SPACE SYMPOSIUM SPEAKERS

Space Commander, Air & Space Force

French Space Command

Sector Vice President and General Manager, Strategic Space Systems Division

Northrop Grumman

Vice President, Space

Palantir

Commander, Mission Delta 2, Space Operations Command

U.S. Space Force

Chief Architect, Futures

U.S. Space Force

Director General

United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA)

Senior Vice President, Washington Operations

Space Foundation

Director, Blue Ghost Program

Firefly Aerospace

Governor

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Communications, Space, & Technology Commission

Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Space Agency (SSA)

Chief Executive Officer

Unibap

President & Chief Executive Officer

Paragon Space Development Corporation

Space Access, Mobility, and Logistics Mission Area Lead

Air Force Research Laboratory

Director

Thailand Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA)

Executive Director, International Partnerships

Elara Nova

Group Captain

Royal Air Force

Deputy Mission Area Executive for Civil Space

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

President & Chief Executive Officer

BAE Systems, Inc.

Chief Executive Officer

ANT61

Director General

European Space Agency (ESA)

General Counsel

Starlab

3d Space Operations Squadron

U.S. Space Force

Chief Technology Officer

Aalyria

Chief Executive Officer

UK Space Agency (UKSA)

Executive Vice President, National Security

Redwire Space

Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force

U.S. Space Force

Deputy Commander

U.S. Navy

SGFF 2025 Manager

Space Generation Advisory Council

Director, Aerospace Security Project

Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

Principal Director, Space Enterprise Evolution

The Aerospace Corporation

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

U.S. Space Force

Former Administrator

NASA

Managing Partner, The Artemis Group

James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance

Council on Foreign Relations

U.S. Director

Novaspace

President

BRPH Mission Solutions

Executive Vice President & General Counsel

HawkEye 360

Chief Scientist

Intuitive Machines

Space Portfolio Director

Defense Innovation Unit

President

Canadian Space Agency (CSA)

Deputy Commander, Space Training and Readiness Command

U.S. Space Force

Chief Business Officer

AstroForge

SVP Product & Business Development

Vast

Space Formulation Manager

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

President, Space, Training and Cybersecurity Division

Kratos

Senior Professional Staff

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Partner, FS Advisory

KPMG U.K.

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Colossus

Director of National Security

AWS

Chief Executive Officer

Ad Astra Rocket Company

Former NASA Astronaut

Senior Vice President, Go to Market

BlackSky

Managing Director

Bank of America

Mission IT Director

Amentum

Acting SMD Deputy Associate Administrator

NASA

Chief Executive Officer

ST Engineering iDirect

Director – Civil, Commercial & Defense Space Programs

Insight Global

President, Product & Space Systems Portfolio

BlueHalo

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

NASA

Vice President, Civil Programs & Robotics

Maxar Space Systems

Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs

Telespazio

Minister for Space

New Zealand Government

Director

Missile Defense Agency

Vice President & General Manager, Civil Space Strategic Business Unit

BAE Systems, Inc.

Chief Executive Officer

precursor SPC

Vice President, Strategic Communications & Space Awareness

Space Foundation

Pentagon/National Security Reporter

Associated Press

Deputy Director

Missile Defense Agency

Director, LEO Business & Policy

Starfish Space

Chief of Space and Cyber

Australian Defence Force

Chief Growth Officer & Chief Technology Officer

Intuitive Machines

Director of Space Systems, MSFC

Amentum

Founding Partner

Elara Nova

Director of Aerospace and Satellite Solutions

AWS

Managing Partner

VenQuest Group

President

Higher Flight LLC

Secretary, Space Foundation Board of Directors

Executive Director

European Union Agency for the Space Programme

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

Fellow Alumni

Patti Grace Smith Fellowship

Program Executive Officer, Space Sensing Directorate

Space Systems Command

Director of Policy

Astroscale U.S., Inc.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Cognitive Space

President, Air & Space Defense Systems

Raytheon

Managing Partner

Seraphim

Director, Transformation, Space Propulsion & Power Systems

L3Harris Technologies

Senior Vice President, Symposium 365

Space Foundation

International Business Development Lead

BAE Systems, Inc.

