SPACE SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS

Space Symposium brings together the world’s most influential voices shaping the future of space.

From senior government officials and military leaders to industry executives and technical experts, speakers at Space Symposium deliver critical insights, strategic direction, and groundbreaking announcements that define the global space agenda. This page highlights confirmed speakers, with additional leaders continuing to be announced leading up to the event.

Our Growing List of Confirmed Speakers

William Adkins

Principal Deputy Director

National Reconnaissance Office

Mohsen Al Awadi

Director of Space Missions

United Arab Emirates Space Agency

Meghan Allen

Senior Vice President, Strategic Engagement

Space Foundation

H.E. Ibrahim AlQasim

Deputy Director General

United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA)

Doug Anderson

Partner, Operations and Supply Chain Services

PwC

David Anderson

Chief Product Officer

Ramon.Space

Narayanan Appu

Associate Director, ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC)

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Rep. Nick Archer

Congressman

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Grayson Ardies

Chief Executive Officer

Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority

Dr. Giada Arney

Planetary Scientist & Astrobiologist

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Steven Arnold

Deputy Mission Area Executive for Civil Space

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Gabriella Arrigo

President

International Astronautical Federation (IAF)

Dr. Josef Aschbacher

Director General

European Space Agency (ESA)

Capt. Andrew Baac, USSF

3d Space Operations Squadron

U.S. Space Force

Hon. Brian Babin

Congressman

House of Representatives

Dr. Daniel Baker

Director

University of Colorado, Colorado Space Policy Center

Brig. Gen. Maurice Barnett, USA

Director, Plans & Policy

U.S. Space Command

Dr. Brian Barritt

Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer

Aalyria

Dr. Tahllee Baynard

Vice President, Ignite

Lockheed Martin

Brig. Gen. Casey Beard, USAF

Deputy Commander

U.S. Space Force Combat Forces Command

Dr. David Bearden

Manager, Office of Strategic Planning

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Col. Richard Beckman, USAF

Commander, Phillips Research Site

Air Force Research Laboratory

Director, Space Vehicles Directorate

Jaden Behringer

President & Autonomous Flight Software Lead

Texas A&M Vertical Flight Design

Col. Dean Bellamy, USAF (Ret.)

Executive Vice President, National Security Space and Special Programs

Redwire Space

Michael Bellin

Partner, US IPO Leader & US Capital Markets Integrated Solutions Leader

PwC

CMSgt John Bentivegna, USSF

Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force

U.S. Space Force

Hon. Peter Beshar

Former General Counsel

U.S. Air Force and Space Force

Hon. Kari Bingen

Director, Aerospace Security Project

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

David Bradley

Vice President, Space & Strategy

Leonardo DRS

Devin Brande

Director, GEOINT Functional Management & Enterprise Operations

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Gen. Shawn N. Bratton, USSF

Vice Chief of Space Operations

U.S. Space Force

Stephanie Brick

Founder

Salutogenic Design & Consulting Group

Hon. Jim Bridenstine

Former Administrator

NASA

Managing Partner, The Artemis Group

Dr. Josh Bruckmeyer

Vice President of Engineering Technology & Strategy for Space & Airborne Systems

L3Harris Technologies

Will Bruey

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Varda Space Industries

Shawn Buckley

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Redwire Space

Dennis Burnett

General Counsel

HawkEye 360

Lt. Gen. DeAnna M. Burt (Ret.)

