SPEAKERS

Institutional Speakers

Paweł ARNDT

Senator, Senate of Poland

Poland

Dionysia-Theodora AVGERINOPOULO

Chair, Special Permanent Committee of Environmental Protection of the Parliament Hellenic Parliament

Greece

Vesna BEDEKOVIC

Chairperson of the Education, Science and Culture Committee, Croatian Parliament

Croatia

Florian-Dorel BODOG

Vice President of the Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology, Senate of Romania

Romania

Nicușor CIONOIU

Member of the Committee on Communications, Information Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, Senate of Romania

Romania

Luca DELL'ORO

Chief of the Disaster Risk Management and Climate Resilience Section, United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT)

Switzerland

Robert DOWHAN

Senator, Senate of Poland

Poland

Mehmet FATIH KACIR

Minister of Industry and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Technology

Türkiye

Reginaldo Sandoval FLORES

Member of Parliament, Chamber of Deputies

Mexico

Rumen Vassilev GECHEV

Member of the Committee on Economic Policy and Innovation, National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Jorge Mendez HERNANDEZ

First Vice President of the "Comisión Primera Constitucional Permanente", Congress of the Republic of Colombia

Colombia

Aarti HOLLA-MAINI

Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Austria

Marius HUMELNICU

President of the Committee on Communications, Information Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, Senate of Romania

Romania

Mario KADASTIK

Head of Delegation to the European Interparliamentary Space Conference Riigikogu, The Parliament of the Republic of Estonia

Estonia

Fani KALLIANOU DE JONG

Principal Manager, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

United Kingdom

Malte KAUFMANN

Member of the Committee of Economic Affairs, German Parliament

Germany

László Lóránt KERESZTES

Chairman of the Commission for the Sustainable Development, Hungarian National Assembly

Hungary

Javier LOPEZ-CASARIN

President of the Science, Innovation and Technology Commission, Chamber of Deputies

Mexico

Andrei-Răzvan LUPU

Member of the Committee for Defence, Public Order and National Security, Chamber of Deputies of Romania

Romania

Malik OLZHABEKOV

Vice-Minister, Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Tahir MIRKISHILI

Chairman of Committee for Economic Policy, Industries and Enterprising, Parliament of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Sverre MYRLI

Member, Paliament of Norway

Norway

Niklas NIENASS

Member, European Parliament

Belgium

Eusebiu-Manea PISTRU

Member of the Committee on Communications, Information Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, Senate of Romania

Romania

Paweł PONCYLJUSZ

Vice-Chairman of the Polish Space Group, Polish Parliament

Poland

Maricel POPA

Member of the Committee on Communications, Information Technology, and Artificial Intelligence, Senate of Romania

Romania

Cecile RILHAC

Deputy of Val, National Assembly

France

Chris SCHACHT

Former Senator and Minister, Senate of Australia

Australia

Denitsa Dimitrova SIMEONOVA

Member of the Committee on Economic Policy and Innovation, National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Joris THIJSSEN

Member of the Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Commission, House of Representatives

Netherlands

Toomas UIBO

Member of Delegation to the European Interparliamentary Space Conference Riigikogu, The Parliament of the Republic of Estonia

Estonia

Adolfo URSO

Minister, Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy

Italy

Jolanda VAN EIJNDTHOVEN

Director of the Space Data Economy and International Cooperation Unit (DG DEFIS), European Commission

Belgium

Lene WESTGAARD-HALLE

Member, Paliament of Norway

Norway

Bogusław WONTOR

Chairman of the Polish Space Group, Polish Parliament

Poland

Zeynep YILDIZ

Member of the National Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Commission, The Grand National Assembly of Turkey

Türkiye

Agency Speakers

H.E Salem Butti Salem AL QUBAİSİ

Director General, UAE Space Agency

United Arab Emirates

M. S. ANURUP

Director, Space Transportation Programme Office (STPO), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

India

Samaddin ASADOV

Chairman of the Board, Azercosmos Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Mishaal ASHEMIMRY

Aerospace Consultant & Special Advisor to CEO, Saudi Space Agency (SSA)

Saudi Arabia

Dunay BADIRKHANOV

Vice Chairman, Azercosmos Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Ismat BAKHISHOV

Director of GIS Center, Azercosmos Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Sharmila BHATTACHARYA

