The Accidental Space Economy: The Industries That Already Run on Space

Ask most insurers, shipping companies, telecoms providers, emergency services or cloud businesses whether they're part of the space industry, and the answer will almost certainly be no. Yet many of them already depend on it entirely. Satellite data now helps trigger insurance payouts, track vessels across the world's oceans, support emergency response and extend mobile connectivity into areas traditional networks cannot reach, while cloud platforms make that information more accessible and useful than ever. This panel brings together leaders from industries and organisations that never set out to be part of the space sector but have quietly become some of its most significant users, to explore what's possible when space-derived data meets real-world operational and commercial challenges, and what's coming next for those who haven't realised they're already in the game.