Space used to be the area of ‘the right stuff’, where astronauts were daredevils and test pilots and spacecraft designers were hardcore aerospace engineers. Fast forwarding 50 years in time and we find the space industry changed in many ways, offering opportunities to a much more diverse workforce. However, the idea of the Apollo-era ‘right stuff’ is still lingering with modern society. This presentation shows the real education and career opportunities in the global space sector in 2023, showing YOU how YOU can prepare YOUR career in this exciting universe.

Remco Timmermans is an independent online marketing and social media specialist for the international space sector. He is a well-known space influencer and mentor to aspiring space communicators. He is the founder of his own space marketing agency Spaceside OÜ, a faculty member of the International Space University and a member of the IAF Space Education and Outreach Committee.

Remco designs and runs creative online campaigns for a variety of space organisations, both in academic, government and commercial space. He is a founding member of the new Space Communications Alliance, that brings together key media, PR and communications organisations in the space industry.

Remco has an undergraduate degree in business administration and mechanical engineering, a master’s degree in business sciences, and he is a graduate of the International Space University Space Studies Program, where he also periodically teaches space management and business, with an emphasis on marketing and communication.

Remco is the chief editor of the Groundstation.Space website, where he writes about Earth Observation and space data funding and business startup opportunities.

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