The Big Data from Space conference took place in Munich from 19 to 21 February 2019. From left to right: Hansjörg Dittus, DLR Executive Board Member for Space Research and Technology; Hubert Aiwanger, Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy; Jutta Graf, Head of Scientific Information at DLR; Stefan Dech, Director of the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD); Kirsten Rahmann, Head of the Protocol Department at DLR; and Richard Bammler, Director of the DLR Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF).