Speaker · Argentina Space 2026
Marcos Bruno
Mechatronics Engineer
MIT Innovator Under 35. Co-founder and CTO of Merovingian Data, he took part in analog space missions testing spacesuits and lunar and Martian exploration simulations. He connects AI, data and automation with the new space economy.
November 11, 12 and 13, 2026 · Salta Convention Center
About
Marcos Bruno is a mechatronics engineer from Universidad Nacional de Cuyo and co-founder of Merovingian Data, a business intelligence startup working with data, artificial intelligence and automation. He was recognised by MIT Technology Review as one of its Innovators Under 35 and is a Fulbright alumnus and a YLAI and Sigma Squared Society fellow.
In 2019 he was a crew member on the first international mission at the University of North Dakota's Inflatable Mars and Lunar Habitat: two weeks of experiments and spacesuit testing to understand the challenges of living on the Moon and Mars. He has taken part in Mars Society simulations, developed the digital twin for Universitwin, an Argentine university experiment that flew to orbit, and presented papers at the International Astronautical Congress (Paris, 2022) and the Mars Society Convention. He is a pilot and advanced diver, and has spoken at TEDx and at the IDB Annual Meeting.
On the program
- Robotics and analog missions: operational validation in extreme environments
- Space resources roundtable and debate · Space resources, habitats and astrobiology
Career highlights
- Co-founder, Merovingian Data (since 2020)
- Analogue mission crew member, Inflatable Mars and Lunar Habitat, University of North Dakota (2019)
- Digital twin developer for the Universitwin in-orbit experiment (2020–2022)
- Speaker at the International Astronautical Congress, the Mars Society Convention and the Argentine Space Technology Congress
- Board member, School of Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (2018–2022)
- Hult Prize judge and mentor for entrepreneurship programmes
Education
- Mechatronics Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (final project: machine learning on data from an in-orbit experiment)
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme, Scalabl Academy
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