SPEAKERS
Angel ABBUD-MADRID
Director, Space Resources Program, Colorado School of Mines
United States
Matthew O. ADEPOJU
Director General / Chief Executive, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)
Nigeria
Ragheed AL DABBAGH
Asia Pacific Head, Optical Networks Product Management, Network Architecture, Nokia
Australia
Ahmad Belhoul AL FALASI
Minister of Sports and Chancellor of the Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE
United Arab Emirates
Fatima AL SHAMSHI
Acting Head of Space Regulations and Policies, UAE Space Agency
United Arab Emirates
David ALEXANDER
Director; Professor, Physics and Astronomy, Department Ombudsperson , Rice Space Institute; Rice University
United States
Audrey L. ALLISON
Senior Project Leader, Center for Space Policy and Strategy, The Aerospace Corporation
United States
H.E. Salem Humaid ALMARRI
Director General, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC)
United Arab Emirates
Leyla ALPASLAN
Branch Head, Digital Earth, Geoscience Australia
Tony ANTONELLI
Astronaut, Acting Director, Advanced Programs Civil Space, Lockheed Martin Corporation
United States
Hidetaka AOKI
Co-Founder and Director; Partner, Space Port Japan; Global Brain Corporation
Japan
Pakorn APAPHANT
Executive Director, Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA)
Thailand
Dunay BADIRKHANOV
Chair of the Board (a/g), Azercosmos Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Christina BALOMENAKI
Architect - Researcher, Coordinator of "Space Architecture and Extreme Environment's Habitation" Research Group, Transformable Intelligent Environments Laboratory (TieLab), Technical University of Crete
Greece
Sai Tarun Prabhu BANDEMEGALA
Industrial PhD Student in Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Italy
Gary BARNHARD
IAF Space Habitats Committee, Chair; XISP-Inc, CEO, National Space Society
United States
Elizabeth BARRIOS
Electronic Materials Engineer, Space Systems Department, Blue Origin
United States
Jairo BECERRA
Director, Socio-Legal Research Centre, CISJUC, Universidad Católica de Colombia
Colombia
Katherine BENNELL-PEGG
Group Captain in the Royal Australian Air Force (Reserve), Astronaut, Australian Space Agency
Australia
Grégoire BOURBAN
Head, Space Exchange Switzerland
Switzerland
Lisa BROWN
Hepatobiliary and General Surgeon, The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Center
Australia
Iver CAIRNS
Director of CUAVA, the ARC Training Centre for CubeSats, UAVs, and Their Applications Professor in Space Physics, The University of Sydney
Australia
Simonetta CHELI
Director of Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN, European Space Agency (ESA)
Italy
Selma CHERCHALI
Earth Observation Deputy Director, Strategy Directorate, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
France
Jorge CICCOROSSI
Head, Space Strategy and Sustainability Division, ITU Radiocommunication Bureau, International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Switzerland
Harry CIKANEK
Director, Center for Satellite Applications and Research (Retired), Satellite and Information Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
United States
Vanessa CLARK
VP of Program & Mission Management at Katalyst Space, Co-Founder of Atomos Space
Kat CODERRE
Deputy Manager for Deep Space Exploration Advanced Programs, Lockheed Martin Corporation
United States
Kevin COGGINS
Deputy Associate Administrator and Program Manager, Space Communications and Navigation Program (SCaN), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States
Juan Carlos CORTÉS PULIDO
Director, Centre for the development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)
Spain
Justin CYRUS
Founder and CEO, Lunar Outpost
United States
Donald DANSEREAU
Senior Lecturer, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney
Australia
Leonard DE GUZMAN
Regional Lead, Americas, Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO)
United States
Marco DE STEFANO
Research Associate, Department for Analysis and Control of Advanced Robotic Systems, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
Germany
Melissa DE ZWART
Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, University of Adelaide
Australia
Andrew DEMPSTER
Director of the Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research (ACSER), University of New South Wales, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research (ACSER)
Australia
Philip DIAMOND
Director-General, Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)
United Kingdom
Jean-Jacques DORDAIN
Chair of the Board of Satlantis, Chair of the Supervisory Board of Rocket Factory
France
Alvin DREW
Director for NASA Space Sustainability, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States
Stéphanie DURAND
Vice President, Policy, Communications and Strategic Planning, Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
Canada
Martin DUURSMA
Partner, Main Sequence VC
Australia
Nadine DUURSMA
Double MSc Candidate, Robotics and Space Engineering, Delft University of Technology
Karen FELDSTEIN
Associate Administrator, International and Interagency Relations, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States
Orsolya FERENCZ
