Speakers

Check out the complete line-up of the 2018 Speakers below!

Khattar Abdukhalek

Drone Project Managerideanco.

Moe Abutaleb

President & CEOUltiSat

Kambiz Aghili

Chief Executive OfficerBlue Sky Network

Fabio Agostini

CIOSilversea Cruises

Ahmed Ali Al Shamsi

Acting Chief Executive OfficerThuraya Telecommunications Company

Dr. Gale Allen

Acting Chief ScientistNASA

Ms Audrey Allison

Senior Director, Global Spectrum ManagementBoeing

Richard Ambrose

Executive VP SpaceLockheed Martin Corp.

Antonio Arcidiacono

Director of InnovationEUTELSAT S.A.

Paige Atkins

Associate Administrator, Office of Spectrum ManagementNational Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

Dr. Ilhami Aygun

President and CEOSSI-MonacoSAT

Tony Azzarelli

CEOAzzurra Telecom Ltd

Natalya Bailey

CEOAccion Systems

Anthony Baker

CEOGlobal Satellite Vu

Daniel Baker

CEOFlightAware

David Ball

Chief Executive OfficerSpace Environment Research Centre

John Ball

Vice President, International Distribution and TechnologyTurner Broadcasting System

Grant Barber

EVP & CFOHughes

Tony Bardo

.Hughes

Jenny Barna

Director of LaunchSpire Corp.

David Barnhart

DirectorInformation Sciences Institute

Christophe Bauer

Vice President of Business DevelopmentL3 Technologies, Electron Devices

Christopher Baugh

CEONSR

Christopher Beam

Senior Project Engineering ManagerKratos

Woodrow Bellamy III

EditorAvionics Magazine

Carolyn Belle

Senior AnalystNSR, an Analysys Mason Company

Rodolphe Belmer

CEOEutelsat Group

Donna Bethea-Murphy

Senior Vice President, Global RegulatoryInmarsat Global, Ltd.

PJ Beylier

CEOSpeedcast

Steve Birnbaum

PresidentResudox Solutions, LLC

Curt Blake

CEO and PresidentSpaceflight Inc.

Mr Mark Boggett

CEOSeraphim Space

Don Brown

General Manager Government ServicesTelesat LEO Inc

Tory Bruno

CEOUnited Launch Alliance

Don Buchman

Vice President and General Manager, Commercial AviationViasat

Susan Bull

Senior ConsultantCOMSYS LLP

Dennis Burnett

Advisory Board Chairman Space, Cyber and Telecommunications Law ProgramUniversity of Nebraska College of Law

Justin Cadman

PartnerQuilty Space

Lisa Callahan

Vice President and General Manager of Commercial Civil SpaceLockheed Martin Space Systems

Logan Campbell

CEOAerotas

Alessandro Caranci

SVP Satcom Line of BusinessTelespazio S.p.A.

Francois Carraud

System Chief EngineerThales Alenia Space

Dr. Sean Casey

VP of Commercial Business DevelopmentATLAS Space Operations, Inc.

Robert Cerbone

Vice President and General Manager of MediaIntelsat US LLC

Anand Chari

Executive VP and Chief Technology OfficerGogo

Stéphane Chenard

Senior Associate ConsultantNovaspace

Alex Chernushin

Director of Commercial OperationsBAE Systems, Inc. Space and Mission Systems

Carissa Christensen

Chief Executive OfficerBryceTech

Barbara Clarke

Founding Member, The Impact Seat, and Founding Member, Angel InvestorAstia

Martin Coleman

Executive DirectorThe Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG)

Steve Collar

CEOSES Astra S.A.

Michael Collett

Managing PartnerPromus Ventures

Dr. Steven Collicott

Professor of Aeronautics & AstronauticsPurdue University

Massimo Comparini

CEOe-GEOS

Rob Coneybeer

Managing DirectorShasta Ventures

Donald Cornwell

Director, Advanced Communications and Navigation Division, SCaN ProgramNASA Headquarters

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch

Senior Vice President for Government Strategy and PolicyInmarsat Government

Frank Culbertson, Jr.

President, Space Systems GroupNorthrop Grumman

Marshall Culpepper

CEO and Co-FounderKubos Corporation

Denis Curtin

PrincipalCommunications Satellite Consultants

Tsachi Dahan

DirectorBaylink

Mr. Richard DalBello

Director, NOAA Office of Space CommerceU.S. Department of Commerce

Dr. Matthew Daniels

Advisor, Office of the Secretary of DefenseU.S. Department of Defense

Mark Dankberg

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-FounderViasat

Dave Davis

Managing PartnerInMotion Holdings

Tahara Dawkins

Chief of StaffNational Space Council at The White House

Tony Dearth

Acting Managing DirectorState Department Office of Defense Trade Controls

Tim Deaver

VP, Market DevelopmentSES Government Solutions

Gregoire Demory

PresidentBlue Sky Network

Simonetta Di Pippo

DirectorUnited Nations

Mark Dickinson

VP Satellite Operations, Inmarsat & ChairmanSpace Data Association

Ross Dickson

Product Line ManagerWind River

Mr Michel Dothey

Co-Founder & CCOneXat

Elizabeth Driscoll

Business Development DirectorSpaceflight Inc.

