Speaker: Imagery and Sensing for Industry: The Incredible, Insatiable Demand for Environmental Data

Massimo Claudio Comparini has a Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Remote Sensing and Radar Systems, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” and a Degree in Strategy at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, CA.
He began his career in the space industry in 1983 at Selenia Spazio reaching the role of Chief Technology Officer.
In Thales Alenia Space, he took up the role of Deputy Chief Technical Officer, CTO and VP for R&D, Technology, Product Policy and IPR. In 2013 he was appointed Chief Technical Officer at Telespazio.
He is also the Chairman of Space Innovation in the Italian Technology Platform SPIN IT.
In 2016, he has been appointed as Head of Geoinformation Business Unit of Telespazio and as CEO of e-GEOS.