Ministerial Commissioner, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary
Hungary
Bernard FOING
, CEO ILEWG LUNEX EuroMoonMars, president Space Renaissance International, chief scientist QOSMOSYS
Netherlands
Steven FREELAND
Emeritus Professor, Western Sydney University; Professorial Fellow, Bond University; Director, International Institute of Space Law, IISL
Australia
Masaki FUJIMOTO
Professor and Deputy Director General of ISAS/JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Japan
Robyn GATENS
Director, International Space Station; Acting Director, Commercial Spaceflight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States
Christopher GEIGER
Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk Vice President, Lockheed Martin Corporation
United States
Alper GEZERAVCI
First Turkish Astronaut, Turkish Space Agency Board Member, Turkish Space Command Coordination & Execution Director F-16 & KC-135R Pilot, Turkish Space Agency (TUA)
Türkiye
Matthew GILLIHAM
Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, University of Adelaide
Australia
Pawan GOENKA
Chairman, Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe), Department of Space, Government of India
India
James GRAF
Director, Earth Science and Technology, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
United States
Ben GREENHAGEN
Planetary Scientist, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Julian GUINANE
Space Systems Engineer, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney
Australia
Alissa J. HADDAJI
Director, Boston Space Consortium; Lecturer in Space Law, Policy and Ethics, International Space University (ISU)
United States
Richard HARVEY
Chief Operating Officer, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, University of Adelaide
Australia
Natavan HASANOVA
Strategy and Business Development Director, Azercosmos Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Alex HELD
Chief Research Scientist, Earth Observation and AquaWatch, CSIRO Space and Astronomy
Australia
Aarti HOLLA-MAINI
Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Austria
Gérald HOWARD
, Lausanne Montreux Congrès
Switzerland
Anton IVANOV
Executive Director, Space Propulsion and Space Research Center, Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
United Arab Emirates
Larry D. JAMES
Strategic Advisor, SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC)
United States
Lesley JANE SMITH
Professor, Leuphana University; Solicitor, Weber-Steinhaus & Smith
Germany
Allen JIANG
Space Habitats Committee, Vice-Chair; Amelia Space Technologies, Founder & CEO, National Space Society
United Kingdom
Shukhrat KADIROV
Director General, Uzbekspace agency (The Space Research and Technology Agency under the Ministry of digital technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan)
Uzbekistan
Lindsay KALDON
Senior Advisor for Space Nuclear Systems, Space Technology Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States
Jason KALIRAI
Mission Area Executive, Space Formulation, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
United States
Mohammed KAMECHE
Director of the Centre of Satellite Development,, Agence Spatiale Algérienne (ASAL)
Algeria
Sarah KESSANS
Association Professor, Space and Health, University of Canterbury
New Zealand
Minsik KIM
Co-Founder & Vice President of Business Development, Nara Space
Saroj KUMAR
Research Engineer, Propulsion Research Center (PRC), University of Alabama in Huntsville
United States
Jacinth LAU
Deputy Director for Industry, Office for Space Technology & Industry, Singapore
Singapore
John LEE
Vice Administrator of the Mission Directorates, Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA)
Republic of Korea
Norman LEWIS
WSU Regents and Arthur M. and Kate Eisig-Tode Distinguished Professor, Washington State University
United States
Yankho LIKAKU
Engagement Manager, Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS)
South Africa
Nicola LINTY
Satellite Communication Systems and Radio-Navigation Engineer, Telecommunications Unit, Argotec
Italy
Michael LOPEZ-ALEGRIA
Chief of the Astronaut Office and Ax-1 Mission Commander, Axiom Space, LLC
United States
Mafua-'i-Vai'utukakau MAKA
Director, Tonga National Disaster Risk Management Office (NDRMO)
Tonga
Farkhod MAKHMUDKHUJAEV
Head of Artificial Intelligence and Programming Department at Center for Space Monitoring and Geoinformation Technologies, Uzbekspace agency (The Space Research and Technology Agency under the Ministry of digital technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan)
Uzbekistan
John C. MANKINS
Vice President, Moon Village Association (MVA), President, ARTEMIS Innovation Management Solutions
United States
Adriana MARAIS
Theoretical Physicist, Director, Foundation for Space Development Africa and Founder Proudly Human
South Africa
Hamid MEHMOOD
Scientific Affairs Officer (Head of UN-SPIDER Beijing Office), United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
China
Nujoud MERANCY
Deputy Associate Administration, Strategy and Architecture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States
Agnès MESTREAU
ESA-ESTEC Head of the Systems Engineering Division, European Space Agency (ESA)
Netherlands
Patrick MICHEL
