SPACE SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS

Director, System of Systems Engineering & Net Assessment

Space Systems Command

Space Commander, Air & Space Force

French Space Command

Commander, 3 Canadian Space Division & Joint Force Space Component

Royal Canadian Air Force

Vice President of Defense/Space Investments

Growth Equity Investor

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Leviathan Space Industries LLC

Professor

University of Colorado at Boulder

Director of the Space Missions Department

UAE Space Agency

Senior Vice President, Washington Operations

Space Foundation

Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy & Strategy

The Aerospace Corporation

Chief Executive Officer

Unibap

Manager, Lead Engineer, New Business Developer- Planetary Exploration Line of Business

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

President & Chief Executive Officer

Paragon Space Development Corporation

Managing Partner

Space Capital

Deputy Executive for Space Formulation

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Director General

European Space Agency (ESA)

Director and Clinical Professor of Space Leadership

Thunderbird School of Global Management

Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel

Voyager Space

Chief Executive Officer

Capella Space

Chief, Combatant Command Integration

Space Systems Command

Director, Rapid Capabilities Office

U.S. Department of the Air Force

Chief Financial Officer

Redwire Space

President

Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Sales Director

Novaspace

President, Broadband Communications Systems

L3Harris Technologies

Chief Executive Officer

UK Space Agency (UKSA)

Federal Quantum Ambassador

IBM Technology

Commander, 98th Space Range Squadron at Delta 11

U.S. Space Force

Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation

African Union Commission

Science Educator

General Counsel

U.S. Air Force

Chief Revenue Officer

Axiom Space

SGFF 2024 Deputy Manager

Space Generation Advisory Council

Principal Director, Space Enterprise Evolution

The Aerospace Corporation

Head of Sales Space Products

AAC Clyde Space

Principal Director, Commercial Space Futures Office

The Aerospace Corporation

Associate Professor

Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology

Director of International SSA Engagement, Office of Space Commerce

Associate Administrator for Space Operations

NASA

Chief Engineer & Senior Associate

Booz Allen Hamilton

Anchor

CNBC

Director, Industry Branch

Slovak Space Office

Former Administrator

NASA

Senior Vice President of Revenue Operations

Relativity Space

Director of Space STEM and Workforce Policy

National Space Council

Vice President of Mission Solutions & Payloads (MSP)

RTX

College President

Community College of Aurora

President & Chief Executive Officer

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

Founder & Chief Executive Office

BryceTech

President

BRPH Mission Solutions

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

HawkEye 360

AI Research Engineer Manager & Deputy Program Manager

Lockheed Martin

Deputy Commander, U.S. Space Forces - Space

U.S. Space Command

Co-CEO

Quilty Space

General Manager

Moog

President

Canadian Space Agency (CSA)

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Redwire

Space Formulation Manager

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

President, Space, Training, & Cyber Division

Kratos

Senior Professional Staff

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Technical Director, Mission Solutions and Payloads

RTX

Co-Founder

The Equity Space Alliance

Planetary Scientist

John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Chief Executive Officer

Ad Astra Rocket Company

Former NASA Astronaut

Senior Vice President of Marketing and Customer Experience

BlackSky

Managing Director, Investment Banking

Bank of America

Director, Private Sector Programs

Secure World Foundation

Director, Astrophysics Division

NASA

Editor

TechCrunch

Associate Administrator, Office of Commercial Space Transportation

Federal Aviation Administration

Chief, Space Operations Center at Airspace Command

Brazilian Air Force

Space Minister

New Zealand Government

Director, Research & Digital Programming

Space Foundation

Vice President – Strategic Communications & Outreach

Space Foundation

Senior System Engineer, SSA Solutions

COMSPOC Corporation

Commander

Colombian Aerospace Force

Fellow

Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship

Senior Vice President, Government Strategy & Policy

Viasat

Chief Executive Officer

Sidus Space

Senior Consultant

Novaspace

Director

The NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium

Co-Founder, Space for Teachers

Director of Aerospace and Satellite Solutions

AWS

Space Journalist & Television Host

President

Higher Flight LLC

Secretary, Space Foundation Board of Directors

Executive Director

European Union Agency for the Space Programme

Director, Office of Space Commerce

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Chief of Staff

NASA

Special Missions Director, Space Systems Sector, Space and Airborne Systems

L3Harris Technologies

Staff Writer

The Washington Post

Founder and Managing Partner

Near Earth LLC

President

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Cognitive Space

Lead, Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs

NASA

Program Executive Officer for Military Communications & Positioning, Navigation, and Timing

