Anna Burzykowska

Anna Burzykowska has over 15 years of experience in the space and Earth observation industry. She currently works at the European Space Agency (ESA) Copernicus Space Office, where she supports the programmatic management of the next generation Copernicus infrastructure, including Sentinel Expansion and Extension missions. Throughout her career at ESA, she has held various positions, including at the Agency Office in Washington, DC, World Bank, and the European Space Research Institute (ESRIN) in Frascati, Italy. In these roles, she has managed partnerships with international financing institutions under the ESA's 'eoworld' and Earth Observation for Sustainable Development (EO4SD) initiatives, and led numerous projects that demonstrated the use of satellite remote sensing for sustainable development, environmental, security applications as well as EO entrepreneurship development programmes. Currently, she is leading activities exploring Future Connectivity technologies for EO as well as DirectionEarth.Space initiative aimed to engage younger generations into new visionary European space projects.