Rory Eddings

Sales ManagerAntenna Research Associates

Bruce R. Elbert

PresidentATS LLC

Mr Rudiger J. Ellis

CEOSwitchboard Live

Erwan Emilian

EVP Enterprise & Emerging MarketsSpeedcast

Greg Ewert

President, Connected Car & Intelligent Transport SystemsGlobalstar

Maher Ezzeddine

CEOideanco.

Ms Debra Facktor

Head of U.S. Space SystemsAirbus U.S. Space and Defense Inc.

Andrew Faiola

Director, Mobility Solutions, Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia-PacificIntelsat US LLC

Tim Farrar

PresidentTMF Associates

John Finney

Founder & CEOALL.SPACE

David Fischer

Senior Manager of Strategic DevelopmentBAE Systems, Inc. Space and Mission Systems

Mr William Fisher

Advisor and Executive-in-ResidenceWipro Technologies

Ken Flowers

Vice President - GovernmentIridium Communications

John Flynn

Vice President of Global OperationsGlobecomm

Mr. Roger Franklin

CEOCrystal

Jeffrey Freedman

Chief Executive OfficerKythera Space Solutions

Tom Freeman

Senior Vice President, Land MobileKymeta Corporation

Keith Frost

Media and Data Networks DirectorArqiva Satellite & Media

Hans Geldenhuys

Managing Sales Director, AfricaIntelsat US LLC

Mr. Daniel S. Goldberg

President and Chief Executive OfficerTelesat LEO Inc

Harish Goyal

CEOZee TV Africa

Brad Grady

Business Development ManagerHughes

Simon Gray

Sr VP Humanitarian AffairsEutelsat Group

Alex Greenberg

Cofounder & COOLoft Orbital

Erwin Greilinger

Product Line and Sales Manager, AtosAtos IT Solutions and Services GmbH

Kalpak Gude

PresidentDynamic Spectrum Alliance

Richard Hadsall

Vice President of Global Network OperationsKymeta Corporation

Dr. Tanya Harrison

Director of Strategic Science InitiativesPlanet PBC

Dan Hart

Advisor, Consultant, Executive MentorHarTechnologies LLC

Bryan Hartin

Executive Vice President - Sales & MarketingIridium Communications

Bertrand Hartman

CEOOmni Access

David Hartshorn

CEOGeeks Without Frontiers (GWF)

Semir Hassanaly

Market Director of Cellular Backhaul & TrunkingNewtec

Peter Hays

Senior Space Policy Analyst, Falcon Research Policy & Integration Division (PDSASX)U.S. Department of Defense

David Helfgott

CEOPhasor Inc.

Jeffrey Hill

Executive ChairmanSATELLITE 2024

Steven Hill

PresidentSatellite Broadcast and Communications Association (SBCA)

Mr. Todd Hill

Senior Director of Global Satellite Capacity PlanningPanasonic

Kenneth Hodgkins

Director of Space and Advanced TechnologyUS Department of State

Mark Holmes

Senior Editorial DirectorVia Satellite

Robert Hoyt

CEOTethers Unlimited, Inc.

Erwin Hudson

Vice President, Telesat Lightspeed System DevelopmentTelesat LEO Inc

Dante Ibarra

World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) DirectorFederal Communications Commission (FCC)

Stéphane Israël

CEOArianespace

Cary Jackson

Co-Founder and PrincipalJack Industries

Will Jamieson

CEOStream

Kris Jarrett

Sr. Sales ExecutiveST Engineering iDirect

Hasteen Jobalia

Senior Application Engineer-Space FlightHUBER+SUHNER Inc.

Chris Johnson

CEOMaxar Space Systems

Mr. Keith Johnson

COO & Exec VPSpeedcast

Andrew Jordan

CEOAsia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat)

Steve Jorgenson

PartnerStarBridge Ventures

Sherin Kamal

Chief Scientist / EngineerScience Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

Justus Kilian

PrincipalSpace Capital

Mary Kirby

Founder, Publisher, and EditorRunway Girl Network

Maciej Kranz

Vice President, Strategic InnovationCisco

Will Kraus

Director, Maritime Line of Business & Product ManagementIridium Communications

Dennis Krepp

Director, Sensors & Aerospace Division, Office of National Security and Technology Transfer ControlsU.S. Department of Commerce

Justin Kugler

Business Development EngineerMade In Space, Inc.