Space Systems Command

Managing Partner

Seraphim

Coordinator, Philanthropy

Space Foundation

Chief Marketing Officer

Voyager Space

Founding Partner

Elara Nova

Senior Vice President, Symposium 365

Space Foundation

Vice President of Business Development

RAM Aviation, Space & Defense

Coordinator, Technology Transfer & Innovation

DLR German Aerospace Center

Head of Global Business Space Exploration

Airbus Defence and Space

Space Market Senior Vice President

LMI

Senior Vice President, Strategy, Marketing, and Sales

Blue Origin

President

Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)

Director, Space Foundation Board of Directors

Senior Vice President, Strategic & International Affairs

Space Foundation

Director, Strategic Capabilities and Partnerships

BAE Systems

Vice President, Chief Technology Officer

The Aerospace Corporation

Director, Global Space Operations (J-3)

U.S. Space Command

Head, U.S. Space Systems

Airbus U.S. Space and Defense

Vice President of Globally Responsive Space

Lockheed Martin Space

Program Data Officer

Jacobs Missile Defense Group

Executive Director

International Astronautical Federation

Optical Telescope Element Manager, James Webb Space Telescope

NASA

Associate Administrator for International & Interagency Relations

NASA

President, Air & Space Defense Systems

RTX

Chief Executive Officer

Aiko

Vice President, Production & Operations

Intuitive Machines

Corporate Vice President & President, Space Systems

Northrop Grumman

Brooke Owens Fellow

Senior Staff Writer

SpaceNews

Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate

NASA

Corporate Director, Civil Space Programs

Northrop Grumman

Associate Administrator

NASA

Vice President, Space Systems

Aerospace Industries Association

Look Up Space

Look Up Space

Deputy Director-General and Professor of Department of Solar Systems Science, ISAS/JAXA

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Managing Director, Global Industrials Group

Citigroup

Commander

Space Systems Command

Chief Strategy Officer

GXO, Inc.

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Astranis

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

IBX

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Astroforge

Associate Administrator for the Mission Support Directorate

NASA

Director, Strategy, Plans, and Policy, J5

U.S. Space Command

Chief Strategy Officer

Comtech

Commander

UK Space Command

Chief Growth Officer

Redwire

Founder

Cold Canyon

Former NASA Administrator

Chief of Staff

Italian Air Force

Vice President, Space Initiatives

SES Space & Defense

Assistant Director of Education and Outreach

Wisconsin Materials Research Science and Engineering Center

Manager, Office of Technology Maturation

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratoy

Chief Executive Officer

MDA Space

Co-founder & Chief Commercial Officer

iSEE

Director

SpaceWERX

General Manager, U.S. Government

Maxar

Co-Founder and Chief Analyst

Kayrros

Former Commander, SMC

U.S. Air Force

Former Lockheed Martin Vice President & General Manager, Commercial Space

Director and Program Executive Officer

Space Rapid Capabilities Office

Chief Executive Officer

Vast

Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Development Program Manager

NASA

Strategy and Business Development Director

Azercosmos Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Director General

Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA)

Commander, German Cyber and Information Domain Service Headquarter (CIDS HQ)

Bundeswehr

Principal Program Manager

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Chief Diversity Officer

NASA

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Violet Labs

Director, Strategic Marketing & Communications

L3Harris Technologies

Director

United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs

Chief, Environmental Monitoring Futures Branch, Space Environment Futures, Lead Space Domain Awareness/EM Mission Area

U.S. Air Force

Vice President

Crescent Space

Partner & Managing Director

Novaspace

Chief Executive Officer & President

Nova Space

Chief Technologist

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Senior Vice President, Global Business & Government Affairs

SpaceX

Executive Director

Office for Space Technology & Industry (OSTIn)

