His academic background includes studying at the Kyiv Air Force Institute, graduating in 1998, and obtaining a PhD in Aircraft Manufacturing Technology in 2004. Mr. Ben spent twenty-five years building his career in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For a significant part of this period, he worked in an organization engaged in quality control of rocket and space technology. Since 2018, as a civilian, he has been working as the first deputy head of one of the above-mentioned institutions. Many years of work in the aviation and space industry have given him an extremely deep base of technical theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of aviation and space technologies, standardization, production process organization, quality control, and resource management. Mr. Ben is the author of 25 published scientific papers, including one monograph, on aerospace engineering, in particular materials science. In 2021, Mr. Beny was appointed the First Deputy Chairman of the State Space Agency of Ukraine, and since the end of 2022 he holds the position of the Acting Chairman of the SSA. As a speaker at Nexus2050, Mr. Ben will provide insights into the work of Ukraine's space sector in this extremely challenging and full of daily threats time of Russia's military attack on Ukraine. He will share information on how Ukrainian space companies are working under rocket fire and developing their capabilities in these difficult conditions. Mr. Ben will present the State Space Agency's plans and vision for the future.