Former Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear

United States Space Force

Lt. Gen. Dennis Bythewood

Commander

U.S. Space Forces – Space

Ian Canning

President & Chief Executive Officer

Eutelsat Network Solutions

Alicia Carey

Formulation Manager

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Dr. Lisa Carnell

Director, Biological & Physical Sciences Division

NASA

Juan Caro

Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Space Affairs

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Jeff Carr

President

Griffin Communications Group

Phil Carrai

President, Space, Training and Cybersecurity Division

Kratos

Dr. May Casterline

Director, Solution Architecture

NVIDIA

Michael Castle-Miller

Founder

Lunar Development Cooperative

David Cavossa

President

Commercial Spaceflight Federation

Yvette Cesario

Director

AWS National Security

Dr. Marco Antonio Chamon

President

Brazilian Space Agency

Dr. Dan Chang

Area Executive, National Security

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Lyn Chassagne

Chief Marketing & Product Officer

BlackSky

Andrew Chassin

Managing Director

Bank of America

Investment Banking

Dean Cheng

Senior Fellow

Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Cindy Chin

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Space Officer & Founder

Planetary Systems AI

Carissa Christensen

Founder & Chief Executive Office

BryceTech

Maj. Gen. Vincent Chusseau, CDE

Space Commander

French Space Command

Dr. Jonathan Cirtain

President & Chief Executive Officer

Axiom Space

Dr. Mark Clampin

Acting SMD Deputy Associate Administrator

NASA

Kevin Coggins

Deputy Associate Administrator and Program Manager, Space Communications and Navigation Program (SCaN)

NASA

Chris Coker

Vice President, Civil Space Programs & Robotics

Intuitive Machines

Lt. Col. Kathryn Congdon

Transition Team Lead

U.S. Space Force

Richard B. Cooper

Vice President, Strategic Communications

Space Foundation

Jacqueline Cortese

Vice President, Civil Space

Blue Origin

Maj Gen D. Jason Cothern, USSF

Deputy Director and Program Executive, Ground-Based Midcourse Defense

Missile Defense Agency

LTGEN Susan Coyle, AM, CSC, DSM

Chief of Space and Cyber

Australian Defence Force

Dr. Tim Crain

Chief Technology Officer

Intuitive Machines

Hon. Jeff Crank

Congressman

U.S. House of Representatives

Maj. Gen. Clinton E. Crosier, USAF (Ret.)

DeltaV Strategies

President

Nicholas Cummings

Senior Director, Government Systems Advanced Development

SpaceX

Laura Cummings Ross

Associate

Greenberg Traurig

Rodrigo da Costa

Executive Director

European Union Agency for the Space Programme

Mark Dankberg

Chairman of the Board, CEO and Co-Founder

Viasat

Hoyt Davidson

Founder and Managing Partner

Near Earth LLC

Guy de Carufel

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Cognitive Space

Frank De Winne

LEO Exploration Group Leader & ISS Programme Manager

European Space Agency

Rob DeMillo

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Sophia Space

Brig. Gen. Brian Denaro, USSF

Commander, U.S. Space Forces Indo-Pacific

U.S. Space Force

Dr. Brett Denevi

Lead, Artemis III Geology Team

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Dr. -Ing Onur Deniz

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

NeuralAgent

Rob Desborough

Managing Partner

Seraphim Space

Dr. Kiruthika Devaraj

Vice President, Avionics & Spacecraft Technology

Planet Labs

Mike Dickey

Founding Partner

Elara Nova

Lt Col Caitlin B. Diffley

Director, Space Force Innovation and Deputy Portfolio Director for Space

Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

TSgt Michael Dillard Jr., USSF

Crew Chief

U.S. Space Force

Dr. Bryan Dorland

Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Critical Technologies

Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering

Principal Director for Space Technology

Lt. Col. James Dossett, USSF

Senior Program Manager for Battlespace Awareness, Low/Medium Earth Orbit

U.S. Space Force

Sarah Doud

Information Mobility Division Chief

USSPACECOM

Francis Doumet

Chief Executive Officer

Metaspectral

Michael Drews

Mission Strategy and Advanced Capabilities Vice President for Global Situational Awareness (GSA) and Global Command, Control and Communications (GC3)

Lockheed Martin Space

Wolfgang Duerr

Vice President & Head of Global Business Institutional Space

Airbus Defence and Space

Dr. Mark Eddings

Senior Vice President, Space Market

LMI

Prof. Pascale Ehrenfreund

President

Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)

Steve Eisele

Chief Executive Officer

Lonestar Data Holdings

Steve Eisenhart

Former Senior Vice President

Space Foundation

Dr. Salem El Nimri

Chief of Space Technology

AWS Aerospace and Satellite

John Elbon

Interim Chief Executive Officer

United Launch Alliance

Alice Eldridge

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

BAE Systems, Inc.

