Giuseppe Borghi

Head of the Φ-lab Division, European Space Agency

Giuseppe Borghi leads the European Space Agency Φ-lab Division to ‘accelerate the future of Earth observation’, since mid 2020. He holds a PhD degree in robotics and artificial intelligence, along with a Master’s degree in executive general management.
After few years in AI and robotics research @PoliMi (I) and IDSIA (CH), he joined the space industry and devoted about 30 years to it contributing to global innovation, holding multiple executive and managerial roles, such as Vice President of Strategy, BD and Sales @Teledyne e2v (UK-USA), Programme Director @OHB (I), BU Manager @Media Lario Technology (I), AIPAS(I) Board Member, Research Programme Manager TNO (NL). In this period he also contributed to Semiconductor equipment and Defense industries.
Throughout his career, his primary focus has been on advancing the global space industry by harnessing transformative innovations in both technology and business models as catalysts for success.