ASTROSUMMIT-2026

Erick LANSARD holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering (1983) and a PhD in Space Geodesy (1987). In 1987 he joined Alcatel Espace to start mission analysis activities and to manage several advanced studies in the field of radar observation, signal intelligence, telecommunication and navigation (GNSS2). In 1999 he was appointed Director of System Engineering of Alcatel Space Industries then Director of Architecture, Observation & Sciences Space Systems in 2000 (optical, infra-red, hyperspectral, radar). He has been successively Director of Research of Alcatel Space, then of Alcatel Alenia Space in 2005 and of Thales Alenia Space in 2007, with R&T teams in Toulouse, Cannes, Roma and Torino. In 2010, he was appointed VP R&T France and Director of Thales Research & Technology-France, the Thales Corporate Research lab in Palaiseau. In October 2013, he was appointed VP Technical & Space Development at Thales Solutions Asia, based in Singapore, also in charge of Innovation. From 2017 to February 2022, he has been VP Innovation and R&T of Thales Defense Mission Systems, also in charge of open innovation collaborations (worldwide). From March 2022, he is Full Professor (Practice) of Nanyang Technological University. Among other duties, Erick is distinguished life member of the Air & Space Academy and of the International Academy of Astronautics, AIAA Fellow, Alcatel-Lucent/Nokia Bell Labs Fellow and AAAF Emeritus. He has also chaired the International Astrodynamics Committee of the International Astronautical Federation. Erick is currently Vice-Chair of the COSPAR “Earth Observation” Commission, General Secretary of the IAA Commission 5 “Space Policies, Law & Economics”, member of the IAF Technical Committee, Astrodynamics Committee & Earth Observation Committee. He has been an active member of distinguished Boards & Committees (eg: Scientific Council of French CNRS; Executive Board of Toulouse University; Scientific Board of Midi-Pyrénées Observatory; Singapore Supercomputing National Board). He has published over 70 papers and holds several patents in the field of space system engineering (and in particular of satellite constellation design & formation flying).