Program Scientist for Space Biology in the Biological and Physical Science Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

Miguel BELLO MORA

Director General, Spanish Space Agency

Spain

Yury BORISOV

Director General, ROSCOSMOS

Russia

Michal BRICHTA

Head, Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency (SARIO) - Slovak Space Office

Slovakia

A. C. CHARANIA

Agency Chief Technologist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

Meganne CHRISTIAN

Reserve Astronaut / Exploration Commercialisation, UK Space Agency

United Kingdom

Frank DE WINNE

Gateway and ISS program manager, European Space Agency (ESA)

France

James FREE

Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

Robyn GATENS

Director of the International Space Station, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

James GRAF

Director, Earth Science and Technology, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

United States

D. GOWRISANKAR

Director, Office of International & Interagency Cooperation, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

India

Natavan HASANOVA

Strategy and Business Development Director, Azercosmos Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Victor JOSEPH

Associate Scientific Secretary & Director, Technology Development & Innovation, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

India

Anna KAPINIARI

Director General of Space Exploration, Canadian Space Agency (CSA)

Canada

Anna Yuryevna KIKINA

Astronaut, ROSCOSMOS

Russia

Anil KUMAR

Associate Director, ISTRAC and Chief General Manager, Safe & Sustainable Space Operations Management, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

India

Bhavya LAL

Former Associate Administrator for Technology, Policy, and Strategy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

Guoping LI

Chief Engineer, China National Space Administration (CNSA)

China

Pam MELROY

Deputy Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

Nujoud MERANCY

Strategy & Architecture Lead for Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

Humbulani MUDAU

CEO, South African National Space Agency (SANSA)

South Africa

Anu OJHA

Engagement, International and Inspiration Director, UK Space Agency

United Kingdom

Jon OLANSEN

Gateway Program Manager, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

Masami ONODA

Director, Washington D.C. Office, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

United States

Uri ORON

Director, Israel Space Agency (ISA)

Israel

Enrico PALERMO

Head, Australian Space Agency

Australia

Qiong WANG

Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center; Deputy Chief Designer of CLEP Chang'e-8 mission, China National Space Administration (CNSA)

China

Zolana RUI JOAO

General Manager, National Space Program Management Office (GGPEN)

Angola

Karen ST. GERMAIN

Director for Earth Science, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

Asanda SANGONI

Acting Managing Director, Earth Observations, South African National Space Agency (SANSA)

South Africa

Hiroshi SASAKI

Vice President and Director General for Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Japan

S. SOMANATH

Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

India

Tiffany TRAVIS

Gateway Strategic Communications Manager, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

United States

Aude VIGNELLES

Chief Technologist, Australian Space Agency

Australia

Grzegorz WROCHNA

President, Polish Space Agency (POLSA)

Poland

Hiroshi YAMAKAWA

President, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Japan

Serdar Hüseyin YILDIRIM

Chairman of The Board and President, Turkish Space Agency (TUA)

Türkiye

Industrial Speakers

Kyle ACIERNO

Managing Director, OffWorld Europe

United States

Jeffrey APELDOORN

Head of Government Solutions Europe, Iceye

Netherlands

Dana BAKI

Chief Commercial Officer, The Exploration Company GmbH

United Arab Emirates

Valeriya BARASHKOVA

Co-founder, Aerospace Capital

Russia

Chris BLACKERBY

Group COO & Director, Astroscale

United Kingdom

Ramon BLANCO

US Head of Space, Added Value Solutions (AVS)

United States

Yohann BENARD

Head of EU Digital and Connectivity Public Policy, Amazon

France

Amber CHARLESWORTH

Senior Manager, Space Policy, Amazon, Project Kuiper

United States

Ariane CORNELL

Vice President of Commercial and International Sales, Blue Origin

United States

Andy COURT

Principal Business Developer, Space & Scientific Instrumentation; EU Manager, High Tech Industry Unit, TNO

Netherlands

Carissa BRYCE CHRISTENSEN

CEO, BryceTech

United States

Catherine DOLDIRINA

General Counsel, D-Orbit SpA

Italy

Michael EDMONDS

SVP, Strategy, Marketing, and Sales, Blue Origin

United States

Sohail ELABD

Director, International Strategies, ESRI

United States

James GREEN

Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, Space Science Endeavors LLC, The Metavisionaries