Former Vice Chairman

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Senior Vice President

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Co-Founder

Payload

Chief of Staff, Space Operations Command

U.S. Space Force

Vice President, U.S. Government Sales

Astranis

Deputy Director

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Founder

Danny’s Rocket Ranch

Manager, Commercial Space Law

FAA's Office of Chief Counsel

Senior Managing Editor

Via Satellite

Vice President, Defense & Intelligence

IBM Federal Technology

Director General, Industry, Trade and Economic Security

U.K. Ministry of Defence

Head of Aerospace Investments

Honeywell Ventures

Senior Director, National Security Space

Aerospace Industries Association

Producer/Director

Mission Area Executive for Civil Space

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Rocket Lab

Professor

Arizona State University

President, Space & Mission Systems

BAE Systems

Director, Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation, DG DEFIS

European Commission

Chief, Space Bureau

Federal Communications Commission

College President

Grand View University

Vice President, Space Commerce & Entrepreneurship

Space Foundation

Program Manager, Space Commerce Institute

Space Foundation

Secretary of the Air Force

U.S. Air Force Headquarters

Commander of Space DELTA 6

U.S. Air Force

Lead, Aerospace Industries

World Economic Forum

Lead, Global Future Council on Space Technologies

Chief Executive Officer

Millennium Space Systems

Associate Administrator, Office of STEM Engagement

NASA

Parker Solar Probe Mission Systems Engineer

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

General Partner, Head of Deal Flow Committee

Veteran Ventures Capital

Senior Director, Azure Space

Microsoft

Senior Materiel Leader, Commercial Space Office (COMSO)

Space Systems Command

Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development

NASA

Senior Vice President in Equity Research

Jefferies

Chief Executive Officer

Starlab

Space Missions Manager

Rakia Mission

Managing Director & Head of Applied Tech and Intermountain Region, Innovation Economy

J.P. Morgan Chase

Chief Executive Officer

JKIC

Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to the United States of America

Norwegian Embassy

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

K2 Space

President & Chief Operating Officer

Voyager Space

General Counsel

NASA

Principal Director, Space and Missile Defense Policy

U.S. Department of Defense

Chief Executive Officer

Stoke Space

Supreme Allied Commander Transformation

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Element Scientist, Exploration Medical Capability, Human Research Program

NASA

Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales

Telespazio

Director, Space Systems Integration Office

United States Space Force, Space Systems Command

Director

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Principal

AE Industrial Partners

Technical Director, Enterprise Capability Integration, Space Systems Integration Office

Space Systems Command

President

SkySevenVentures

Senior Corporate Counsel

BAE Systems

General Manager, Special Programs Division

The Aerospace Corporation

President

Lockheed Martin Space

Chief Legal Officer

True Anomaly

Research Scientist

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

President and Managing Director

Astroscale, U.S.

Senior Technical Advisor

GHGsat

Director, Space Defense Solutions

L3Harris

Chief, Office of International Affairs

Federal Communications Commission

Vice President

AE Industrial Partners

Senior Vice President and General Manager, NASA Enterprise Solutions

Jacobs

Chair, Users’ Advisory Group

National Space Council

Technical Director, Digital Transformation (BZED), SSIO Enterprise Interoperability Division (BZE)

Space Systems Command

General Manager, National Intelligence Division

The Aerospace Corporation

Vice President, New Glenn Mission Management

Blue Origin

Former Executive

Director, Growth & Development

National Cybersecurity Center

Chief Executive Officer

Neuraspace

Chief Human Capital Officer

Intuitive Machines

Senior Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager Aerospace, Defense & Space Technologies

Bank of America

Vice President of Product

SpiderOak

Chief Medical Officer, Head of Human Spaceflight Department

Sierra Space

Senior Material Leader

Space Systems Command

Vice President, Business Development

Leidos

Head of Corporate Development

Blue Origin

Partner, Governance, Government Contract Practice, Advisory Services

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power

Space Systems Command

Global Aerospace & Defense Lead

KPMG

Vice President, Public Sector

The Provenance Chain Network

Fellow

Patti Grace Smith Fellowship

Senior Scientist for Radiation Hardening Technologies

Air Force Research Laboratory

Executive Director

JP Morgan

Director, Naval Center for Space Technology

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Principal Deputy Director

National Reconnaissance Office

Deputy Administrator

NASA

Deputy Associate Administrator, Strategy and Architecture Office

NASA

Space Enterprise Engagement Lead

Air Force Research Laboratory

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Interlune

General Manager

The Aerospace Corporation

Assistant Director for Space Security, Office of Science and Technology Policy

Executive Office of the President

Director, Entrepreneurship Program

Sam Houston State University

Vice President, Government Relations

Blue Origin

Vice President of Space

SpiderOak

Director and Senior Analyst

Canaccord Genuity

Director, ANU Institute for Space

ANU Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics

Director, Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre

Former NASA Astronaut

Vice President of Growth

Umbra Space

Vice President for Business Development, Strategy and Growth

BAE Systems

President

International Astronautical Federation

Vice President of Government Affairs

Planet

Legal Officer

European Commission

Gifted and Talented Teacher

Glendale River-Hills School District

Director, Commercialization, Industry & Competitiveness

European Space Agency (ESA)

