Krzysztof Kanawka
Active in the Polish and European space sectors, esp. GPS/GNSS and Earth Observations.
Blue Dot Solutions / Space3ac
Krzysztof (Chris) Kanawka acts as a CEO of Blue Dot Solutions, which is one of Polish space sector companies. Since its foundation in 2014, this company participated to numerous ESA, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe and commercial projects, mainly in topics of satellite positioning, access to time and use of satellite observations for various niches, such as agriculture, smart cities, transportation and civilian defense.
In addition, between 2016 and 2023 Chris and his team worked in the Space3ac business accelerator, which supported over 150 startups with links to major industrial players, such as insurance, sea ports, oil&gas, banking, transportation and hi-tech construction elements. This accelerator provided over 40 M PLN of grant funding to startups, often being the first source of resources to new ventures.
Over next years Chris plans to extend activities in topics which combine satellite data and safety/security/resilience aspects of business activities.
Upcoming Presentations
Space Tech - new reality, new role of Poland and Europe
11:00 - 12:30, 27th of May (Tuesday) 2025/ ROUND TABLES
Past Presentations
What a startup acceleration program is all about and who can actually benefit from it the most?
14:50 - 15:20, 25th of May (Thursday) 2023/ ARENA STAGE
What's the prize in Poland Prize - an upgraded soft landing program into Poland
15:05 - 15:35, 14th of October (Thursday) 2021/ ARENA STAGE
Panel: Start your space adventure - How to build space industry startup step by step
14:00 - 14:30, 18th of May (Wednesday) 2016/ STARTUP STAGE
Panel: What's going on in the space sector?
12:30 - 13:00, 18th of May (Wednesday) 2016/ INSPIRE STAGE
Space Panel: Business opportunities of Global Navigation Satellite System applications [EN]
13:30 - 16:00, 12th of June (Friday) 2015/ WORKSHOP STAGE #4
Space Panel [EN]
10:00 - 11:00, 12th of June (Friday) 2015/ STARTUP STAGE