Author: SIRIN

Sirin Orbital Systems AG is honoured to be recognized as a member of Swissmem and its specialized Swiss Space Industries Group (SSIG). Swissmem founded in 1883 is the association for Switzerland’s mechanical and electrical engineering industries (MEM industries) and related technology-oriented sectors. It represents the interests of the MEM industries in the commercial, political and public spheres, and boosts the competitive capacity of its 1,250 or so member companies with needs-based services.

Sirin Orbital Systems AG was invited to present its business portfolio at the SSIG Mid-Year Assembly on 19 June 2024 in Bern, a presentation which was well received by the Swiss space community. Keynotes were focused on the Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) and Micropropulsion technologies being developed by SIRIN, two core competences of SIRIN which are considered also unique in the national level and highly important for the Swiss MEM industries portfolio in general.

_{Swissmem – Members’ list}:
_{https://www.swissmem.ch/en/added-value-for-your-company/membership-list.html}

_{Swissmem – Swiss Space Industry Group (SSIG):
https://www.swissmem.ch/en/products-services/networking/specialist-groups/space.html}

Sirin Orbital Systems AG was featured on Swissnex for its particpation in the SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024. From 15 to 16 May, the global tech community converged in Tokyo for the SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 Global Startup Program. Swissnex in Japan brought together 12 Swiss startups under the Swisstech Pavilion to foster open innovation and address global urban issues with a focus on sustainability and technology.

Swissnex is an initiative of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation and is part of the Confederation’s network abroad managed by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. The activities of Swissnex are based on a collaborative approach, relying on public and private partnerships and funding.

_{Read full article on Swissnex:
https://swissnex.org/news/sushi-tech-tokyo-2024}

_{Read related post:
https://sirin-os.com/2024/05/15/international-sustainable-high-tech-tokyo-202}4/

“Swiss start-ups shine at SusHi Tech Tokyo conference” was the title of news published by the Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (SCCIJ) with a detailed account of 12 Swiss top start-ups attending the Asia’s largest innovation conference, SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024. Thanks to Swissnex in Japan for the invitation to be among most innovative Swiss young companies and the Swisstech Pavilion for warmly hosting us in Tokyo.

_{Read the full article on:
https://www.sccij.jp/news/swiss-start-ups-shine-at-sushi-tech-tokyo-conference/}

Sirin Orbital Systems AG was honoured to be among top 12 Swiss young companies, selected by the Consulate of Switzerland, Swissnex in Japan to participate in the Swisstech Pavilion at SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024.

SusHi Tech or Sustainable High City Tech is the Asia’s largest and Japan’s only global innovation conference that creates “new encounters” with both domestic and international startup ecosystems to solve the common global urban issues. It is a a two-day program to create “sustainable new values” by leveraging diverse ideas, digital know-how, and cutting-edge technology to take on urban challenges that the world will inevitably face, such as demographic change, environmental and energy concerns, aging infrastructure, and the preservation of traditional culture. Various stakeholders, including leading startups from Asia and around the world, investors, large corporations, countries/cities, and student entrepreneurs, gathered in Tokyo to foster business open innovation with huge social and economic impact.

The Swisstech Pavilion at SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 Global Startup Program showcased the latest trends and cutting-edge research of high-tech Swiss Startups to a vast public of corporate partners and investors. The Swisstech Pavilion was organized by Swissnex in Japan in partnership with Swisstech (Presence Switzerland, Innosuisse, Swissnex, Switzerland Global Enterprise), Swiss Business Hub Japan, Innovaud and Science & Technology Office Tokyo at the Embassy of Switzerland in Japan.

Sirin Orbital Systems AG contributed to SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 through its concept of “Clean Energy from Space for Civilians” in support of Net-Zero climate target by 2050 via Space-based Solar Power (SBSP). This relies on our cutting-edge Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technologies, which will build the future of wireless energy supply to households and businesses all around the globe.

_{Further readings and references:
Swisstech Pavilion @ SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024
LinkedIn Post by Consulate of Switzerland in Japan
SusHi Tech 2024 Announcement of Swiss Pavilion}

Sirin Orbital Systems AG is proudly sponsoring the International Conference on Energy from Space at Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) Headquarters in London, UK on 17-19 April 2024. This ground-breaking 3-day event is organized to unlock the potential of Space-based Solar Power (SBSP) with the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), UK Space Agency and European Space Agency (ESA), with the support of the Space Energy Initiative (SEI).