Vice President Global Business, Strategy & Business Development

Lockheed Martin Space

Vice President & Head of Global Business Institutional Space

Airbus Defence and Space

Philanthropy Coordinator

Space Foundation

President

Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)

Senior Vice President, Strategic & International Affairs

Space Foundation

Manager, Space Practice & Digital Engineering Offering

Deloitte

Independent Director

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation

Managing Director

Bank of America

Polaris Mission Director

SpaceX

Reporter

SpaceNews

Chief Executive Officer

Novac

Chief Executive Officer

RBC Signals

Chief Technology Officer

Mission Control

Chief Executive Officer

Orbital Outpost X

Regional Business Development Manager

MOOG

Executive Director

International Astronautical Federation

Habitable Worlds Observatory Principal Architect

NASA

Associate Administrator for International & Interagency Relations

NASA

Chief of Advanced Warfighter Capabilities & Resources Analysis Division

U.S. Space Command

Chief Technology Officer

Firefly Aerospace

Chief Executive Officer

AIKO

Partner & Managing Director

Novaspace

Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate

NASA

Associate Professor, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences & LASP

University of Colorado

Chief Executive Officer

LeoLabs

President

Amazon Kuiper Government Solutions

Founder

Space Policy Group

Senior Advisor, BCG

Chief Executive Officer

Vyoma

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Redwire Space

Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Ethics Officer, and Corporate Secretary

Sierra Space

Commander

Space Systems Command

Executive Director

Texas Space Commission

Deputy Program Executive Officer, MilComm & PNT Directorate

Space Systems Command

Chief Revenue Officer

SpiderOak

Lead Space Operations Engineer

SpaceX

Mission Specialist, Polaris Dawn Crew

President of Satellite & Space Communications Segment

Comtech

Deputy Associate Administrator, ESDMD

NASA

Assistant Secretary for General Operations

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Founder

Cold Canyon

Former NASA Administrator

Executive Agent for Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power Directorate

Space Systems Command

General Counsel

Vast

Vice President, Space & National Security Initiatives

SES Space & Defense

Director for Earth Science and Technology

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Vice President, Strategy & Business Development Space & Airborne Systems Segment

L3Harris

Director

SpaceWERX

Vice Chief of Space Operations

U.S. Space Force

Chief Innovation Officer

Voyager Technologies

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Albedo

Director and Program Executive Officer

Space Rapid Capabilities Office

Chief Executive Officer

Vast

Senior Enlisted Leader, Space Delta 15

U.S. Space Command

Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Director, National Space Defense Center

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Hubble Network

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Bluestaq

Director General

Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA)

Senior Advisor to the Service Acquisition Executive (SASAE)

Space Systems Command

Senior Advisor for Space Command, Control, and Integration (SASC2I)

Head

New Zealand Space Agency

Vice President of Business Development

Astrobotic Technology, Inc.

Vice President of Space Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance

Raytheon

Senior Director, Strategy

Blue Origin

Partner & Managing Director

Novaspace

Space Propulsion & Power Systems President, Aerojet Rocketdyne

L3Harris Technologies

Project Staff Scientist, Europa Clipper Mission

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

HQ SACT Deputy Chief of Staff, Capability Development

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Chief, Office of Space & Counterspace

Defense Intelligence Agency

Executive Director

Club for the Future

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Space Foundation

Deputy Commander

Space Systems Command

President & Chief Executive Officer

The Aerospace Corporation

Vice President of US Government Programs

Astranis

Strategic Advisor

SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre

Chief Executive Officer & President

Innoflight

Executive Vice President

Strider Technologies

Chief Executive Officer

Lumen Orbit

General Counsel

Astroscale Holdings (Japan)

Director, Business Development

Applied Research Associates, Inc.

Mission Area Executive for Civil Space

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

President, Space & Mission Systems

BAE Systems, Inc.

Vice President, Space Commerce & Entrepreneurship

Space Foundation

Vice President of External Relations

Astranis

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Proteus Space

Corporate Services Support Associate

Space Foundation

Chief Executive Officer

Firefly Aerospace

Chief Executive Officer & Chairman

Boryung

Advanced Concepts and Mission Formulation Manager

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Instructor & Course Developer for the Training Flight, 74th Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance Squadron

U.S. Space Force

Senior Materiel Leader, Commercial Space Office (COMSO)

Space Systems Command

Executive Director

Space Generation Advisory Council

Senior Corporate Counsel

Project Kuiper

Director of Global Business Development

SpaceX

Vice President, Science and Space Human Exploration Division

KBR

Senior Scientist for Space Mobility & Precision Maneuver

Air Force Research Lab

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Little Place Labs

Senior Director of Programs

Raft

Vice Administrator

Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA)

