Anna Hill Artist /Space Entrepreneur, Founder and owner of SSL studied (BA) Fine Art Sculpture at St Martins School of Art London followed by the Royal College of Art London (MA Fine Art Sculpture) She practiced as an artist (to critical acclaim) for ten years working in the interface between science and art developing conceptual and sensory artworks.

She moved to Dublin in 2000 to take up a residency at the Irish Museum of Modern Art followed by the Fire Station Artists studios in Dublin, Ireland who provided her with the support to initiate the Space Synapse project. In 2003 she founded Space Synapse Ltd as an Enterprise Ireland High Potential Start Up Company at the Digital Hub and embarked on her first SSL European Space Agency contract "A preliminary analysis for an interactive artwork for the Columbus Module of the International Space Station" (ESTEC contract No.17515/03/NL/MV) with a team of interdisciplinary experts.

In 2004 she visited Finnish Lapland (with the support of the Irish and Lapland Art Councils) to work on the R & D for an interactive exhibit "Auroral Synapse", nominated for an Interactive BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Award) in the category of best interactive Artwork.

Space Synapse Ltd relocated to the European Space Incubator at ESTEC in the Netherlands in May 2006 where Anna Hill has been building the company infra structure in preparation for the next phases of technology development of the SSL products: the Remote Suit, the Symbiotic Sphere and the Space Synapse System that she originally conceptualized and copyrighted in 2001.

Anna Hill has published widely, made public presentations and been recipient of many awards in the area of art and innovation. She has participated in a number of ESA stakeholder Strategy meetings including the cornerstone workshop "Sharing the Space Adventures and Benefits - The Future of European Space Exploration *Towards a European Long term Strategy" held in Brussels in 2005 and the International Space Station IBC workshop on future commercialization scenarios for the ISS, held in Berlin in November 2006.