This in-person event promises to delve deeper into the realm of clean energy from space for a greener future and provide an effective forum for networking and building new partnerships between the space and energy sectors in this exciting field.

_{Further reading:
https://www.aerosociety.com/events-calendar/international-conference-on-energy-from-space-2024/}

Sirin Orbital Systems AG is invited to speak at the Global Space and Technology Convention (GSTC2024) taking place in Singapore, 14-16 February 2024.

Organized by the Singapore Space & Technology Ltd, the GSTC is the go-to platform for space and satellite businesses around the world to connect with the burgeoning space industry in Asia.

_{Read more about the Global Space and Technology Convention (GSTC2024):
https://www.space.org.sg/gstc/}

Thanks to Science & Technology Office Tokyo at the Embassy of Switzerland in Japan, Swissnex published a detailed account of our recent networking workshop on Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP), which was organized on 30 November 2023 in the Residence of the Swiss Embassy in Tokyo. The event aimed to showcase activities by Japan and Europe in the field of SBSP which has recently gained worldwide attention as a potential new source of renewable energy.

Swissnex is an initiative of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation and is part of the Confederation’s network abroad managed by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. The activities of Swissnex are based on a collaborative approach, relying on public and private partnerships and funding.

_{Read full article on Swissnex:
https://swissnex.org/news/space-based-solar-power-workshop-towards-a-sustainable-energy-future}

This is an enormous pleasure to announce the official release of our new edited book today, 18.12.2023: Artificial Intelligence for Space: AI4SPACE. https://www.routledge.com/9781032430898

In an intercontinental project led by Sirin Orbital Systems AG, distinguished contributors from European Space Agency – ESA, JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, XPRIZE, ACES Worldwide – Alliance for Collaboration in the Exploration of Space, AIKO, Western Sydney University, The University of Electro-Communications, Università di Pisa, Okayama University, CINECA, Sapienza Università di Roma, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, KU Leuven, Meiji University, Ruhr University Bochum, NAVAL GROUP, University of Colorado Boulder, created a unique book to enrich the knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the value chain in the space-related domains.

_{Read more about the project:
https://sirin-os.com/2023/07/07/book-project-artificial-intelligent-for-space/}

The development of water / metal-powder micro-propulsion system – a project initiated and led by Sirin Orbital Systems AG – was featured on the website of Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). The technology is currently being de-risked with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA).

_{Read full article on the ZHAW website:
https://www.zhaw.ch/en/engineering/institutes-centres/iefe/news/news/event-news/this-is-how-iefe-researchers-want-to-move-our-satellites-in-space-in-the-future/#}

In cooperation with the Kyoto University, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan Space Systems (Jspacesystems), Sirin Orbital Systems AG organized the second edition of the Japan-Swiss Workshop on Space-based Solar Power (SBSP) and Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) technologies. This in-person event was held at the Kyoto University Tokyo Office on the 30^th of November 2023. The speakers were affiliated with Kyoto University, Jspacesystems, Agile Energy X, ISAS/JAXA, Toyo University, Tokyo University, Hosei University and European Space Agency (ESA).

An evening reception and networking event was followed by the workshop and it was hosted at the Residence of the Embassy of Switzerland in Japan, organized by the Science and Technology Office Tokyo at Embassy of Switzerland in Japan. A full report on the evening reception is available on Swissnex platform: https://swissnex.org/news/space-based-solar-power-workshop-towards-a-sustainable-energy-future

_{External link – Kyoto University:
https://www.rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news/2ndjapan-swissworkshop_20231130/}

_{Relevant post regarding Swissnex workshop:
https://sirin-os.com/2023/12/19/featured-on-swissnex-sbsp-workshop-in-japan}/

_{Read more about our precedent workshop on Swissnex – Japan & Switzerland SBSP/WPT Workshop (I):
https://swissnex.org/news/a-japanese%E2%80%92swiss-workshop-to-shape-the-future-of-clean-energy-from-space}