Mr Thibault VALENTIN is a Policy Officer working in the space sector in the European Commission since 2021. He is responsible for Space partnerships for Asia and the Pacific notably in the field of Earth observation in the DG for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) since 2023. Prior to that he worked in another DG on the evolution of the contributing missions of Copernicus (component of the EU Space programme) and on the EU Space Policy as Policy Assistant. Before joining the European Commission, he worked in business associations for EU advocacy and in economic diplomacy. He holds a double Master of Arts (MA) in political science (European affairs) and international relations (spe. security and defence) from the Institute of Political Science of Strasbourg.