Mr. Ofer Lapid

Co-founder & CTO, Space-Nest

A Co-founder and CTO of Space-Nest, an Israeli space startup incubator, with over 25 years’ experience in Aerospace and Space program management and technology development.

A Tel Aviv university Electronics Engineering graduate. An alumnus, adjunct faculty and a trustee at the International Space University (ISU) representing the Israel Space Agency.

A member of the Specialised Panel of Scientific Experts pursuant to the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) Outer Space Rules.

The Program Manager of the ULTRASAT astrophysical observation satellite at the Weizmann Institute of Science in collaboration with CalTech and JPL.

An Expert Evaluator for the European Commission Horizon 2020 Space Technologies R&D program, for the Israeli Innovation Authority as well as the Israel Space Agency.

Ofer volunteers as a mentor for SpaceIL the Israeli GLXP lunar lander mission.