Italy’s Committee for Aerospace Policies met 29 May to approve the appointment of both the new president and the new board of directors for the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
The committee was chaired by Minister for Enterprise and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso who confirmed Teodoro Valente as the agency’s new president. Valente will take over from Giorgio Saccoccia who served as the agency’s president since 2019. Before his appointment, Valente held the position of director of the Institute For Polymers, Composites, and Biomaterials at the country’s National Research Council.
The agency’s new directors are Giuseppe Basini, Marica Branchesi, Stefano Gualandris, Marco Lisi, Luisa Riccardi, and Elda Turco Bulgherini. Three of the six new board members are women which is the highest female representation the board has seen in the agency’s history.
In addition to the business of electing a new president of the board of directors, Minster Urso also took time to mention the continued dialogue with public and private players in the sector on the issue of drafting a regulatory framework to govern space activities in the country. The minister explained that the country planned to introduce the new framework at the beginning of next year.
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