Symposium Speakers

Chris Adams
Sector Vice President and General Manager, Strategic Space Systems Division
Northrop Grumman

H.E. Dr. Mohammed Altamimi
Governor
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Communications, Space, & Technology Commission
Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Space Agency (SSA)

Dr. Robert Antypas
Space Access, Mobility, and Logistics Mission Area Lead
Air Force Research Laboratory

Dr. Pakorn Apaphant
Director
Thailand Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA)

Lt. Gen. Shawn N. Bratton, USSF
Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Strategy, Plans, Programs, and Requirements
U.S. Space Force

Brig. Gen. Matthew S. Cantore, USSF
Deputy Commander, Space Training and Readiness Command
U.S. Space Force

Dr. Alberto Conti
Vice President & General Manager, Civil Space Strategic Business Unit
BAE Systems, Inc.

Col. Eddie Ferguson, USAF
Chief of Advanced Warfighter Capabilities & Resources Analysis Division
U.S. Space Command

VADM Jeffrey Hughes, USN
HQ SACT Deputy Chief of Staff, Capability Development
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Gen. John E. Hyten, USAF (Ret.)
Executive Director
Club for the Future
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Space Foundation

Dr. Jason Kalirai
Mission Area Executive for Civil Space
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Spc4 Dillon Kinsey, USSF
Instructor & Course Developer for the Training Flight, 74th Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance Squadron
U.S. Space Force

Col. Richard Kniseley, USSF
Senior Materiel Leader, Commercial Space Office (COMSO)
Space Systems Command

James Mazol
Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
U.S. Department of Defense
Chief Technology Officer

Anna Menon
Lead Space Operations Engineer
SpaceX
Mission Specialist & Medical Officer, Polaris Dawn Crew

Maj. Gen. Wolfgang Ohl
Deputy Director-General for Military Strategy and Operations
German Federal Ministry of Defence

Masami Onoda
Director, International Relations and Research Department
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Dr. Jamie Porter
Director, Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Julie Sheetz
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Space and Missile Defense
U.S. Department of Defense

Dipak Srinivasan
Space Exploration Sector’s Formulation & Strategic Engagements Program Area Manager
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Melanie Stricklan
Executive Director
Space Workforce For Tomorrow
Executive in Residence (XIR), Space Foundation

AM John Stringer, RAF
Deputy Commander, NATO’s Combined Force Space Component Command
Royal Air Force

Admiral Pierre Vandier
Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Samuel Sanders Visner
Chair, Board of Directors
Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center
Technical Fellow, Aerospace Corporation

Maj. Gen. Devin R. Pepper, USSF
Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans & Policy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Gabriel Swiney
Director, Policy, Advocacy, & International Division
Office of Space Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce

CMSgt. J. Wesley Harms, USSF
Senior Enlisted Leader, Space Delta 15
U.S. Space Command
Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Director, National Space Defense Center

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

Barbara Golf
Executive Agent for Space Domain Awareness (SDA), Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power Directorate
Space Systems Command

Erich Hernandez-Baquero
Vice President of Space Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance
Raytheon

Col. Bryon McClain, USSF
Program Executive Officer (PEO) for Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power
Space Systems Command

Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Purdy, Jr., USSF
Military Deputy
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration

Alexis Sáinz
Global Co-Lead, Space and Satellite
Hogan Lovells
Partner, Infrastructure, Energy, Resources & Projects