Dr. Debra Emmons

Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

The Aerospace Corporation

Paul Engola

Independent Director

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation

Ronald Epstein

Managing Director, Americas Equity Research

Bank of America

Daniel Faber

Board Member & Advisor

Orbit Fab

Dr. Shahin Farshchi

Partner

Lux Capital

Dr. Christian Feichtinger

Executive Director

International Astronautical Federation

Jacqueline Feldscher

Managing Editor

Payload

Brig. Gen. Damon Feltman, USSF (Ret.)

Chief Executive Officer

Space Force Association

Carla Filotico

Partner & Managing Director

Novaspace

Dr. Robert Fleming

Corporate Vice President & President

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Dr. Nicola Fox

Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate

NASA

Phil Frank

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Rendezvous Robotics

Martin Frederick

Corporate Director, Civil Space Programs

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Dr. Wesley Fuhrman

Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative Lead, APL

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Dr. Stephen Fuselier

Vice President, Space Science Division

Southwest Research Institute

Aaron Futch

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Redwire Space

Lt. Gen. Gregory Gagnon

Commander

U.S. Space Force Combat Forces Command

Carlos Garcia-Galan

Program Executive, Moon Base

NASA

Kelly Garehime

Chief Legal & Ethics Officer

Sierra Space

Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant, USSF

Commander

Space Systems Command

Dennis Gatens

President, LEOcloud

Voyager Technologies

Michael Geist

Senior Vice President, Product & Innovation

SES Space & Defense

Lt. Gen. Brian Gibson

Military Deputy to the Direct Reporting Program Manager

Golden Dome for America

Pascal Gielen

Chief Procurement Officer

Thales Alenia Space

Luciano Giesso

Vice President, Space Systems

Satellogic

Chester Gillmore

SVP of Spacecraft & Manufacturing

Planet

Daniel Gizinski

President of Satellite & Space Communications Segment

Comtech

Dr. Lori Glaze

Acting Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

NASA

Tom Goffus

Executive Partner, Global Security

Elara Nova

Mike Gold

President

Redwire Space

Barbara Golf

Executive Agent for Space Domain Awareness

U.S. Space Force

Joel Graham

Associate Administrator, Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs

NASA

Antoine Grenier

Partner Space & Satellite

Analysys Mason

Jeff Griffiths

Deals Managing Director

PwC

Miriam Grigg

UK Space Agency (UKSA)

Deputy Director for International, Resilience and Regulation on Space

Dr. John Grunsfeld

President

Endless Frontier Associates

Michael Gruss

Chief Content & Strategy Officer

SpaceNews

Col. James Gutzman

Staff Judge Advocate

U.S. Space Command

Dr. Heidi B. Hammel

Vice President for Science

AURA

Dr. Kelly Hammett

Director and Program Executive Officer

Space Rapid Capabilities Office

Chris Hansen

Vice President, Program Management & Business Development – Space Solutions

Amentum

Max Haot

Chief Executive Officer

Vast

Shayn Hawthorne

Principal Lead for Space

AWS National Security

Erich Hernandez-Baquero

Vice President of Space Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance

Raytheon

Zack Hester

Head of U.S. Office

Novaspace

Elaine Ho

Associate Administrator, Office of STEM Engagement

NASA

Eric Hoffman

Senior Vice President

Booz Allen Hamilton

Niya Hope-Glenn

Graduate Student Researcher, Aeronautics & Astronautics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rainer Horn

Partner & Managing Director

Novaspace

Col. Ramey M. Horn, USSF

Commander, Space Delta 9

U.S. Space Force

Col. James T. Horne, III, USSF

Deputy Director, Assured Access to Space Directorate

United States Space Force

Deputy Director, Operations

Hélène Huby

The Exploration Company

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Jonathan Hung

Executive Director

Office for Space Technology & Industry, Singapore (OSTIn)

Mathew Hungerford

Chief Technology Officer, Space & Intel Business Group

SAIC

Pem Hutchinson

Managing Director

CSC Leasing

Gen. John E. Hyten, USAF (Ret.)

