PART 1 · 09:00 to 13:00
European Space Law Forum
closed & curated
Law, capital and policy at one table.
EU Space Act · Liability & Insurance · Space Finance · Procurement
INTERNATIONAL SPACE ASSEMBLY · FRANKFURT 2026
We don't have a knowledge problem.We have an encounter problem.
Europe has everything it needs. Now it has to meet.
Europe has exceptional strengths in science, business, politics and spaceflight. What is missing is the encounter between these worlds. ISA is that encounter.
31 OCTOBER 2026 · FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE & MANAGEMENT · FRANKFURT
This is what it feels like
THIS IS NOT A PROMISE.IT ALREADY HAPPENED.
Science came in 2025. Politics came in 2025. These are the people who were already at the table.
Smart Rebel Convention 2025 · The Finale
Not a concept. It already happened.
The most important voices from 2025
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“This silo thinking must be broken. The next frontier is not Belgium, it is 100 kilometres above us.”
Dr. Matthias Maurer
ESA Astronaut
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“The younger generation is not just the future, it is its engine.”
Sir Richard Branson
Founder, Virgin Group
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“We currently have around 15,000 satellites in low-Earth orbit. The vision is long since reality.”
Dr. Rolf Densing
Director of Operations, ESA
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“The interplay of the different actors is decisive. No one conquers space alone.”
Christoph Kautz
European Commission, DG DEFIS
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“How can we motivate the young generation to recognise again that the future lies within themselves? Then this is exactly the right approach.”
Ulrich Caspar
President, Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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“This is solution-oriented and, above all, solution-open thinking.”
Boris Rhein
Minister-President of Hesse · Patron
EUROPE DOES NOT LACK KNOWLEDGE.IT LACKS CONNECTION.
What exists side by side today must work together tomorrow.
WHO IS BEHIND IT
- Organiser
- Smart Rebellion GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
- Chair
- Bernd Breiter, Founder and CEO
- Patronage
- Boris Rhein, Minister-President of the State of Hesse
- Honorary President of ISA
- Prof. Dr. Jan Wörner, former Director General of ESA
- Advisory Board
- Ulrich Caspar, President of the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry (business) · Florian Rentsch, Special Commissioner for the Frankfurt Financial Centre, former State Minister (financial centre) · Prof. Dr. Jan Wörner, former Director General of ESA, Honorary President of ISA (science and space) · Prof. Dr. Frank E. P. Dievernich, Chairman of the Board of the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main (civil society)
- Board of Trustees
- Gabriele Eick · Dr. Beate Heraeus · Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff · Patricia Borner · Oliver Schwebel · Michael Ruiss
PATRONAGE
Boris Rhein, Minister-President of the State of HesseWITH THE PARTICIPATION OF
European Commission, Directorate-General DEFIS
VENUE AND PARTNERS
PREVIOUS SUPPORTERS
A CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE THAT WAS HEARD
Not the event, but the attitude behind it: the change of perspective by Bernd Breiter and the ideas from which ISA emerged were covered by these media.
WHY FRANKFURT
FRANKFURT DOES NOT HOST ISA.FRANKFURT IS THE REASON.
Few European regions bring capital, connectivity, research and access this close together, from the ECB to DE-CIX. The International Space Assembly gives that strength a societal mission.
- The European Central Bank · the largest financial centre in continental Europe
- DE-CIX, the world's leading internet exchange
- One of Europe's busiest airports
- Leading universities, global market leaders, research centres
The International Space Assembly takes place at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Adickesallee 32 to 34, one of Europe's leading business schools with around 4,000 students. The entire campus is dedicated to ISA. Directly connected to public transport and the motorway, around 20 minutes from Frankfurt International Airport.