BIO

Dr. Agnieszka Lukaszczyk is the Vice President for Government Affairs, EMEA at Planet. A Polish national, she has worked at the European Commission, Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, Space Data for Societal Challenges and Growth Unit. She also worked at the Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry, Space Policy and Research Unit. Before joining the Commission, Agnieszka was the Brussels Office Director for the Secure World Foundation. Additionally, she is the former Chairperson and former Executive Director of the Space Generation Advisory Council in Support of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications. Agnieszka also worked at the European Space Policy Institute as a research fellow.

Agnieszka serves as the Vice President – Europe for the World Space Week and sits on the Board of Directors for the Women in Aerospace-Europe. She obtained a PhD in Space Security from the Polish University of War Studies. She also holds a Master’s degree from the Warsaw School of Economics in Management of Space in New Economies and a Master’s degree from the American University School of International Service in International Politics, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Tennessee. She also studied at the Université Catholique de Louvain in Brussels, Belgium; the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland; and the World Trade Institute in Berne, Switzerland.

She gained professional experience at the Political Section of the Polish Embassy in Washington DC, American Electronics Association in Brussels, European Department of the Polish Senate in Warsaw, and the Warsaw Business Journal.