Executive Director

Club for the Future

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Space Foundation

Dr. Christopher Iannello

Professor of Practice, Space Electrical and Power Systems

University of Central Florida

Hon. Jared Isaacman

Administrator

NASA

Maj. Gen. Ishii Hiroyuki

Commander of Space Operations Wing

Japan Air Self-Defense Force

Daniel Jablonsky

Chief Executive Officer

Sierra Space

François Jacq

President & Chief Executive Officer

Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Sabrina Jawed

Deputy Assistant Chief Counsel, Regulations Division

Federal Aviation Administration

Matt Jenkins

Chief Space Systems Officer

Vantor

Eric Jensen

Chief Executive Officer

ICEYE US

Lt. Col. Amber M. Johnson, USSF

Commander, 2nd Sustainment Squadron, Mission Delta 2

U.S. Space Force

Philip Johnston

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

StarCloud

Foster Jondro

Partner

PwC

Anna Jones

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, & Corporate Secretary

Intuitive Machines

Hon. Taylor Jordan

Director & Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction

Office of Space Commerce

Steven Jordan Tomaszewski

Vice President, Space Systems

Aerospace Industries Association

Scott Josselyn

Senior Technical Director - Space

Anduril

Sean Joyce

Principal, Office of the Chairman & Global Cybersecurity & Privacy Leader

PwC

Thendral Kamal

B.S. Aerospace Engineering

Purdue University

Arjun Kampani

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Rocket Lab

Kathleen Karika

Senior Advisor

NASA

Kevin Keating

SVP National Systems Group

The Aerospace Corporation

Bernard Kelm

Acting Director, Naval Center for Space Technology

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Chris Kemp

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Astra

Lorna Kenna

Senior Vice President, Space Solutions Business Line

Amentum

Jim Keravala

Chief Executive Officer

OffWorld

Chief Architect

Nikolai Khlystov

Former Thematic Lead

World Economic Forum

Future of Space Economy

Katrina Kilborn

In-Space Propulsion General Manager

L3Harris

Jason Kim

Chief Executive Officer

Firefly Aerospace

Yusuf Kiraç

Chairman of the Board and President

Turkish Space Agency

Zak Kirstein

Chief Revenue Officer

Northwood Space

Makoto Kobori

Senior Manager, Business Development

Space Compass

Mack Koepke

Senior Vice President of Business Development

Loft Orbital

Nikol Koleva

Executive Director

Space Generation Advisory Council

Dr. Corinne Kramer

Strategic Advisor

Palantir

Hon. Michael Kratsios

Director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy

The White House

Assistant to the President for Science & Technology

Joerg Kreisel

Chief Executive Officer

JKIC

Elizabeth Kryst

Chief Executive Officer

ispace Technologies

Amit Kshatriya

Associate Administrator

NASA

Catherine Kuersten

Head of Government Affairs & Public Policy

Northwood Space

Karan Kunjur

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

K2 Space

Matthew Kuta

President & Co-Founder

Voyager Technologies

Iris Lan

General Counsel

NASA

Hon. William Lane

General Counsel

U.S. Department of the Air Force

Travis Langster

Founder & CEO

Tora Consulting

Dr. Diane Lauer

Chief Academic Officer

St. Vrain Valley Schools

Dr. Pascal Lee

Planetary Scientist

SETI Institute & NASA Ames Research Center

CMSgt Ronald Lerch

Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence

U.S. Space Force

Dr. Laurie Leshin

University Professor of Space Futures

Arizona State University

Lon Levin

President

SkySevenVentures

Janna Lewis

Senior Vice President of Policy & General Counsel

Astroscale U.S.

Mathias Link

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Luxembourg Space Agency

LTG Francisco Lozano, USA

Portfolio Acquisition Executive for PAE Fires

U.S. Army

Dr. Edward Lu

Head

Asteroid Institute

Founder, B612 Foundation

Justin Luczyk

Managing Director

TESAT Government

Gen. Lester Lyles, USAF (Ret.)