United States

Rene GRIESBACH

Regional Manager Pre-Sales in Europe, Middle East and Africa, Planet

Germany

Takeshi HAKAMADA

Founder & CEO, ispace, inc

Japan

Victor HESPANHA

Astronaut, Blue Origin

Brazil

Yoshitsugu HITACHI

Lander System Engineering Group Manager, ispace, inc

Japan

Mohammad IRANMANESH

Space Systems Engineer and Co-Founder, Lide.space

Belgium

Agnieszka ŁUKASZCZYK

Vice President Government Affairs, EMEA, Planet

Belgium

Christian MAENDER

Executive Vice President of In-Space Solutions, Axiom Space, LLC

United States

Clay MOWRY

Chief Revenue Officer, Voyager Space Holdings

United States

Nobu OKADA

Founder & CEO, Astroscale

Japan

Cheryl REED

Program Director, Science and Robotic Exploration, Tactical Space Systems, Northrop Grumman Corporation

United States

Pacôme REVILLON

CEO, Euroconsult

France

Steven RUTGERS

Chief Commercial Officer, Arianespace

France

Brent SHERWOOD

Senior Vice President, Space Systems Development, Blue Origin

United States

Sita SONTY

CEO, Space Tango

United States

Eric STALLMER

Executive Vice President for Government Affairs and Public Policy, Voyager Space Holdings Inc.

United States

Marc STECKLING

Head of Earth Observation, Science and Space Exploration, Airbus Defence and Space SA

Germany

Daria STEPANOVA

CEO & Co-founder, AIRMO GmbH

Germany

Dylan TAYLOR

Chairman and CEO, Voyager Space Holdings

United States

Axel WAGNER

Head of Military & Security Programs, Airbus Defence and Space GmbH

Germany

Brian WEIMER

Corporate Partner, Sheppard Mullin

United States

Janelle WELLONS

Spacecraft Operations Engineer, ispace, inc

Japan

Dengyun YU

Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Committee, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

China

Anthony YUEN

Formerly Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine

United States

Linqi ZHU

Director of Asia Pacific Office, IAF Select Committee on Satellite Commercial Applications

China

Speakers

Audrey L. ALLISON

Senior Project Leader, Center for Space Policy and Strategy, The Aerospace Corporation

United States

Camille BERGIN

Senior Business Development Manager, Vast & @TheGalacticGal

United States

Ian CHRISTENSEN

Director of Private Sector Programs, Secure World Foundation

United States

Reinhold EWALD

Astronaut and Professor of Astronautics, University of Stuttgart

Germany

Christian FEICHTINGER

Executive Director, IAF Secretariat

France

Pawan GOENKA

Chairman, Indian National Space Promotion Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe)

India

Hong YANG

Chief Designer, Chinese Space Station

China

Ozan KARA

Senior Researcher, Propulsion and Space, Technology Innovation Institute

United Arab Emirates

Lei WU

Producer and Senior Space Correspondent, CGTN

China

Emma LOUDEN

Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University

United States

Congmin LYU

Deputy Chief Designer of Space Utilization System of Manned the Space Program, Chinese Academy of Sciences

China

Oné MIKULSKYTĖ

Science & Organization Lead, Team Tumbleweed

Netherlands

Ksenia OZKOK

Founder, Re.Brand Academy

Türkiye

Maheen PARBHOO

Innovation Analyst, Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS)

South Africa

Nicolas PRODUIT

Research Scientist, University of Geneva Astronomy Department

Switzerland

Ruvimbo SAMANGA

Ambassador, MILO Space Science Institute

Zimbabwe

Daniel SCHEERES

Distinguished Professor, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado

United States

Sergey STANOVKIN

Head, BBC Global News Commercial Representatives in Eurasia

United Kingdom

Maruška STRAH

Executive Manager, Space Sustainability Rating

Austria

David THOMAS

Executive Director, MILO Space Science Institute

United States

Remco TIMMERMANS

Content Marketer and Social Media Specialist for Space, SpaceSide

United Kingdom

Xiangyu XI

Engineer Of System Research Institute, Deep Space Exploration Laboratory

China

Qiao ZHANG

Researcher, China Academy of Space Technology

China

Thomas ZURBUCHEN

Professor and Director of Space Programs, ETH Zürich

Switzerland