ForumAkademie 34: An Austrian, a Canadian and a Belgian walk into a Bar.

And launch the worlds largest weather and climate tracking satellite constellation

Type

Vortrag

Topic

Information Communication & Computing (Field of Expertise)

Peter Platzer, CEO of Spire, will speak about what it takes to start a space company. Spire‘s growth, not just in Silicon Valley but also in Europe and Asia has offered both opportunities and trials. There is a large difference in startup environments between the US (Silicon Valley), Europe (in general), and Austria. He will explore those differences as well as how Spire has taken on the challenge of solving global problems like incorrect weather predictions and climate science.

Peter Platzer

Dipl. Ing. in Physics (Technical University of Vienna), MBA Finance & Management (Harvard Business School), MSc in Space Studies (International Space University), 1992-1997 Scientific Assistant at CERN, Founder of TRIBAR, 1997-2000 The Boston Consulting Group, since 2002 experiences in USA: Schell Systems LLC, The Rohatyn Group, Deutsche Bank Equity Prop Trading, Vegasoulcapital LLC, NASA Ames Research Center, since 2012 Spire Inc (CEO and co-founder).

Host

Forum Technik und Gesellschaft, TU Graz, alumniTUGraz 1887

Time and Location

2. March 2017, 07:00 pm - 21:00

TU Graz, Campus Inffeld, Inffeldgasse 12, Hörsaal i2, EG, 8010 Graz

Additional informations

Language: English

Contact

Patricia Götz
Forum Technik und Gesellschaft
teilnahme@TUGraz.at
Phone: +43 316 873 7191

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