#18: Shaping German NewSpace Amidst War and a Pandemic (feat. Matthias Wachter, Head of Department at the BDI)

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4 • 4 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Matthias heads up the BDI’s Department of International Cooperation, Security Policy, Raw Materials and Space – but the work he does extends far beyond the long title. Matthias speaks about one key effort, the German NewSpace Initiative, which he helped found and continues to manage. Having played a key role in its development, Matthias reveals its core mission and what more needs to be done to support the industry.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the New Space Vision podcast sponsored by Live You.
0:05.0	In this episode we were joined by Matthias Wachter from the BDI.
0:09.0	Matthias is the founder of the New Space Initiative and had so much to share about his perspective of the ecosystem.
0:16.0	In this episode you will hear about what lobby groups like the BDI are and how they operate,
0:22.0	what a state of new space in Germany and Europe is, and what needs to improve, and why space
0:26.8	technology is important for European sovereignty in the 21st century.
0:31.1	Enjoy. All right, yeah, lift-off and the block is turned in. I'm here. We have a lift-off.
0:39.3	We have a lift-off.
0:42.3	Hello and welcome to the New Space Vision podcast sponsored by LiveView,
0:47.3	where we discussed New Space Technology, Finance and Innovation with executives,
0:51.3	founders and more exciting people from the startup and new space
0:54.3	ecosystem. I'm Sam Chivara and I'm Danny Seidel and together we are the founders of the
0:58.9	Earth Observation Company Lifeview and New Space Vision. Today we are very excited to welcome
1:04.2	Matthias Wachter from the BDI. The BDI is basically the leading representative of the entire
1:09.2	German industry and currently
1:11.2	represents over 100,000 companies. Matthias is not only the head of Department of
1:16.9	International Cooperation, security policy, raw materials in space, but also the managing
1:22.5	director of the new space initiative at the BDI. Welcome, Matthias. So basically, how did you end up at the BDI?
1:28.7	First of all, thank you very much for having me. I'm super excited being on your podcast. It's a great
1:34.3	honor for me. How did I end up at the BDI? Honestly, it was no plan. Yeah, it just happened
1:43.8	because I used to work for Axel Springer publishing company here in Berlin.
1:50.0	And a couple of years ago, the new CEO of the BDI was looking for a personal assistant.
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