SPEAKERS
Angel ABBUD-MADRID
Director, Space Resources Program, Colorado School of Mines
United States
Ahmad Belhoul AL FALASI
Minister of Sports and Chancellor of the Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE
United Arab Emirates
Sultan AL NEYADI
UAE Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Astronaut
United Arab Emirates
Fatima AL SHAMSI
Director of Space Policies and Int'l Relations Department , UAE Space Agency
United Arab Emirates
Mariam ALHAMMADI
Researcher at the Propulsion and Space Research Center, Technology Innovation Institute (TII)
United Arab Emirates
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
Tony ANTONELLI
Astronaut (retired), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States
Pakorn APAPHANT
Executive Director, Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA)
Thailand
Mishaal ASHEMIMRY
Aerospace Consultant & Special Advisor to CEO, Saudi Space Agency (SSA)
Saudi Arabia
Senator the Hon Tim AYRES
Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science, Australian Government
Australia
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
Jim BELL
School of Earth and Science Exploration, Director, ASU Space Technology and Science (“NewSpace”) Initiative, Arizona State University
Katherine BENNELL-PEGG
Group Captain in the Royal Australian Air Force (Reserve), Astronaut, Australian Space Agency
Australia
Zhigang BIAN
Vice Administrator, China National Space Administration (CNSA)
China
Zsófia BIRÓ
Innovation Lead, Research Fellow; NPoC for Hungary, University of Pécs; Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC)
Hungary
Reuben BOLT
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous Strategy and Services, The University of Sydney
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
A. C. CHARANIA
Chief Technologist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States
Simonetta CHELI
Director of Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN, European Space Agency (ESA)
Italy
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
Judith COLLINS
New Zealand Minister for Space, Government of New Zealand
New Zealand
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
Simonetta DI PIPPO
Director, SEE Lab (Space Economy Evolution Laboratory) SDA Bocconi School of Management
Italy
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
Martin ELVIS
Senior Astrophysicist, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
United States
Karen FELDSTEIN
Associate Administrator, International and Interagency Relations, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States
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
Ren FREEMAN
Eastern Shoshone, Director, Research Coordinator, and Co-PI, Indigenous Research Center (IRC)
United States
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
Steve GEORGANAS MP
Federal Member for Adelaide, Co-convenor of the Federal Parliament’s Parliamentary Friends of Space, Parliament of Australia
Australia
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
Luisella GIULICCI
President, European Space Agency, Lunar Gateway Project Manager, Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E)
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
Mariella GRAZIANO
Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development - Science, Exploration and Transportation , GMV Space Systems
Spain
Ben GREENHAGEN
Planetary Scientist, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Feng GUAN
Director of Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center , China National Space Administration - LESEC CNSA
China
Julian GUINANE
Space Systems Engineer, School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney
Australia
Alissa J. HADDAJI
Director, The Space Consortium; Adj. Professor of Space Law, Policy & Ethics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Alvin D. HARVEY
Diné, Navajo Nation, Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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
John M. HORACK
Professor and Neil Armstrong Chair in Aerospace Policy, The Ohio State University
United States
Gérald HOWARD
, Lausanne Montreux Congrès
Switzerland
Angelo IASIELLO
Executive Vice President of Operations & Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) , American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
United States
Larry D. JAMES
Strategic Advisor, SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC)
United States
Lesley JANE SMITH
Professor; Solicitor; President, Leuphana University; Weber-Steinhaus & Smith; International Institute of Space Law (IISL)
Germany
Allen JIANG
Space Habitats Committee, Vice-Chair; Amelia Space Technologies, Founder & CEO, National Space Society
United Kingdom
Rajeev JYOTHI
Director Technical, Distinguished Scientist, Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe)
India
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
Ranjana KAUL
Partner; Vice-President, Dua Associates; International Institute of Space Law (IISL)
India
Sarah KESSANS
Association Professor, Space and Health, University of Canterbury
New Zealand
Kangsan (Antonio) KIM (STARK)
Global Space Policy and Strategy Expert, ispace, inc
Republic of Korea
Tim KOPRA
Chief Human Exploration Officer, Retired NASA Astronaut, Voyager Technologies
United States
Amit KSHATRIYA
Associate Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
United States
Saroj KUMAR
Research Engineer, Propulsion Research Center (PRC), University of Alabama in Huntsville
United States
Bob LAMBORAY
Lead for Exploration and Space Resources, Luxembourg Space Agency, Strategic Advisor European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC)
Luxembourg
Christoph LIMMER
VP Global , OQ Technology
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
Tanja MASSON-ZWAAN
Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL), Leiden University
Netherlands
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
The Hon Chris MINNS
Premier, NSW Government
Australia
Ashutosh MISHRA
Doctoral Researcher (MEXT Scholar), Space Robotics Lab, Tohoku University
India
Peter MOAR
Head, Space Instrumentation Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
Australia
Michael MORENO
Vice President of Strategy, Lunar Outpost
United States
Clay MOWRY
Chief Executive Officer, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
United States
Geraldine NAJA
Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness, European Space Agency (ESA)
France
Martin NAKATA
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Indigenous Education & Strategy, James Cook University
Australia
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
Asanda NTISANA
Acting Managing Director, Earth Observations, South African National Space Agency (SANSA)
South Africa
Seungsoo PARK
Deputy Director, Lunar Lander Program, Space Science Exploration Mission Directorate, Korea AeroSpace Administration
Republic of Korea
Walther PELZER
Director General, German Space Agency, Member of the Executive Board , Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
Germany
David PERENARA-O’CONNELL
Chair of the Board, Te Taumutu Rūnanga Representative, Tāwhaki Joint Venture
New Zealand
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
Ioana Roxana PERRIER
Professor Space Science and Physics , IPSA (Institut polytechnique des sciences avancées ) Air and Space Engineering School
France
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
Kathryn ROBISON
Lecturer in American Studies, United States Studies Centre; Senior Research Fellow, Australasian Centre for Space Governance, The University of Sydney
United States
Elena ROCCHI
Director of MSD Program, Space Architecture & Extreme Environment & Clinical Professor of Architecture
United States
Jessica ROUSSET
Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Vice President of Research, Knowledge Enterprise, Arizona State University
United States
Eric SALWAN
Co-founder and Director, Commercial Business Development, Firefly Aerospace
United States
Thomas SCHILDKNECHT
Professor Emeritus, Astronomical Institute, University of Bern
Switzerland
Stefan SCHLECHTRIEM
Director of the Institute of Space Propulsion, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
Germany
Jun SHIMADA
Lead for ISRU Research, Space Exploration Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Japan
Issei SHINOHARA
Vice President & General Manager, Aerospace Dept , Mitsubishi International Corporation
United States
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
Eric STALLMER
Executive Vice President for Government Affairs and Public Policy , Voyager Technologies
United States
Emily SUVAAL
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade and Small Business, New South Wales Government Space
Australia
Atsushi TAKATA
Executive Vice President for Global Strategy and Space Utilization, SpaceData
Futoshi TAKIGUCHI
Vice President; Director General, Space Technology Directorate I,, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Japan
Ryota TANAKA
Director, Engineering of Space DC Business Division, Space Compass Corporation
Japan
Iliass TANOUTI
VP Delivery & Customer Success; Space Lead, constellr; Je M’Engage Pour L’Afrique
Morocco
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
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
Christina WONG
Director of Research and Innovation, Professor at School of Fashion and Textiles, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Toru YAMAMOTO
Project Manager, Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration (CRD2), Research and Development Directorate, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Japan
Marta YEBRA
Director, Bushfire Research Centre of Excellence, The Australian National University
Australia