Senior Director

Pacific Forum

Professor of Emergency Medicine

UTHealth Houston

Director of Space Medicine

President

SkySevenVentures

President, Space

Lockheed Martin

Advanced Programs Senior Manager, Commercial Civil Space – Deep Space Exploration

Lockheed Martin

General Counsel

True Anomaly

Director, J8

U.S. Space Command

Space Florida

President & Chief Executive Officer

President

Loverro Consulting, LLC

Senior Vice President and General Manager

Amentum

Chief Growth Officer

Starfish Space

President of Defense & National Security

Voyager

Director, Growth & Development

National Cybersecurity Center

Chief Executive Officer

Neuraspace

General Counsel

ispace technologies U.S., inc.

Senior Vice President of Space Systems

Intuitive Machines

Director, National Security Sales

Blue Origin

Business Development and Strategy, Launch Vehicles Division

Northrop Grumman

Commander

United States Space Forces Indo-Pacific

Deep Space Exploration Strategy & BD Lead

Lockheed Martin

Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering

U.S. Department of Defense

Chief Technology Officer

Vice President and Deputy Program Manager - Space Operations Division

Amentum

Deputy Director for Space

Advanced Battle Management Cross Functional Team

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

Space Systems Command

Senior Director, Civil Space

Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)

President, Communication Systems

L3Harris

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Northwood Space

Lead Space Operations Engineer

SpaceX

Mission Specialist & Medical Officer, Polaris Dawn Crew

Commander, U.S. Space Forces Europe & Space Forces Africa

U.S. Space Force

Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Dartmouth

Executive Director

Space ISAC

Principal & Americas Space Leader

KPMG

Mayor

City of Colorado Springs

Lieutenant Governor

State of New Mexico

Chief Executive Officer

Satlantis US

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Cailabs

Vice President & General Manager, Remote Sensing

Umbra

Vice President, Customer Advocacy and Mission Expansion

BAE Systems, Inc.

Director

National Security Space Institute

Chief Executive Officer

AIAA

President, International Astronautical Federation

Fellow

Brooke Owens Fellowship

Chief Technology Officer

Ansys Government Initiatives

Program Manager

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Vice President, Aerospace

RS&H

Director, Club for the Future

Blue Origin

Secretary of State

State of Texas

Credit Program Deputy Director

U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Strategic Capital

Astronaut & CEO & Founder

Miraispace co ltd.

Partner

Madison Dearborn Partners

Director

USRA - Center for Nuclear Space Research

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Space Economy Rising, LLC

General Counsel

Neo Space Group

Executive Counsel

Booz Allen Hamilton

Deputy Director-General for Military Strategy and Operations

German Federal Ministry of Defence

Special Government Employee

Defense Innovation Unit

Director, International Relations and Research Department

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Director

Israel Space Agency (ISA)

Director, Propulsion Complex

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Divisional Board Member Space

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Head of Agency

Australian Space Agency (ASA)

Deputy Director, Capability and Resource Integration (J8)

U.S. Space Command

Partner

Milbank

Associate of Strategy and Government Engagement

GXO, Inc.

Brooke Owens Fellow Alumni

Chief Instructor, Space Medicine and Extreme Environments & Director, Space Medicine Group

International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS)

Research Astronaut

Vice President, Space Mission Systems

Boeing Defense, Space & Security

Acting Director/Deputy Director of the Space Warfighting Analysis Center

U.S. Space Force

Director, Custody and Emerging Capabilities Cell,

Space Development Agency

Chief Executive Officer

Agile Space Industries

Director, Marshall Space Flight Center

NASA

Senior Vice President, Vulcan Development and Advanced Programs

United Launch Alliance

Head of the German Space Agency

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Executive Vice President

The Aerospace Corporation

Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans & Policy

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Acting Administrator

NASA

Partner

SpaceWERX Ventures

Lieutenant Governor

State of Oklahoma

Director, Business Development, C4ISR Program

Airbus U.S. Space & Defense

Head of Government Finance

J.P. Morgan

Staff Astrodynamics and Satellite Navigation Engineer

Advance Space

Director, Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Founder & Director

SeaLight

Chief Executive Officer

Space Foundation

President, HawkEye U.S.

