2024 Speakers & Panelists

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Learn more about their organizations here, and bios here.

 

Keynote address

Jim Bridenstine

13th Administrator of NASA (2018-2021)

 

Investing in Space panel

 

Sita Sonty

CEO, Space Tango

General Steven Butow

Space Portfolio Director, Defense Innovation Unit

Matt Weinzierl

Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor, Harvard Business School

Moderator

 

Stephen Marcus

Co-Founder and General Partner, Riot Ventures

Karen Jones

Senior Project Leader, Center for Space Policy and Strategy, The Aerospace Corporation

Space infrastructure panel

Ariel Ekblaw

CEO, Aurelia Institute

Andrew Kwas

Senior Fellow, Northrop Grumman SpaceLogistics

Alex Coultrup

Director of LEO Business and Policy, Starfish Space

Zack Cordero

Boeing Assistant Professor, MIT AeroAstro

Moderator

 

Innovative Launch Technologies panel

Jordan Charles

Vice President - New Glenn Stage 1, Blue Origin

Hans Koenigsmann

Retired VP of Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX

Moderator

Meagan Roth

Senior Director of Launch, Integration, & Test, Firefly Aerospace

Devon Papandrew

Vice President of Business Development, Stoke Space Technologies

JR Francis

Director of Business Development, Relativity Space

 
 
 

Cislunar economy panel

Blair Dewitt

Cofounder and CEO, Lunar Station

Jeff Plate

CEO and Co-Founder, Interstellar Mining Inc.

Sita Sonty

CEO, Space Tango

Mandy Vaughn

Commercial and Government Engagement, Revolution Space

Raquel Buscaino

Novel and Exponential Technologies (NExT) Lead, Deloitte

Moderator

 
 

Space Situational Awareness panel

Christine Joseph

Policy Advisor, Office of Space Commerce, NOAA

Eve Ruff

GNC Engineer, True Anomaly

Eric Ingram

Board Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, Scout Space

Mark Skinner

Senior Project Leader for Space Traffic Management, The Aerospace Corporation

Moderator

 

International space panel

Wiener Kernisan

President, Arianespace Inc.

Geraldine Naja

Director of Commercialization, Industry and Competitiveness, European Space Agency

Mike Lindsay

Chief Technology Officer, Astroscale

Researcher, Future Worlds, MIT Media Lab

Fellow, Future of Space, World Economic Forum

Moderator