Edinburgh, 26 November 2025 — Space Scotland will play a leading role at this year’s Space-Comm Expo Scotland, set to take place 3-4 December 2025 at SEC Glasgow, bringing together the country’s most dynamic voices in space innovation, investment, and cross-sector collaboration. As Scotland continues to strengthen its position as a global space leader, the organisation’s presence at the event underscores its commitment to fostering growth, progress, and sustainability across the national space ecosystem.
Space-Comm Expo Scotland 2025 brings together government, industry and academia to explore the technologies, partnerships, and strategies shaping the future of space. As Scotland’s national space sector body, Space Scotland will host three high-impact sessions designed to fuel investment, advance life-science applications, and position the country as a global hub for sustainable in-orbit operations:
- Investors Forum (sponsored by Space Scotland): This session brings together founders, investors and industry leaders to explore the next frontier of space-sector investment. It features live company pitches, expert discussions on funding readiness and emerging market trends — whether you’re seeking investment, scouting new opportunities or want to understand where the global space economy is heading.
- Life Science & Space Roundtable: From biomaterials to biotechnology, this roundtable invites expert voices from academia and industry to explore how biological innovation underpins sustainable space exploration and terrestrial applications. In partnership with IBIOIC and relevant experts, the discussion will contribute directly to a new Life Sciences & Space Strategic Roadmap, setting direction and priorities for the next decade.
- ISAM Roundtable (In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly & Manufacturing): Scotland is exceptionally well placed to lead in ISAM technologies. This session, hosted by Space Scotland with strategic partners, will convene experts across robotics, AI, advanced manufacturing, photonics, biotechnology and sustainability to shape a national ISAM strategy. The focus: define the technologies, collaborations and policy actions required to establish Scotland as a global hub for circular, sustainable space infrastructure operations.
Space Scotland’s Working Groups, dedicated to advancing environmental sustainability, skills development, equality and diversity, infrastructure, and international engagement, will also have a strong presence throughout the event. Some groups will host focused sessions — including the Space Sustainability Symposium — offering delegates the opportunity to engage directly with experts and explore these vital themes shaping the future of the Scottish and UK space sector.
“Scotland has established itself as a leading small nation for satellite manufacturing; as we gear up for launch and the complete end-to-end value chain, we are entering a transformative moment for Scotland’s space economy,” said Dr. Natasha Nicholson, CEO of Space Scotland. “But Scotland’s strengths don’t end there, we have other world leading industries, and these three strategic sessions at Space-Comm Scotland will connect capital with innovation, biology with space missions, and emerging manufacturing capabilities with global demand.”
Peter Young, Chair of the Board of Directors at Space Scotland, added: “Scotland’s space industry offers major opportunities across sustainability, launch, data and advanced manufacturing — while also driving innovation in adjacent sectors like life sciences, AI and fintech. These sessions are a chance to bring our ecosystem together, align priorities and accelerate growth in a smart, connected way.”
Space Scotland’s involvement at Space-Comm Expo Scotland 2025 demonstrates its ongoing commitment to enabling the Scottish space industry to surpass its potential, becoming a world-class environment for innovative businesses, and a world-leading example and champion for an inclusive and sustainable approach to space operations. With over 200 organisations across launch, manufacturing, data and downstream services, Scotland is already recognised as a major player in Europe’s space sector — and this year’s event aims to build on that momentum.
For more information about Space Scotland and its initiatives to advance the Scottish space ecosystem, please visit www.spacescotland.org.
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