Chairman

NASA Advisory Council

Michael Madrid

Chief Growth Officer

Starfish Space

Matt Magaña

President, Defense & National Security

Voyager Technologies

Bernadette Maisel

Director of Operations

National Cybersecurity Center

Christina Mancinelli

Vice President, Global Comms & Navigation

Lockheed Martin Space

Dr. Belinda Marchand

Chief Science Officer

Slingshot Aerospace

Will Marshall

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Planet

CWO J.G.S. Marshall, MMM, CD

3 Canadian Space Division Chief Warrant Officer

Royal Canadian Air Force

Thomas Martin

Senior Director, National Security Programs

Blue Origin

Maj. Gen. Anthony Mastalir, USSF

Director, Global Space Operations

U.S. Space Command

Todd Master

Chief Operating Officer

Umbra

Jaret Matthews

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Astrolab

John May

Partner, Space Sector Leader

PwC

Dr. Erin May

Exoplanet Astronomer

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Joe Mazur

Vice President, Account Executive

Nightwing

Megan McArthur

Astronaut Advisor

Vast

Tom McCartin

General Counsel

True Anomaly

Col. Bryon McClain, USSF

Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Space Combat Power

Space Systems Command

Amber McIntyre

Senior Director, Civil Space

Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)

Daniel Meidenbauer

Program Manager, Space Exploration Sector

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Hon. Dr. Troy Meink

Secretary of the Air Force

U.S. Air Force Headquarters

Bridgit Mendler

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Northwood Space

Nujoud Merancy

Deputy Associate Administrator, Strategy and Architecture Office

NASA

Lt. Col. Devon Messecar, USSF

System Program Manager

U.S. Space Force

Scott Millar

Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy

Canada’s Department of National Defence

Lt. Gen. David Miller, Jr., USSF

Deputy Chief of Space Operations, Strategy, Plans, Programs and Requirements

U.S. Space Force

Dr. Michael Mineiro

Shareholder, Space & Satellite Group

Greenberg Traurig

Col. Ludovic Monnerat

Commander

Swiss Space Command

Danny Moore

President & Owner

DeNovo Solutions

Mike Moradi

Co-Founder & General Partner

Cortado Ventures

Hon. Jerry Moran

Senator

United States Senate

Kevin “Morty” Mortensen

Vice President, Customer Advocacy and Mission Expansion

BAE Systems, Inc.

Clay Mowry

Chief Executive Officer

AIAA

President, International Astronautical Federation

Dr. Michael Mulqueen, DARPA

Program Manager, Tactical Technology Office

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Dee Dee Myers

Senior Advisor to the Governor

California Governor's Council

Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz)

Gen. Paul Nakasone, USA (Ret.)

Former Commander, U.S. Cyber Command

Former Director, National Security Agency

J.P. Nauseef

President & Chief Executive Officer

JobsOhio

Susan Nelson

Principal

IBEX2 Solutions, LLC.

Dr. Dava Newman

Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Dr. Minh Nguyen

Deputy Associate Administrator, Commercial Space Transportation

Federal Aviation Administration

Christopher Nie

Sr. Manager Business Development

Sierra Space

Dr. George Nield

President

Commercial Space Technologies, LLC

Dr. Soichi Noguchi

Astronaut & Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Miraispace co ltd.

