Webinars
09 December 2025
From Industry to Orbit: New Pathways for UK Technology in Space - Webinar
This webinar, which is organised by the Midlands Aerospace Alliance, will introduce the ESA Technology Broker programme and explain how UK companies can access ESA support to transfer innovative terrestrial technologies into commercial and institutional space applications.
Topics covered will include:
- Introduction to TWI
- Introduction to the ESA Technology Broker network
- Technology transfer pathways from industry into space
- Success stories and examples from industry sectors
- Prepare for Space Programme
- How to engage with the UK Technology Broker team
Whether you’re an established aerospace manufacturer, an advanced engineering SME, or a technology innovator looking to diversify, this session will help you understand pragmatic routes into the rapidly expanding global space market.
Speakers
Dr Abbasi Gandhi
Business Development Executive
TWI Ltd
Dr Abbasi Gandhi has over 18 years of experience in the manufacturing and RTO based organizations. He worked and managed a wide variety of R&D projects in the following technical areas: bio-nano-technologies, powder metallurgy, heat treatment, thin films, materials processing, materials joining, materials characterisation, surface modification, functional coatings, materials sintering, energy harvesting and thermodynamics. He has been involved on large scale industrial and EU projects as research assistance and finished as Team manager prior to joining TWI in 2019. His main areas of involvement at TWI include diffusion bonding, microjoining (soldering, resistance welding, ultrasonic bonding etc.), powder metallurgy (sintering, processing etc.), functional coatings (bio coating, piezoelectric coatings etc.), surface modification as well as general heat treatments.