Hera Mission Principal Investigator , Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
France
Ashutosh MISHRA
Doctoral Researcher (MEXT Scholar), Space Robotics Lab, Tohoku University
India
Peter MOAR
Head, Space Instrumentation Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
Australia
Frank MONTENY
Director General Research and Space, Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO)
Belgium
Kuda MUKOVA
Chief Executive Officer, Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS)
South Africa
Mariam NASEEM
Planetary Science Researcher, PhD Candidate, University of Maryland, College Park
Canada
Jack NAYLOR
PhD Candidate, Australian Centre for Robotics, The University of Sydney
Australia
Mahhad NAYYER
Co-Lead, Space Safety and Sustainability Project Group; Purdue University, Graduate Researcher in Astronautics, Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
Pakistan
Paul NIELSEN
Director and Chief Executive Officer, Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
United States
Christer NILSSON
Vice Director General and Director of Technology, Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA)
Sweden
Anke PAGELS-KERP
Divisional Board Member for Space, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
Germany
Maheen PARBHOO
Senior Analyst, Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS)
South Africa
Walther PELZER
Director General, German Space Agency, Member of the Executive Board , Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
Germany
Gay Jane P. PEREZ
Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology, Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA)
Philippines
Maria Antonietta PERINO
Director for Space Economy Exploration and International Network, Thales Alenia Space Italia
Italy
Sam PETERSON
Founding Partner of Cislunar International and Adjunct Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
United States
Dietmar PILZ
Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality (D/TEC), Head of ESA/ESTEC in Noordwijk, the Netherlands
Netherlands
Serge PLATTARD
Honorary Professor, University College London (UCL); Visiting Professor, International Space University (ISU)
United Kingdom
Siddharth RAJPUT
Advanced Trainee, Vascular Surgery, Australia and New Zealand Society for Vascular Surgery
Australia
Jonathon RALSTON
Senior Principal Research Scientist, Frontier Mining Research Team Lead, CSIRO Space and Astronomy
Eric SALWAN
Co-founder and Director, Commercial Business Development, Firefly Aerospace
United States
Jun SHIMADA
Lead for ISRU Research, Space Exploration Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Japan
Kevin SHORTT
Research Project Leader, Central Research and Technology Function , Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
Germany
Viktor SHPAKOVSKY
General Partner, Beyond Earth Ventures
United States
Karen ST. GERMAIN
Director, Earth Sciences Division, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States
Atsushi TAKATA
Executive Vice President for Global Strategy and Space Utilization, SpaceData
Futoshi TAKIGUCHI
Vice President; Director General, Space Technology Directorate I; Director, Tsukuba Space Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Japan
Ryota TANAKA
Director, Engineering of Space DC Business Division, Space Compass Corporation
Japan
Dale THOMAS
Professor and Eminent Scholar of Systems Engineering in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, University of Alabama in Huntsville
United States
Morio TOYOSHIMA
Director, Wireless Networks Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Japan
Guillermo TROTTI
Professor, Co-founder and Chairman, Arizona State University, EarthDNA, Trotti Studio
Elias TSOUTSANIS
Chief Researcher , Technology Innovation Institute’s Propulsion and Space Research Center
United Arab Emirates
Teresa VIDAL-CALLEJA
Professor and Research Director, Robotics Institute, University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Australia
Alex VIDYUK
Founder and Chief Editor, Space Ambition
United States
Madis VOORAS
Head, Estonian Space Office
Estonia
Jennifer WAKULICZ
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Robotics Institute, University of Technology Sydney
Australia
Nathan WALLACE
Research Fellow, Agriculture and Environment Group, Australian Centre for Robotics (ACFR) , The University of Sydney
Australia
Justin St. P. WALSH
Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Chapman University
United States
Marcus WANDT
Chief Innovation Officer, SAAB AB, Special Advisor, Swedish National Space Agency (SNSA), Astronaut, European Space Agency (ESA)
Sweden
David WATERHOUSE
Deputy Chairman and Co-Founder Hypersonix Launch Systems. CEO and Co-Founder , VeloDX
Australia
Raymond M. WHEELER
Emeritus Senior Scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States
Minduli WIJAYATUNGA
Incoming Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
United States
Marta YERBA
Director, Bushfire Research Centre of Excellence, The Australian National University
Australia
Huang Miaw YI
Deputy Director for International Relations, Office for Space Technology & Industry, Singapore
Singapore
Bian ZHIGANG
Vice Administrator, China National Space Administration (CNSA)
China