Dr. Alison Nordt

Director, Space Sciences & Instrumentation

Lockheed Martin Space

Kevin O’Connell

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

Space Economy Rising

Nathan O’Konek

Chief Operating Officer

Star Catcher

Brian O’Toole

Chief Executive Officer

Blacksky

William O’Hara

Vice President of Engineering

Aurelia Institute

Taeseog Oh

Administrator

Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA)

James Orsulak

Co-Founder

ExLabs

Chairman, Planetary Defense Trust

Michael Overby

Deputy Director of Space Affairs

U.S. Department of State

Dr. Cody Paige

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Columbia University

Enrico Palermo

Head of Agency

Australian Space Agency (ASA)

Shirley Paley

Chief Legal Officer

Muon Space

Dara Panahy

Partner

Milbank

Chirag Parikh

Founder and President

Indutara Space LLC

Irene Parker

Acting Assistant Administrator for National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Services (NESDIS)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Dr. Russell Partch

Director of the Space Warfighting Analysis Center

U.S. Space Force

Dr. Sanjay Parthasarathy

Custody and Emerging Capabilities Cell Director

Space Development Agency

Lauren Paulson

Ph.D. Student, Aerospace Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

Chris Pearson

Chief Executive Officer

Agile Space Industries

Dr. Walther Pelzer

Head of the German Space Agency

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Tanya Pemberton

President & Chief Executive Officer

The Aerospace Corporation

Tanja Permozer

Head

Slovenian Space Office

Dr. Timothy Persons

Partner

PwC

Dr. Jean-Claude Piedboeuf

Senior Vice President, Space Programs

Canadian Space Agency

Elisabeth Pinsonneault

Senior Legal Counsel

Sierra Space

Dr. Charles Powell

Assistant Director for Space and Spectrum

White House Office of Science & Technology Policy

Maj. Gen. Heather L. Pringle, USAF (Ret.)

Chief Executive Officer

Space Foundation

Molly Prochaska

International and Embassy Relations Associate

Space Foundation

George Pullen

Chief Economist

Milky Way Economy

Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Purdy, Jr., USSF

Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition

United States Space Force

Neil Rae

UK Space Lead

KPMG

Col. Alexander Rasmussen, USA

Chief Capabilities Officer

Space Development Agency

Dr. Thomas Reiter

Director-General for Space and Security

German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space

Pacôme Révillon

Chief Executive Officer

Novaspace

Joe Rickers

Vice President, Tracking, Transport & Warning

Lockheed Martin

Tere Riley

VP Marketing & Communications

Redwire

Hon. Michael Rogers

Congressman

U.S. House of Representatives

Chairman, House Armed Services Committee

Eric Romo

President & Chief Operating Officer

Impulse Space

John Rood

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Momentus

Deanna Ryals

Director of Space International Affairs

Deputy Undersecretary of the Air Force for International Affairs

Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, USSF

Chief of Space Operations

U.S. Space Force

Dr. Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo

Acting Director

Space Development Agency

Caryn Schenewerk

Chief Policy Officer

Vast

Richard Schgallis

Executive Vice President, Space

Safran DSI

Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, USSF

Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations

U.S. Space Force

Matt Schmidgall

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

ExLabs

Dr. Lara Schmidt

Vice President, Defense Architectures and Integration

The Aerospace Corporation

Brig. Gen. Robert Schreiner

Commander

SPACEFOR-NORTH

Jay Schwarz

Chief, Space Bureau

Federal Communications Commission

Randy Segal

Partner

Hogan Lovells

John Serafini

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

HawkEye 360

Avi Shabtai

Chief Executive Officer

Ramon.Space

Raymond Sharp

Vice President, Missile Defense Integration Business Unit

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Lt. Gen. John E. Shaw, USSF (Ret.)

Former Deputy Commander

U.S. Space Command

Maria Lily Shaw

Senior Consultant

Novaspace

Maj. Gen. Roberto Melgar Sheen

Head

National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development of Peru (CONIDA)

Dr. Mark Shelhamer

Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Dr. Matthew Shindell

Curator of Earth and Planetary Science, Historian of Science

Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

Justin Silver

Senior Legal Counsel

IonQ

CMSgt Jacob Simmons, USSF

Command Senior Enlisted Leader

U.S. Space Command

Nick Sinai

Senior Advisor

Insight Partners

Milton “Skip” Smith

Chair, Space & Satellite Industry Group

Greenberg Traurig

Lauren Smith

Program Manager, Satellite Servicing

Northrop Grumman Tactical Space Systems

Marshall Smith

Chief Executive Officer

Starlab

Prof. Dr. Lesley Jane Smith

President

International Institute of Space Law (IISL)