Vice President, Aerospace

RS&H

Manager, Government Relations

Space Foundation

Lead Systems Engineer for Digital Engineering

NASA

Professor

University of California, Santa Cruz

General Counsel

ispace Inc.

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

Redwire Space

Chief Executive Officer

Blacksky

Senior Manager, Space and Defense

Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)

Mobilization Assistant to the Chief of Space Operations

U.S. Space Force

Space Force Lead, JADC2 & ABMS

Director

Israel Space Agency

Head of Science & Technology Division

African Union Commission

Divisional Board Member Space

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Head of Agency

Australian Space Agency (ASA)

Chief Legal & Administrative Officer

York Space Systems

PEO, Battle Management Command, Control & Communications

Space Systems Command

Chief

SpaceWERX Ventures

Executive Secretary

National Space Council

Representative Director Novaspace – Australia

Novaspace

Managing Director

PJT Partners

Director

NATO Space Centre

Vice President, Education

Space Foundation

Deputy Commanding General, Transformation, Space Operations Command

U.S. Space Force

Head of the German Space Agency

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Acting President

International Space University (ISU)

Vice President, IGNITE

Lockheed Martin Space

Dean, College of Education

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Lieutenant Governor

State of Oklahoma

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy

U.S. Department of Defense

Co-Founder

Zero Gravity Sciences

Senior Staff Scientist

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Radiation Effects, Spacecraft Charging Effects

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Senior Advisor, Cybersecurity

NASA

Chief Executive Officer

Space Foundation

Co-CEO and President

Quilty Space

Board of Directors

National Cybersecurity Center

Director, Office of Strategic Capital

U.S. Department of Defense

Senior Managing Director

Cerberus Capital Management

Chief Executive Officer

Novaspace

Managing Director, USA

Starburst Aerospace

Board Director

Astroscale U.S

Former Deputy National Security Advisor

Principal Director, Cyber Policy

U.S. Department of Defense

Vice President & General Counsel

Lockheed Martin Space

Managing Director

GH Partners

Portfolio Leader, DAF RCO

U.S. Air Force

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

True Anomaly

President and Chief Executive Officer

Frontier Electronic Systems (FES)

Director, Strategic Technology Office

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Executive Director, Investment Banking Division

Morgan Stanley

Chairwoman

Federal Communications Commission

Chief Executive Officer

D-Orbit

Director, Innovation & Prototyping Directorate

United States Space Force

Commander, Space Systems Center

Australia's Ambassador to the United States

Australian Government

Chair

Space Generation Advisory Council

Chief of Space Operations

U.S. Space Force

Chief Data Officer

NASA

Chief Executive Officer

Integrasys

Chief Growth Officer

EnduroSat

Chief Executive Officer, EnduroSat France

Chief Scientific Officer

Redwire

Program Manager, Missile Warning

Space Systems Command

Vice President of Strategy and Policy

Slingshot Aerospace

Director, Civil Satellite Missions

SpaceX

President

CS Consulting

Commander, U.S. Space Forces - Space

U.S. Space Command

Commander, Space Delta 4

U.S. Space Force

Senior Director, US Industries Strategy & Technical Operations

Siemens Digital Industries Software

President

International Institute of Space Law (IISL)

Vice President of Global Supply Chain

Northrop Grumman

Partner / Principal, PwC US Space Program Leader, Aerospace & Defense AI Leader

PwC

Professor, Planetary Science, Physics, and Aeronautics and Astronautics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Vice President and General Manager, Space, Intelligence & Weapon Systems

Boeing

Commander, Space Training & Readiness Command

U.S. Space Force

Chief Executive Officer

HawkEye 360

Head of Strategy & Market Development, Space

BAE Systems

Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs

U.S. Air Force

Chief Executive Officer

Ramon Space

Advisor and Director Science and Technology

Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO)

Former Deputy Commander

U.S. Space Command

Chief, Combat Operations

United States Air Force

Senior IMA to the Director at The National Space Defense Center/Delta 15

Division Director, Innovative Aerospace Division

Jacobs

Under Secretary of Defense for Research & Engineering

U.S. Department of Defense

Director of Intelligence

U.S. Space Command

Owner and Officer

NORDAM

Associate Partner

McKinsey & Company

Vice President of Government Relations

Astroscale U.S.

