Marianne Vinje Tantillo is Head of Human Spaceflight and Exploration at the Norwegian Space Agency. She represents Norway at ESA in the field of Human Spaceflight and Exploration, as well as in the EU Horizon 2020 Space Programme.

She currently serves as vice chair for the ESA Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration Programme Board. She holds a Master in Applied Mathematics from University of Oslo, Norway, and worked 4 years in ESA (ESTEC/ESOC) as well as in European space industry, before joining the Norwegian Space Agency in 2001.

Matthias Maurer was born in Sankt Wendel (Saarland), Germany, on 18 March 1970.

Matthias participated in the selection process for ESA astronauts in 2008/2009 and passed all selection tests to make it through to the final 10. Though not an original member of the ESA class of 2009, he did join ESA in 2010 as a crew support engineer and eurocom for the Columbus flight control team.

In 2012 Matthias took a lead role in ESA Astronaut Centre projects to prepare for future spaceflight operations with new international partners and extend the Agency’s human exploration expertise beyond the International Space Station.

In September 2014 he was a member of the ESA CAVES expedition crew, contributing his eurocom skills and extensive research and development experience while assessing the programme’s suitability for participation by international partners and potential spin-offs for additional EAC projects.

Matthias formally joined the European astronaut corps in July 2015, and successfully graduated from both basic astronaut training and pre-assignment training in 2018.

In 2016 Matthias participated in the NASA NEEMO 21 analogue mission, spending a total of 16 days underwater as part of a crew testing exploration strategies and tools for future Mars missions.

In August 2017, he participated in sea survival training off the coast of China with fellow ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti and seven Chinese Taikonauts. This was the first time foreign astronauts had been invited to participate in Chinese training.

Between 2017 and 2019 Matthias continued to participate in geological field trainings related to future moon exploration and, in March 2018, he gained certification to perform International Space Station-related spacewalks in the American spacesuit EMU.

Dr. Angel Abbud-Madrid is the Director of the Center for Space Resources at the Colorado School of Mines, where he also leads the new Space Resources Graduate Program, aimed at educating scientists, engineers, economists, entrepreneurs, and policy makers in the field of extraterrestrial resources.  He is currently the President of the Space Resources Roundtable organization.  He has more than 30 years of experience in space projects conducted on NASA’s drop towers, microgravity aircraft, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station and received the NASA Astronauts' Personal Achievement Award for his contributions to human spaceflight.  Dr. Abbud-Madrid holds a B.S.E. in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from ITESM, México, and Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Kristian Ebbesen Fjelde is heading up the strategy development team in Equinor, an international energy company inspired by its vision of shaping the future of energy. He is passionate about the long-term direction of the industry and the role the company is taking to bring sustainable, affordable energy to a growing population. Kristian joined Equinor in 2007 and has throughout his career held a variety of challenging leadership and professional positions where strategy, complexity and leadership have been core ingredients. A key focus in his current role is to help bridge the gap between current challenges and future opportunities. Kristian is confident that new approaches to business strategy, development of people, climate action, collaboration and building strong networks across industries is vital to navigating the energy transition.

Hans-Christian is Head of Innovation and Development in Space Norway. Hans-Christian has more than thirty years of experience with mobile satellite communications in the European Space Agency and Inmarsat.

Kjell-Ove retired as Major General from the Norwegian Military in 2012, after more than 38 years in active duty. He is Head of Strategy and Analysis in Space Norway and Project Director for the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission project, the largest space project in Norway throughout time. 

Carina Helle Berg is a researcher and deputy head of CIRiS – Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Space. Since 2009 she has been manager of the only Norwegian control room for remote operations of payloads onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Through the work of N-USOC, Berg and her team has provided support to scientists worldwide performing micro-gravity experiments on the ISS. They have collaborated closely with the operations centers of NASA and ESA and been part of the testing and verification of hardware developed specifically for use onboard the ISS.

In addition to managing the N-USOC, planning the test campaigns and integration activities, as well as the 24/7 support during real-time operations, Berg is studying human and organizational aspects of control room operations.

Chief executive with line management experience from Technology development, Renewable energy, Oil Services and Top Tier consulting firms. Current responsibilities include identifying, financing, planning and delivering international research projects within Space and Energy. Working closely with the European Space Agency, the Norwegian Space Center and Christian Michelsen Research (Norway's oldest research institute). Core experience from stock listed companies as well as consulting work, both nationally and internationally.

Nathalie Labonnote is a senior research scientist at SINTEF and an adjunct associate professor at NTNU. She holds a MSc. in Space Engineering from France and a PhD in Structural Engineering from Norway. She is working daily with the digital transformation of the building industry, and is always curious about new solutions for moving the world forward, especially when those combine computer science, architecture and engineering.

Harald Justnes is Chief Scientist at SINTEF and Adjunct Professor at NTNU. With a PhD in inorganic chemistry, he has been applying chemistry to understand and develop concrete materials technology for the last 35 years in terms of binder reactivity, chemical admixtures and durability. The focus in the later years has been related to sustainability issues and how to utilize waste and natural clays to form concrete binders.

Professor Anna-Lena Kjøniksen has a PhD in polymer science from the University of Oslo. She has long experience working on various polymer systems, nanoparticles, and hydrogels for a range of different applications, such as controlled drug delivery, gene delivery, nanomedicine, enhanced oil recovery, water purification, and energy technology. She is currently leading a large research project where microcapsules containing phase change materials are incorporated into concrete, with the aim of gaining a material with superior thermal energy storage capabilities while keeping its structural strength. She is also leading a research project in collaboration with ESA to develop geopolymers based on lunar regolith as building materials intended for construction on the moon. She has more than 140 publications in international reviewed journals.