Maj. Gen. James Smith

Commander

STARCOM

Tim Solms

Chief Executive Officer

Slingshot Aerospace

Dipak Srinivasan

Formulation & Strategic Engagements Manager

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Eric Stallmer

Executive Vice President, Global Government Affairs

Voyager Technologies

Michael Stefanelli

Partner

McKinsey & Company

Lee Steinke

Chief Operating Officer

CisLunar Industries

Marissa Stender

Senior Systems Engineer

MOOG

VADM Nils Andreas Stensønes, RNoN

Chief

Norwegian Intelligence Service

Col. Owen Stephens, USSF

Director of Contracting, Space Rapid Capabilities Office

U.S. Space Force

Gentry Stephens

Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force

U.S. Department of the Air Force

Melanie Stricklan

Chief Innovation and Advancement Officer

Space Foundation

Executive Director, Space Workforce for Tomorrow (SWFT)

Col. Jon Strizzi, USSF

Director of Enterprise Integration

Space Systems Integration Office

Director of Analysis (S9) & Nuclear Systems (S10), Space Systems Command

Gokul Subramanian

Senior Vice President of Engineering

Anduril

Arpan Sura

Chief AI Officer

Federal Communications Commission

Rebecca Sutton

2026 Space Generation Fusion Forum (SGFF) Manager

Space Generation Advisory Council

Gabriel Swiney

Director, Policy, Advocacy, & International Division

Office of Space Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce

Glenn Tallia

Chief Counsel, Weather, Satellite and Research Section

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of General Counsel

Dr. Travis Taylor

Space Luminary

PwC

Maj. Gen. Paul Tedman, CBE

Commander

U.K. Space Command

John M. Tenaglia

Principal Director, Defense Pricing, Contracting, and Acquisition Policy

U.S. Department of War

Gary Testut

Vice President, Space Systems

BAE Systems, Inc.

Lt. Gen. Guillaume Thomas

Deputy Commander

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Allied Air Command

Dr. John Thompson

Senior Bureau Official

U.S. Department of State

Bureau of Oceans & International Environmental & Scientific Affairs

Gen. David Thompson, USSF (Ret.)

Senior Principal Advisor

Elara Nova

Ryan Tintner

Vice President & General Manager, Space Superiority

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Mislav Tolusic

Managing Partner

Marlinspike

Maj. Gen. Michael Traut

Commander

German Space Command

Grady Trimble

Correspondent

Fox Business Network

Eric Truitt

Chief Executive Officer

Mantis Space

Prof. Teodoro Valente

President

Italian Space Agency (ASI)

Maurizio Valesani

Manager

Novaspace

Kate van Dam

Head of Government

SkyFi

Marjolijn van Deelen

Special Envoy for Space

European External Action Service

Kimberly Vitelli

Administrator

Office of Workforce Investment, U.S. Department of Labor

Max Vozoff

Chief Technology Officer

X-Bow Systems Inc.

Anny Vu

Senior Bureau Official

United States Department of State

Bureau of Emerging Threats

Dr. Nicole Wagner

Chief Executive Officer

Lambda Vision

Dr. Joseph Westlake

Heliophysics Division Director

NASA

Dave Westover

Director

The Aerospace Corporation

Brandon White

Vice President and General Manager, Multi-Domain Operations

Northrop Grumman

Hon. George Whitesides

Congressman

U.S. House of Representatives

Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, USSF

Commander

U.S. Space Command

Dave Wooddell

Principal Account Executive

AWS National Security

Dennis Woodfork

National Security Space Mission Area Executive

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Dr. Jong-Shinn Wu

Director General

Taiwan Space Agency (TASA)

Dr. Hiroshi Yamakawa

President

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Kris Young

Chief Operating Officer

Vast

Michał Zachara

Chief Operating Officer

KP Labs

Lt. Gen. Richard L. Zellmann, USA

Deputy Commander

U.S. Space Command

Ed Zoiss

Vice President Engineering, Technology & Innovation

L3Harris Technologies