Sandra Vogt works as Industrial Policy Officer in the SME section of the European Space Agency’s Directorate of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness. The SME section implements the Agency’s SME Policy and its associated SME Initiative programme which facilitates the involvement of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in ESA’s R&D activities and programmes. Prior to her current role, Sandra supported ESA’s Gaia mission as Information Manager and worked in the Directorate of Human Spaceflight and Operations.