HawkEye 360

Military Deputy

Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration

Managing Director

Slingshot Aerospace

Chief Capabilities Officer

Space Development Agency

Senior Managing Director

Cerberus Capital Management

Chief Executive Officer

Novaspace

Vice President & General Counsel

Lockheed Martin Space

Chief Technology Officer

SAIC

Fellow

Patti Grace Smith Fellowship

Chief Executive Officer

Sedaro

News Editor

SpaceNews

President and Chief Executive Officer

Frontier Electronic Systems (FES)

President, Space Solutions

Safran Defense & Space Inc.

Director of Space

Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs

Global Co-Lead, Space and Satellite

Hogan Lovells

Partner, Infrastructure, Energy, Resources & Projects

Chief of Space Operations

U.S. Space Force

Chief Executive Officer

Integrasys

Vice President of Strategy and Policy

Slingshot Aerospace

President

CS Consulting

Commander, U.S. Space Forces - Space

U.S. Space Command

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

Planet

Vice President, Defense Architectures and Integration

The Aerospace Corporation

Head of Future Preparation

European Space Agency

Chief

Federal Communications Commission Space Bureau

Commander, Space Training & Readiness Command

U.S. Space Force

Chief, Combat Operations

United States Air Force

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

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Space and Missile Defense

U.S. Department of Defense

Chief Technology Officer

Phase Four

Owner and Officer

NORDAM

Command Senior Enlisted Leader

U.S. Space Command

Director, Head of Industry

Office for Space Technology & Industry, Singapore (OSTIn)

Chair, Space & Satellite Industry Group

Greenberg Traurig

Program Manager, Satellite Servicing

Northrop Grumman Tactical Space Systems

Space Exploration Sector’s Formulation & Strategic Engagements Program Area Manager

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Acting Director, Office of Space Commerce

U.S. Department of Commerce

Executive Director, Corporate Affairs and Communications

The Aerospace Corporation

Chief Operating Officer

CisLunar Industries

Chief

Norwegian Intelligence Service

General Counsel

Maxar Space

Chief Government Relations & Communications Officer

Axiom Space

Executive Director

Space Workforce For Tomorrow

Executive in Residence (XIR), Space Foundation

Deputy Commander, NATO’s Combined Force Space Component Command

Royal Air Force

Director of Enterprise Integration

Space Systems Integration Office

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

Former Commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence

Acting President

Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

SGFF 2025 Deputy Manager

Space Generation Advisory Council

Director, Policy, Advocacy, & International Division

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

Chief Technology Officer

Redwire Space

President and Chief Executive Officer

USRA

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Leanspace

Commander

U.K. Space Command

Senior Vice President

Bank of America

Deputy Director, OPNAV N2N6

U.S. Navy

Commandant, Space and Missile Defense Command Center of Excellence

U.S. Army

Director, Legislative and Interagency Engagement

Space Development Agency

Senior Advisor to the Chief of Space Operations

United States Air Force

Vice President of Operations

MRI Technologies

Board of Trustees

The Aerospace Corporation

President

Italian Space Agency (ASI)

International Engagement & Allied Integrations

USSTRATCOM

Supreme Allied Commander Transformation

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Chair, Board of Directors

Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center

Technical Fellow, Aerospace Corporation

U.S. Business Development Lead

The Exploration Company

Executive Vice President for Strategy and Government Affairs

ARKA Group

Senior Vice President, Business Development

Sidus Space

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Scale AI

Program Scientist - Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office

NASA, Science Mission Directorate

Chief Executive Assistant to CEO & Board

Space Foundation

Vice President, Space Exploration & Mission Operations

Leidos

Correspondent

SpaceNews

Heliophysics Division Director

NASA

General Counsel

Firefly Aerospace

Senior Vice President, Defense Systems Group

The Aerospace Corporation

Chief of Staff, Combined Forces Space Component Command

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Commander

U.S. Space Command

Director

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Former Technical Director

SSC Battlespace Integration

Commander

Swedish Air Force

Chief Product Officer

Maxar Intelligence

President

University of Texas at El Paso

Space Domain Awareness Branch Chief

U.S. Space Command

Senior Vice President of Missions and Platforms

Redwire Space

Division Chief, Global Warfare Requirements

U.S. Space Force

Director General

Taiwan Space Agency (TASA)

President

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Chair

IISL Working Group on Legal Aspects of AI in Space

Investing Partner

Starburst Ventures

Generative AI Innovation Center (GenAIIC) Geo Leader

AWS Worldwide Public Sector

President, Space & Airborne Systems

L3Harris