Founder

Geospatial Alpha

Senior Advisor

Insight Partners

Chief Technologist and Director of the Business Development & Technology Integration Office

NASA Johnson Space Center

Vice President, National Security Space

Quantum Space

Chair, Space & Satellite Industry Group

Greenberg Traurig

Program Manager, Satellite Servicing

Northrop Grumman Tactical Space Systems

General Manager, Mission Engineering

Microsoft

Chief Financial Officer

Rocket Lab

Strategic Engagements Lead, Civil Space

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Europa Clipper Telecommunications Lead

Earth Science Division Director

NASA

Senior Director, Space Resources

Blue Origin

Deputy Director, Office of Space Commerce

U.S. Department of Commerce

Space Scientist

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC)

Partner

McKinsey & Company

Chief Operating Officer

CisLunar Industries

Chief

Norwegian Intelligence Service

Director, Office of Space Partnerships

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

Director of Space Warfighting Acquisition Delta, Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power

Space Systems Command

Partner

McKinsey & Company

Executive Director

Space Workforce 2030

Deputy Commander, NATO’s Combined Force Space Component Command

Royal Air Force

Director, Policy, Advocacy, & International Division

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

Executive Director & Technology Lead

RTX Ventures

Director, Office of Space Weather Observations

National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)

Chief Legal Counsel for Weather, Space Services & Research

NOAA, Office of General Counsel, U. S. Department of Commerce

Partner & Managing Director

Novaspace

Chairman & CEO

Voyager Space

SGFF 2024 Manager

Space Generation Advisory Council

Executive Director

MILO Space Science Institute

Managing Director

Boston Consulting Group

Chief of Architecture and Engineering, DAF PEO C3BM

U.S. Department of the Air Force

Science and STEM Educator

Salado Middle School, Embedded Teacher Program

ZERO-G Flight Mentor and Co-Founder of Space for Teachers

Director

Space Development Agency

Chief Architect

Rancher Government Solutions

Principal

Trainer Strategies, LLC

Secretary, Space Foundation Board of Directors

Commander, Bundeswehr Space Command

German Air Force

Associate Director, Capabilities

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Technical Director

Space Development Agency

Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst for Space and Counterspace

Defense Intelligence Agency

President

Italian Space Agency (ASI)

Director, Office of PNT

U.S. Department of Transportation

Principal Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

The Aerospace Corporation

Chief Scientist, Astromaterials Curation

NASA

Chief Executive Officer & Founder

GXO, Inc.

Fellow

Brooke Owens Fellowship

Cosmonaut and Professional Astronaut

Italian Air Force

Associate Administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate

NASA

Managing Director for Peace, Security and Defense

European External Action Service (EEAS)

Senior Vice President & General Manager of Advanced Engineering, Research & Operations

Jacobs

Chief Executive Officer

Firefly Aerospace

Chief Executive Officer

Space Forge

Heliophysics Division Director

NASA

Commander

U.S. Space Command

Director

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Deputy Technology Executive Officer for Space

Air Force Research Laboratory

Senior Advisor, Strategy & Research

Office of the National Cyber Director

Vice President & General Manager, Launch & Missile Defense Systems

Northrop Grumman

J852 Space Domain Awareness (SDA) Branch Chief

U.S. Space Command

Senior Director, Commercial & International Sales

Blue Origin

Senior Director, Civil Space

BAE Systems

Chief Executive Officer

Armada

AI and Sustainability Federal Executive

IBM Research

Director, Space Policy

National Security Council

Senior Investment Manager

Lockheed Martin Ventures

Executive Director

Colombian Space Agency

Investing Partner

Starburst Ventures

Chief Strategy Officer

HawkEye 360

Principal

HTGF Venture Capital

Central Intelligence Agency