SPACE SYMPOSIUM AGENDA

Space Law and Regulation Track

Monday, April 7, 2025

9:30 am - 5:00 pm

Track:

Location: Cheyenne Mountain Resort

Presented in Association with the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) and Greenberg Traurig

The Space Law and Regulation Track, developed in association with the International Institute of Space Law, will address pressing issues of space law and regulation impacting commercial space activities.  Featuring government and industry leaders addressing a range of current issues.

The track will again feature the signature General Counsel Forum and will include a reception hosted by Greenberg Traurig to provide an opportunity for attendees to network. Lunch is included for Space Law & Regulation Track registrants. 

9:30 am – Welcome remarks

    • Skip Smith, Chair, Space & Satellite Industry Group, Greenberg Traurig

9:40 am – Regulatory Update and Importance to Space Companies

9:40 am Introduction by Moderator

    • Audrey Schaffer, Vice President, Strategy & Policy, Slingshot Aerospace

9:50 am – FAA 

    • Caryn Schenewerk, President, CS Consulting

10:10 am – NOAA Office of Space Commerce

    • Gabriel Swiney; Director of Policy, Advocacy, and International Division, NOAA

10:25 am – FCC

    • Cat Kuersten, Senior Corporate Counsel, Project Kuiper

10:40 am – Export Control

    • Krystle Caponio, Chief Business Officer, AstroForge

11:00 am – Q&A of regulatory speakers

11:30 am  Keynote 

    • Jay Schwarz, Chief, FCC Space Bureau

12:00 pm – Lunch

1:00 pm – Panel on AI Issues Relating to the Space Industry

    • Moderator: Quincy Stott, General Counsel, Maxar Space
    • Maj. Gen. Kim Crider, USAF (Ret.), Founding Partner, Elara Nova
    • Matt Linton, General Counsel, True Anomaly
    • Tuana Yazici, Chair, IISL Working Group on Legal Aspects of AI in Space

1:50 pm – Panel on Lunar Activities

    • Moderator: Skip Smith, Chair, Space & Satellite Industry Group, Greenberg Traurig
    • Ananda Martin, General Counsel, ispace technologies U.S., inc.
    • Trent Martin, SVP, Space Systems, Intuitive Machines
    • David Wheeler, General Counsel, Firefly

2:30 pm – General Counsel Forum

2:30 pm – Foreign General Counsels: Managing Risk in an Uncertain World

    • Moderator: Richard DalBello, Principal, RDB Space
    • Vittorio Colella-Albino, Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs, Telespazio
    • Kaoru Kodama, General Counsel, Astroscale Holdings (Japan)
    • Nathan O’Konek, General Counsel, Neo Space Group

3:10 pm – National Security & Commercial Space

    • Moderator: Tom Ayres, General Counsel, Starlab
    • Dennis Burnett, Executive VP & General Counsel, Hawkeye 360
    • Kelly Garehime, VP, General Counsel, Chief Ethics Officer, and Corporate Secretary, Sierra Space
    • Robin Ricketts, VP & General Counsel, Lockheed Martin Space

4:00 pm – General Counsel Panel

    • Moderator: Skip Smith, Chair, Space & Satellite Industry Group, Greenberg Traurig
    • Aaron Futch, Executive VP, General Counsel and Secretary, Redwire Space
    • David Goodwin, General Counsel, Vast Space

5:00 pm – Reception hosted by Greenberg Traurig & HawkEye360

Separate Registration or Purchase Required

Co-Sponsor

Greenberg Traurig