--- title: "Space Economy Congress 2026: Turning satellite data into business intelligence | Earthpulse" description: Earthpulse wins the 2nd ESA Φ-lab Grand Marathon Challenge at Hello Tomorrow Summit event in Amsterdam. image: https://www.earthpulse.ai/hubfs/PXL_20260709_161000545.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://www.earthpulse.ai/resources/space-economy-congress-2026-turning-satellite-data-into-business-intelligence#main-content) Toggle navigation [Earthpulse](https://www.earthpulse.ai/) [search](https://www.earthpulse.ai/hs-search-results) - [Solutions](https://www.earthpulse.ai/solutions) - [Strategic](https://www.earthpulse.ai/solutions/strategic-intelligence) - [Operational](https://www.earthpulse.ai/solutions/operation-intelligence) - [Compliance](https://www.earthpulse.ai/solutions/compliance-through-satellite) - [Pulses](https://www.earthpulse.ai/solutions/pulses) - [Solutions Catalogue](https://www.earthpulse.ai/solutions-catalogue) - Products - [SPAI](https://www.earthpulse.ai/products/spai) - [Earthpulse! 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Now in its 6th edition (formerly New Space Catalonia), the congress is Catalonia's flagship space business gathering, organised by the Cambra de Comerç de Barcelona and aligned with the Catalunya Espai 2030 strategy — bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, and the wider Iberian space ecosystem for two days of dialogue on space as critical infrastructure. ### The roundtable: Earth Observation, AI & Data Exploitation Earthpulse CEO, Laura Moreno, joined a roundtable session on the theme "*Most secure highways, anticipating the risks of the future*", sharing success cases alongside partners from **Abertis** and **SEAT**. The discussion centred on [Earthpulse's **Arlanda**](https://www.earthpulse.ai/resources/earthpulse-joins-the-abertis-arlanda-initiative) and **Slopes** projects — using geospatial and Earth Observation data to anticipate landslide risk and strengthen road safety across the highway network. ### Our three key takeaways from the roundtable Laura shared a few reflections that resonated with the room: > We sometimes focus too much on data and technology, because so many of us in this sector are engineers. We need more business-minded people to give real weight to the user, and to truly understand their problem before we try to solve it. > The problem for companies isn't a lack of access to petabytes of satellite data. Companies have problems that can be solved with this data — and it's our job to turn that data into something usable and actionable. > AI is an enabler, not a goal. When we focus too much on technology and turn it into an objective in itself, that's when we forget about the user — and end up building solutions that are technically brilliant but don't actually help, or can't be used. It's a theme close to our own mission: the value isn't in the petabytes, it's in translating them into decisions that infrastructure and risk teams can actually act on. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand over the two days, and to the organisers for putting together such a strong edition of the congress. 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