EUROPLANET Space Innovation Night (E-SPIN)

Over the past few years, several industry and policy events organised by Europlanet have highlighted the challenge of attracting and engaging academics in productive exchanges with industry and policy professionals. Additionally, there is an opportunity to expand interest in planetary science communication to a broader group of academics. To foster interactions, connections and potential collaborations among diverse Europlanet communities—including academics, industry professionals, policymakers, and communicators at all career levels—we have introduced the Europlanet Space Innovation Night (E-SPIN) as a new thematic event at the 2024 Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC) in Berlin. The idea of the E-SPIN event is to focus on ‘innovation’ in planetary sciences, serving as a common thread across all these communities.