Non-Space Industries
Specially designed for C-suite executives from non-space businesses, this is a first-of-its-kind programme presented by GISTDA, SST Think Tank and Deloitte.
The half-day hands-on session combines regional leadership, innovation expertise, and global business insights to show how space as a horizontal technology can unlock relevance, resilience, and future growth for non-space businesses.
Date: 17 October 2025
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Venue: Thai Space Expo, Bangkok
Address: True Icon Hall, 7th Floor, ICONSIAM Building, Bangkok
Seats are limited. Registration closes on Friday, 10 October 2025.
Why Attend?
Just as AI has become an enabling technology across industries, space is now emerging as the next horizontal enabler of business transformation. This half-day executive course is designed to help C-level leaders in non-space corporates understand how space technologies can unlock new opportunities, drive innovation, and sharpen competitive advantage.
Who Should Attend?
This programme is tailored for:
- C-suite executives seeking innovative strategies to accelerate growth
- Business leaders and senior managers looking to explore new competitive advantages
- Government and policy leaders interested in cross-sector applications of space technologies
- Innovation and strategy heads tasked with driving digital transformation and long-term business resilience
What You’ll Gain
- Strategic Perspective: Learn how space is shaping industries far beyond aerospace.
- Global Insights: Hear from Candace Johnson, who built successful space ecosystems in Europe, about lessons for non-space businesses.
- Real-World Applications: Engage with GISTDA and leading space startups to explore how space solutions are addressing challenges in logistics, agriculture, energy, finance, and connectivity.
- Actionable Tools: Participate in reflection exercises to apply “space thinking” — moonshot mindset, systems thinking, resilience — directly to your business.
Mission-Driven Leadership – Strengthening
purpose alignment in high-performance teams
Agenda
10:00–10:20 | Why Space Matters for Business
Introduction to why space is increasingly relevant for businesses. Explore space as a horizontal technology and enabler of competitive advantage, with key insights from SEA Growth Pathways on how companies can begin leveraging space technologies.
10:20–11:00 | Building Space Ecosystems & Working with Non-space Companies
Candace Johnson, pioneering entrepreneur and investor, shares her experience building space ecosystems and collaborating with non-space companies. Learn about space spinoff technologies and applications across logistics, agriculture, finance, energy, and connectivity, alongside leadership lessons in moonshot thinking, systems thinking, smart risk-taking, and purposeful, resilient leadership, reinforced with mini-case examples.
11:00–11:40 | Panel Discussion: Real-World Applications
GISTDA and regional startups highlight how space technologies are addressing real-world business needs in Southeast Asia, sharing adoption challenges, lessons learned, and measurable impacts from a startup perspective.
11:40–12:00 | Reflection Exercise: Defining Problem Statements
Participants define company problem statements that could be addressed with space technologies, guided by facilitators using a structured approach to produce actionable outcomes.
Registration Is Open!
The Space Advantage: Strategies to Accelerate Non-Space Industries
Specially designed for C-suite executives from non-space businesses, this is a first-of-its-kind programme presented by GISTDA, SST Think Tank and Deloitte.
The half-day hands-on session combines regional leadership, innovation expertise, and global business insights to show how space as a horizontal technology can unlock relevance, resilience, and future growth for non-space businesses.
Date: 17 October 2025
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Venue: Thai Space Expo, Bangkok
Address: True Icon Hall, 7th Floor, ICONSIAM Building, Bangkok
Seats are limited. Registration closes on Friday, 10 October 2025.
Why Attend?
Just as AI has become an enabling technology across industries, space is now emerging as the next horizontal enabler of business transformation. This half-day executive course is designed to help C-level leaders in non-space corporates understand how space technologies can unlock new opportunities, drive innovation, and sharpen competitive advantage.
Who Should Attend?
This programme is tailored for:
• C-suite executives seeking innovative strategies to accelerate growth
• Business leaders and senior managers looking to explore new competitive advantages
• Government and policy leaders interested in cross-sector applications of space technologies
• Innovation and strategy heads tasked with driving digital transformation and long-term business resilience
What You’ll Gain
• Strategic Perspective: Learn how space is shaping industries far beyond aerospace.
• Global Insights: Hear from Candace Johnson, who built Luxembourg’s space ecosystem, on lessons for non-space businesses.
• Real-World Applications: Engage with GISTDA and leading space startups (Thaicom, MuSpace, GalaxEye) showcasing how space solutions are solving challenges in logistics, agriculture, energy, finance, and connectivity.
Actionable Tools: Participate in reflection exercises to apply “space thinking” — moonshot mindset, systems thinking, resilience — directly to your business.
Agenda
10:00–10:20 | Why Space Matters for Business
Introduction to why space is increasingly relevant for businesses. Explore space as a horizontal technology and enabler of competitive advantage, with key insights from SEA Growth Pathways on how companies can begin leveraging space technologies.
10:20–11:00 | Space in Action & Space Thinking Lessons
Candace Johnson, pioneering entrepreneur and investor, shares her experience building Luxembourg’s space ecosystem and collaborating with non-space companies. Learn about space spinoff technologies and applications across logistics, agriculture, finance, energy, and connectivity, alongside leadership lessons in moonshot thinking, systems thinking, smart risk-taking, and purposeful, resilient leadership, reinforced with mini-case examples.
11:00–11:40 | Panel Discussion: Real-World Applications
GISTDA and regional startups (Thaicom, MuSpace, GalaxEye) highlight how space technologies are addressing real-world business needs in Southeast Asia, sharing adoption challenges, lessons learned, and measurable impacts from a startup perspective.
11:40–12:00 | Reflection Exercise: Defining Problem Statements
Participants define company problem statements that could be addressed with space technologies, guided by facilitators using a structured approach to produce actionable outcomes.
Mission-Driven Leadership – Strengthening
purpose alignment in high-performance teams
SST Think Tank connects innovators, industry leaders, and investors to drive commercial growth and cross-border collaboration.