Jorge Ciccorossi

Head, Space Strategy & Sustainability Division

Jorge Ciccorossi is Head of the Space Strategy and Sustainability Division at the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau in Geneva, with more than 25 years of experience in satellite communications and regulation at the international level. His team monitors the deployment of satellites in geostationary and non-geostationary orbits for conformity with the Radio Regulations and handles cases of harmful interference affecting space services. He previously served as Acting Head of the Satellite Systems Coordination Division at ITU. He has represented the Radiocommunication Bureau at every World Radiocommunication Conference since 2003 and was the Bureau's spokesperson on satellite issues at WRC-23. He conceived SIRRS, the first intergovernmental online platform for reporting cases of radio-frequency interference affecting satellite systems, which assists ITU's 194 Member States, and the Argus system, which tracks the deployment of large non-geostationary constellations. He holds an engineering degree in electronics from the National Technological University (UTN) in Buenos Aires and an Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has studied satellite communications and spacecraft design at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom.