Developed in partnership with the 49th Space Congress, expect an enhanced, progressive program that provides the latest-breaking big picture perspectives and critical industry outlooks from topic experts from various agencies, progressive organizations, and beyond.
Participate in formalized sessions, high-profile keynote presentations, dynamic round-table discussions and breakout sessions.
TRACKS & SESSION OVERVIEW:
This track will cover how on-planet, end-use industries benefit from the data and technologies derived from commercial space development and how they can further capitalize on them. Topics include end-use case studies, addressing climate change, increasing sustainability, developing end-user customer bases, research needs, creating global standards and more.
Sessions include:
- Extracting Intelligence from Space & Terrestrial Data
- Leveraging Satellite Data to Secure Our Planet's Future
- Developing Space Ecosystems to Match the Demand of Commercial Innovation
- Cutting Edge Research Results
- Training for Humans in Space Environments
- Earth-based Simulations for Future Space Systems & Exploration Missions
- Filling the Gaps in a Commercially Viable Supply Chain
Focused on optimizing off-planet commercialization, this track will focus on strategies and required technologies for in-space infrastructure, managing space debris through data-driven infrastructure, preparing for future commercial space stations, securing connectivity and beyond.
Sessions include:
- Mission Critical Connectivity
- Space Stations of the Future
- Commercializing NASA & DoD Services & Systems
- Tracking & Managing Space Debris
- Disrupters Setting the Pace of Commercial Innovation
- The Satellite Revolution
- What's Next for Space Tourism?
Understand the complexities of cislunar, lunar colonization, deep space propulsion, reaching Mars & Venus, long-term human space flight, and more.
Sessions include:
- Getting to the Moon: Artemis 1 Mission Panel
- Cislunar: Between the Eath and the Moon
- Long-term Human Habitation on the Moon
- Deep Space Propulsion
- The Importance of Exploration Public Outreach and Engagement
- Preparing to Live Off-Planet
- The New Space Race
- Standardizing Space Data Formats
Covering critical elements required to enable a viable commercial industry, topics include spaceport/ground infrastructure, cloud-based systems and cybersecurity, long-term space flight support, and developing the next generation of space industry professionals.
Sessions include:
- Food and Water Infrastructure: What's for Lunch?
- Cybersecurity Infrastructure
- Common Use Commercial Infrastructure
- The Cloud Infrastructure
- Spaceports Around the World
- The Workforce We Need
- Space Traffic Management
- Integration of Frontier Technologies to Develop the Commercial Spae Medicine Infrastructure
Track & Sessions
Wednesday, February 22
Wednesday Keynotes
Keynote: Fireside Chat with Richard DalBello
Mr. Richard DalBello
Director, Office of Space Commerce, NOAA, Department of Commerce
Sandra Erwin
National Security Reporter, SpaceNews10:30 - 11:30 AM
Extracting Intelligence from Space & Terrestrial Data
Climate and weather profoundly impact all aspects of life on our planet, from personal safety, to transportation, communications, commerce, agriculture, and defense. To predict the impact of weather events, patterns, long term climate trends – even solar activity – requires the correlation of vast amounts of data collected in space through ongoing monitoring and measuring activity along with terrestrial data to create a complete picture.
Graham Wild
Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales
Mr. Luciano Giesso
Head of Sales, Global Government, Satellogic
Food & Water Infrastructure: What's for Lunch?
As the length of space travel continues to expand, food production for long-haul flights and missions is becoming more complex. This panel will cover industrial food production in space including biological regenerative systems, robotic kitchens, and more.
Barry Finger
VP Engineering & Chief Engineer, Paragon Space Development Corporation
Carla Uyeda
Entrepreneur, CHEF in Space, LLC
Marilyn Bruno
CEO, Aequor, Inc.Getting to the Moon: Artemis 1 Mission
With the Artemis I mission, the U.S. is on track to have an established presence on and around the Moon. Hear progress updates from NASA and Industry leaders and what big projects are coming next.
Kelly DeFazio
Orion Program Director for Transition and KSC Site Director, Lockheed Martin Space Company
Melissa Jones
Division Chief, Operations and Team Management Exploration Ground Systems, NASA
Mark Nappi
Vice President and Program Manager Commercial Crew Program Space and Launch, Boeing
Mission Critical Connectivity
On-orbit connectivity between satellite, space stations, and launch vehicles is increasingly critical to ensure crew, spacecraft and earth-based communications teams can accomplish their mission objectives. Learn about the communications infrastructures required to establish resilient connectivity in space.
Brian Barnett
Founder and CEO, Solstar Space Company
Erik Eliasen
Director, Viasat, Inc.
Jacqueline Good
Founder & CEO, Magnestar Inc.
Devin Dickens
Sr. Business Development Manager, Axient Corporation1:00 - 2:00 PM
Cislunar: Between the Earth and the Moon
Reliable and autonomous navigation beyond GEO as missions move into lunar orbit will be critical to achieving future mission objectives. Speakers will provide updates NASA's CAPSTONE mission and new technologies designed to provide navigation solutions in cislunar space.
Mr. Mike Allen
Global Vice President, Innovation, Beyond Gravity USA, Inc.
Mark Blanton
Deputy Lead Mission Analysis & Integrated Assessments, NASA
Dawn Massop Love
Director of Strategic Communications and Chief Operations Officer, Advanced Space, LLC
Mark Wiese
Manager, Deep Space Logistics, Gateway Program, NASA
Barbara Brown
Director, Exploration Research and Technology Programs, NASA KSCCybersecurity Infrastructure
Cybersecurity in the highly contested space domain is paramount to maintaining superiority and protecting our assets in orbit and here on earth. This session will discuss methods to establish resiliency within our systems and how to navigate evolving regulations.
Elizabeth Huy
VP of Service Lines, Alluvionic, Inc.
Sid Kaul
Chief Technology Officer, All Points
Mr. George Kiersted
President & CEO, ECURON, Inc.
Chris Seidel
Executive Director, Cyber Services, Axient
Rob Powell
Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity, NASA
Leveraging Satellite Data to Secure Our Planet
Monitoring data from space is critical for pursuing our commercial space projects, but also for monitoring – and therefore adapting – our climate change and disaster prevention efforts. This session will cover how technologies such as AI and satellite imaging are helping us track our planet's health and inform eco-driven practices.
Mr. Dan Katz
CEO and Co-founder, Orbital Sidekick
Mr. Lauren Guy
CTO & Founder, ASTERRASpace Stations of the Future
Future commercial stations will become commercial LEO destinations for people, equipment and research to support space travel, research and commercial projects. Learn how we can prepare these stations for in-space operations, international partnership, as well as LEO and ground-infrastructure needs.
Dr. Erica Rodgers
Senior Technical Analyst, Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy
Kathryn Lueders
Associate Administrator for Space Operations, NASA
Ken Shields
Sr. Director, Business Development-Commercial Markets, Sierra Space Corp
Mike Gold
Chief Growth Officer, Redwire Space
2:15 - 3:15 PM
Commercializing NASA & DoD Services & Systems
Federal agencies are seeking a more sustainable path where in-space services can be transitioned from government-owned and operated to being managed by commercial industry. Hear from NASA and industry representatives about their transition to commercialized services.
Brian Rider
CTO, LeoStella
Gregory Heckler
Director of the Commercial Services Office, NASA SCaN
Thomas Kacpura
Deputy Project Manager of the Communications Service Project, NASA Glenn Research Center Devin Dickens
Sr. Business Development Manager, Axient CorporationCommon Use Commercial Infrastructure
As launch demand increases, the development of common use commercial infrastructure around spaceports will become a top priority. Speakers will discuss how to build the logistics and technical support required to keep up with the increasing launch cadence.
Burton Catledge
CEO, Launch On Demand
Kevin Brown
Sr. Vice President, Business Development, All Points
Mr. Dale Ketcham
VP Government & Community Relations, Space Florida
Thomas Engler
Director, Center Planning and Development Directorate, NASA KSC
Col. James Horne
Deputy Director, Assured Access to Space Directorate, Space Systems Command
Mr. Mark Lester
COO, Phantom SpaceDeveloping Space Ecosystems to Match the Demand of Commercial Innovation
Space ecosystems are continuously expanding in many locations across the nation, which is essential as the existing government-owned infrastructure is not currently capable of meeting present day demand. This expansion drives growth across an entire ecosystem both inside and outside the spaceport gates.
Dr. Jonathan Volk
Sr. Manager, In-Space Manufacturing & Advanced Materials, Sierra Space
Dr. Ken Davidin
Owner, Impossible Research LLC (IRL)
Steve Lloyd
Chief Development Officer, All PointsLong-term Human Habitation on the Moon
Topic experts will set the expectations, bring forth the challenges and needs for lunar spaceport construction, required technologies to support a lunar habitat and more.
Dr. Daniel Engelhart
Research Scientist, Hedgefog Research, Inc
Dr. Haym Benaroya
Professor, Rutgers University
Ryan Denton
Mechanical Engineer, RS&H
Mr. Kelvin Manning
Deputy Director, Kennedy Space Center, NASA3:30 - 4:30 PM
Cutting Edge Research Results
In this session, you'll hear about the latest research projects such as the findings from the ISU Project focused on space for non-space applications, learn about a student research program on the ISS and new suborbital programs, and so much more.
Kim Ellis Hayes
CEO, Hayes Group LLC
Raphael Roettgen
Partner, E2MC Ventures
Beth Mund
CEO, Stellar Communications and Host, Casual Space Podcast, Stellar Communications and Casual SpaceDeep Space Propulsion
This session will delve into the development of nuclear power systems that will act as the foundation for deep space exploration to the moon, Mars and beyond.
Dr. Dan Clayton
Space Nuclear Launch Safety Project Manager, Sandia National Laboratories
Dr. David Chesny
Chief Scientist, SpaceWave LLC
Dr. Ivaylo Vasilev
CEO, Astrum Drive TechnologiesThe Emergence Of Cloud Infrastructure In Space
Space will be the next domain for cloud edge computing by bringing cloud resources and capabilities as close as possible to Space-based data sources and users, with the advantages of lower latency, greater security, and lower data transfer costs. The demand for cloud-based edge computing services in Space will be driven by numerous data fusion and R&D applications for commercial, government, and military customers. This session will explore the anticipated evolution of the cloud infrastructure in Space.
Dennis Gatens
CEO & Co-Founder, LEOcloud, Inc
Lisa Kuo
VP of Strategic Sales, Ramon.Space
Mattias Bergström
Lead Product Architect, Internet of Everything Corp.
Theo Laughner
Director of Engineering and Geospatial Services, Lifescale Analytics
Tony James
Chief Architect, Science and Space, Red Hat
Tracking & Managing Space Debris
Making spaceflight – and our planet – safer will be heavily reliant on our ability to safely track and manage space debris. The session will cover methods and technologies for identifying and removing orbital space debris.
Mr. John Dargin III
Founder & President, Ironstar Engineering
Doug Chunn
Vice President of Commercial Solutions, Slingshot Aerospace
Dr. Siamak Hesar
Co-Founder & CEO, Kayhan Space Corp Devin Dickens
Sr. Business Development Manager, Axient Corporation
Moriba Jah
Founder & Chief of Science, Privateer SpaceThursday, February 23
Thursday Keynotes
Keynote: NASA
Janet Petro
Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASAKeynote: Fireside Chat with Jared Isaacman
Jared Isaacman
Commander, Polaris Dawn, CEO of Shift4
Mr. Christian Davenport
Staff Writer, The Washington Post10:00 - 11:00 AM
Disruptors Setting the Pace of Commercial Innovation
As start-ups and private companies continue to have more access to funding, they are driving innovation at an unprecedented pace. Disruption will soar and our space projects will move faster than ever. How will these companies work with legacy government agencies on shared goals and missions?
Ms. Debra Facktor
Head of U.S. Space Systems, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc.
Joe Kroener
Director, NASA Partnership Office, NASA
Kevin Heath
Director of Growth in Civil and Commercial Space, Axient Corporation
Kenneth Mouradian
Director, Orlando U.S. Export Assistance Center, U.S. Department of Commerce/International Trade Admin.
Lewis Jones
Investment Associate, VC Space-Tech fund Generation Space
Spaceports Around the World
This international outlook of current and in-development spaceports will help optimize a well-connected global network of spaceports. From sea-based spaceports to airport-based spaceports, panelists will share their advice on building and operating an agile, connected facility.
Janice Starzyk
Vice President of Government Operations, Virgin Orbit
Melissa Thorpe
Director, Spaceport Cornwall
Tom Marotta
CEO & Founder, The Spaceport Company
Dr. George Nield
President, Commercial Space Technologies, LLC
Pam Underwood
Director, Office of Spaceports, FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation
The Importance of Exploration Public Outreach and Engagement
The Artemis mission will require decades of public support, particularly among the next generation. It will be vital to garner support in Washington and the nation as a whole. This panel will speak to how the Artemis program will generate national pride, STEM inspiration, new technologies, high quality jobs, economic development and national prosperity.
Marc Etkind
Associate Administrator for Communications, NASA
Mr. Frank Slazer
Space Advocate
Andrew Aldrin
Associate Professor, College of Aeronautics, Embry-Riddle
Dr. Amy Kaminski
NASA Program Executive for Prizes, Challenges, and Crowdsourcing, Space Technology Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Andrea Farmer
Director of Sponsorship, Delaware NorthTraining for Humans in Space Environments
Preparing for sustained human presence in space will require extensive research, training, technological advancements. Learn more about the transfer and retention of training in analog and virtual spaceflight environments.
Ben Stanley
Researcher, Stevens Institute of Technology
Dr. Erik Seedhouse
Associate Professor, Space Operations, Embry Riddle
Brienna Rommes
Director, Astronaut Training, Orbite11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Creating a Robust & Sustainable ISAM Ecosystem
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) David Buck
President, BRPH Mission Solutions
Ron Lopez
President and Managing Director, Astroscale U.S. Inc.Earth-Based Simulations for Future Space Systems & Exploration Missions
This technical session will focus on the systems and technology required to create dependable on-planet simulations in preparation for future space systems and space exploration. Topics to include digital engineering, digital twinning, simulation standardization, communication system designs, and more.
Bjorn Moller
President, Pitch Technologies
Mr. Brian Geisel
CEO, Geisel Software
Mr. Mark Lombardi
Satellite and Space Workflow Solutions Architect, Keysight Technologies
Naushad Rahman
CEO, Delta-V Robotics
Mr. Damon Curry
Business Development Manager, Pitch TechnologiesPreparing to Live Off Planet
As we begin to move towards a space faring civilization, we need to design business operations and the supporting space technologies to live off planet. Discover the practical considerations related to the design, development and operation for human occupation in space and its supportive operational infrastructure.
Justin Annibali
CEO, Global Space Exchange, Inc.
Patrick Ferrell
Senior Engineer, re:3D Inc.
Mr. Trevor Hehn
Co-Founder, OrbitsEdgeThe Workforce We Need
The expanding commercial space industry is creating immense demand for a highly-qualified and diverse workforce. This session will discuss ways to find specialized employees you need and how we can create educational opportunities to keep the employee pipeline full.
Mr. Andrew Shields
President, Naut Normal
Mr. Joseph Smith
Director, Mechanical and Aerospace Division, SC Solutions
Shelli Brunswick
COO, Space Foundation
Elizabeth Kennick
President, Teachers in Space1:45 - 2:45 PM
Filling the Gaps in a Commercially Viable Supply Chain
Success in space will be highly dependent on a well-established and prepared supply chain. Hear more about the business cases that will ensure we have a reliable, rapid deployment infrastructure in place.
Pratish Shah
Aitech Defense Systems, Inc.
Scott Hanson
Chief Financial Officer, Burgoon Company
Mr. Mark Ovesny
Operations Manager, Anadarko Industries
Space Traffic Management
This session will elaborate on the utter importance of creating universally accepted operating rules and standards for better debris mitigation, space traffic management, asteroid detection, and resource identification.
Araz Feyzi
Co-Founder & CEO, Kayhan Space Doug Chunn
Vice President of Commercial Solutions, Slingshot Aerospace
Dr. Joel Sercel
Founder & CEO, TransAstra Corporation Moriba Jah
Founder & Chief of Science, Privateer SpaceThe New Space Race
The new space race is here. To maintain an advantage, the United State's will need to capitalize on opportunity and overcome challenges to develop its space industrial base. Speakers will share insights derived from key space leaders across government, industry and academia that will set priorities and direction for the U.S. space industry.
Casey Anglada DeRaad
CEO & Founder, NewSpace New Mexic Trevor Hehn
CO-Founder, OrbitsEdge
Robert Katz
CEO & Executive Director, World Innovation Network
Walt Gall
Chief Business Officer, Coherent Logix, Inc.
The Satellite Revolution
Satellites are evolving based on our needs for flexibility for on and off planet projects. How do we leverage small sats for exploration? How do pre-launch operations need to change? How can we produce cost effective, high performance solutions to support our satellite networks?
Austin Link
Co-Founder, Starfish Space
Dan Ciccateri
Vice President and General Manager, Launch Support Services, Space Prep, All Points
Khaki Rodway
Spaceplane Sales & Operations Director, USA, Dawn Aerospace
Matthew Voss
Chief Operations Officer, NearSpace Launch Inc. (NSL)
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Integration of Frontier Technologies to develop the Commercial Space Medicine Infrastructure
This panel will cover first response training for astronauts, ground-based medical support, mental health solutions, and the integration of advanced technology such as artificial intelligence, haptics, mixed reality and spatial computing to support astronauts.
Emmy Jewell
CTO / Co-founder, MMAARS (Mars-Moon Astronautics Academy and Research Sciences)
Dr. Maria Harney
CEO, STEAM for Humanity
Dr. Susan IP-Jewell
CEO & Co-Founder, AvatarMEDIC, Inc.
Jay Velasco
CMO, AvatarMEDIC, Inc.
Dr. Tamara Pack
CIO, AvatarMEDIC, Inc.Standardizing Space Data Formats
In order to be interoperable in the space domain, all public-private contracts need to have stated and required data format standards. As emerging commercial technologies continue to provide new capabilities, standardizing how data is collected and delivered will be critical to leveraging industry innovation. Hear from members of the Geospatial Intelligence Space Standards Working Group that are working to develop future data format standards in order for imaging to be interoperable in the space domain.
Dr. Kumar Navulur
Sr. Director of Global Strategic Initiatives, Maxar Technologies
Diane Poster
Office of Space Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce
Marlon Sorge
Technical Fellow, The Aerospace Corporation
What's Next for Space Tourism?
As barriers to space access are removed for civilians, and flights become more frequent and economical, the need for infrastructure to support a global space tourism industry is growing. Panelists will discuss the supporting services required on the ground and in space to meet the growing demand for commercial space flight.
Cherie Matthew
Architect, Jacobs Dr. George Nield
President, Commercial Space Technologies, LLC
Sharon Hagle
CEO & Founder, SpaceKids Global
TINA Talks
Space Marketing: Competing in the New Commercial Space Industry
Izzy House
Author and Podcast Host, Space MarketingBuilding the Infrastructure
Les Lake
Vice President, Business Development, All Points
GITAI Space Robotic Systems
Keiko Nakamura-Messenger
Director of Business Development, GITAI USA Inc.The Sky is NOT the Limit – Winning the Second Space Race…Together
Robert Katz
CEO & Executive Director, World Innovation NetworkGeopolitics of Crew Selection and Intellectual Property Rights on Inner Planetary Space Exploration
Mary Paulet
Talon Analystics and Situational Awareness
Economic Growth and National Competitiveness Impacts of the Artemis Program
Patrick Besha
…Lunar Habits