Game Changers: AI & Space Track
The Game Changers: AI & Space Track showcases cutting-edge advancements in artificial intelligence applications for space exploration and operations. Industry leaders, scientists, and innovators gather to discuss how AI is revolutionizing satellite technology, autonomous spacecraft, mission planning, data analysis, and space debris management. This track highlights collaborative efforts between space agencies and tech companies to leverage AI for deep space missions, planetary exploration, and improving Earth observation systems, offering attendees insights into the future of AI-driven space endeavors. Lunch is included for Game Changers: AI & Space Track registrants.
9:00 am – Opening Remarks
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- Pacôme Révillon, CEO, Novaspace
9:05 am – Welcome Remarks
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- Prof. Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund, Board Member, Space Foundation
9:10 am – Fireside Chat: What is AI in Space?
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- Moderator: Rainer Horn, Partner & Managing Director, Novaspace
- Kate Zimmerman, Generative AI Innovation Center (GenAIIC) Geo Leader, AWS Worldwide Public Sector
9:25 am – Panel: Unlocking Full EO Potential with AI-Powered Solutions
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- Moderator: Dan Robitzski, News Editor, SpaceNews
- Johan Åman, CEO, Unibap
- Lyn Chassagne, Senior Vice President, Go to Market, BlackSky
- Shashank Narayan, CTO, Ansys Government Initiatives
- Robbie Schingler, Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder, Planet
10:10 am – Coffee & Networking Time
10:30 am – Panel: Artificial Intelligence in SSA: Revolutionizing Space Monitoring
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- Moderator: Dara Panahy, Partner, Milbank
- Tony Frazier, CEO, Leolabs
- Stefan Frey, CEO, Vyoma
- Dr. Chiara Manfletti, CEO, Neuraspace
- Melissa Quinn, Managing Director, Slingshot Aerospace
- Lt. Col. A. Walter Shedroff, Chief, Combat Operations & Senior IMA to the Director at The National Space Defense Center/Delta 15, U.S. Air Force
11:15 am – Panel: Optimizing the Skies: Innovations in Constellation Management
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- Moderator: Pacôme Révillon, CEO, Novaspace
- Dr. Brian Barritt, CTO, Aalyria
- Maj. Gen. Clinton E. Crosier, USAF (Ret.), Director of Aerospace & Satellite Solutions, AWS
- Guy de Carufel, CEO, Cognitive Space
- Robbie Robertson, CEO, Sedaro
- Guillaume Tanier, CEO & Co-founder, Leanspace
- Paula Trimble, Director, Legislative and Interagency Engagement, Space Development Agency
12:05 pm – Lunch
1:05 pm – Panel: Enhancing Space Communication and Operations on the Ground
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- Moderator: Pacôme Révillon, CEO, Novaspace
- Phil Carrai, President Space Training & Cyber Division, Kratos
- Don Claussen, CEO, ST Engineering iDirect
- Ron Faith, CEO, RBC Signals
- Daniel Gizinski, President of Satellite & Space Communications Segment, Comtech
- Pier Michele Roviera, President, Space Solutions, Safran Defense & Space Inc.
- Alvaro Sanchez, CEO, Integrasys
2:00 pm – Fireside Chat: Seeing Double: The Future of Digital Twins
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- Moderator: Carla Filotico, Partner & Managing Director, Novaspace
- Peter Wilczynski, Chief Product Officer, Maxar Intelligence
2:15 pm – Panel: Made by AI: Innovation in Satellite Manufacturing
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- Moderator: Rainer Horn, Partner & Managing Director, Novaspace
- Lorenzo Feruglio, CEO, AIKO
- David Kervin, CEO & Co-Founder, Proteus Space
- Aitor Moríñigo Muñoz, CEO, Satlantis US
- Al Tadros, CTO, Redwire
2:45 pm – Coffee & Networking Time
3:05 pm – Panel: From Earth to the Moon: AI’s Impact on Space Exploration
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- Moderator: Natalia Larrea Brito, US Director, Novaspace
- Grant Anderson, CEO & President, Paragon
- Dr. Michele Faragalli, CTO, Mission Control
- Neeraj Gupta, Chief Innovation Officer, Voyager Technologies
- Matthew Popplewell, Staff Astrodynamics and Satellite Navigation Engineer, Advance Space
- Dr. Didier Schmitt, Head of Future Preparation, European Space Agency
4:05 pm – Fireside Chat: AI-Powered Defense: Balancing Technology and Trust
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- Moderator: Natalia Larrea Brito, US Director, Novaspace
- Col. Jon Strizzi, Director of Enterprise Integration, Space Systems Integration Office & Director of Analysis (S9) & Nuclear Systems (S10), Space Systems Command
4:20 pm – Panel: Beyond Our Planet: Harnessing AI for the Future of Space Health
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- Moderator: Dr. Kris Lehnhardt, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine & Director of Space Medicine, UTHealth Houston
- Dr. Anke Pagels-Kerp, Divisional Board Member Space, DLR
- Dr. Shawna Pandya, Astronaut; Chief Instructor, Space Medicine & Extreme Environments; Director, Space Medicine Group, International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS)
- Dr. Erika Wagner, US Business Development Lead, The Exploration Company
4:50 pm – Closing Remarks
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