Nathan Kundtz

CEOKymeta Corporation

Lisa Kuo

Director of Commercial ProgramsThe Aerospace Corporation

Ms. Naomi Kurahara PhD

Co-Founder/CEOInfostellar

Howard Lance

CEOMDA Space Ltd.

Roger Lanctot

Associate Director, Global Automotive PracticeStrategy Analytics Ltd.

Mr. Marzio Laurenti

CEOTelespazio Brasil

Ethan Lavan

Director of In-Orbit ResourcesEutelsat Group

Didier Le Boulc’h

R&D and Product Policy DirectorThales Alenia Space

Rich Leshner

VP of ConsultingBryceTech

Mr. Dubi Lever

CTOGilat Satellite Networks

Ron Levin

VP Mobility & StrategicGilat Satellite Networks

Efi Levinzon

CPO (Chief Product Officer)NovelSat

Andreas Lindenthal

Member of the Management BoardOHB-System AG

Whitney Lohmeyer

Chief TechnologistFederal Communications Commission (FCC)

Ethan Lucarelli

Director, Regulatory and Public PolicyInmarsat Global, Ltd.

Peter Mabson

Chief Executive OfficeexactEarth Ltd

Amy Maclean

Editorial DirectorCablefax

Mr Nelson Malaguti

Counsellor for ITU-R Study Group 4 (SGD/SG4)ITU

Craig Malone

EVP Product DevelopmentORBCOMM

Ms. Jennifer Manner

Senior Advisor for Space and Satellite Policy, Office of Spectrum Management (OSM)National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

Joshua Marks

Executive Vice President, Aviation ConnectivityGlobal Eagle

Thomas Markusic

CEOFirefly Aerospace

Samantha Marquart Brainard

PhD Candidate, Systems EngineeringGeorge Washington University

Joseph Mascaro, PhD

Director of Academic ProgramsPlanet PBC

Vince Matherne

CCOEncompass Digital Media

Jeff Matthews

Specialist LeaderDeloitte Consulting LLC

Mr Troy McCann

Founder and CEOMoonshot

Bryan McGuirk

Chief Commercial OfficerGlobecomm

Captain Mary McMillan

Vice President, Safety and Operational ServicesInmarsat

William (Bill) Milroy

Chairman and CTOThinKom

Hazem Moakkit

Vice President, Spectrum StrategyIntelsat US LLC

Meir Moalem

CEO & Co-founderSky and Space Global

Mr. Mike Moeller

Vice President, Aviation Customers and Sales, AmericasGlobal Eagle

Ali Mohadjer

President & CEOSatWays Inc

Carlos Monsalve

International Airline B-787 Pilot, VP Air Transport SalesLatitude Technologies

Pete Moosbrugger

Chief Technologist Phased Array & RF TechnologyBAE Systems, Inc. Space and Mission Systems

Frederick Morris

Vice President of Satellite Operators Market VerticalComtech EF Data

Clay Mowry

PresidentInternational Astronautical Federation (IAF)

Craig Mullett

PresidentBranison Group

Guillermo Muniz

Chief Operating OfficerOmniAccess

Sergio Murillo

DirectorRED52

Mr. J. Armand Musey

President and FounderSummit Ridge Group LLC

Mr. David Myers

President & CEOGilat Defense

Bo Naasz

Systems Engineering ManagerNASA's Satellite Servicing Projects Division

Dr. Selman Nas

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT UAV SYSTEMSTurkish Aerospace Industries, Inc.

JR Cristovam Nascimento

Senior PartnerUnisat

Nicolas Chamussy

Executive Vice President & Head of Space SystemsAirbus

Dr. Kumar Navulur

Sr. DirectorDigitalGlobe

Guido Neumann

Managing DirectorCETel GmbH

Janet Nickloy

Director - Business DevelopmentL3Harris

Kevin O'Connell

President & CEOInnovative Analytics & Training LLC

Gerry Oberst

Senior Vice President, Global Regulatory and Governmental StrategySES Astra S.A.

Olaf Oehrl

Director, New BusinessND SatCom GmbH

Dr. Ko Ogasawara

Vice President & General ManagerMitsubishi Heavy Industries Lt

Justin Oliveira

CEOAnalytical Space

John Ordway

PartnerBerliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP

Ryan Orth

Vice President, RF Intelligence SystemsGeneral Dynamics

Mr. Dara Panahy

PartnerMilbank LLP

Chirag Parikh

Executive SecretaryNational Space Council at The White House

Luigi Pasquali

CEOTelespazio S.p.A.

Vinay Patel

Senior Director International DivisionHughes

David Payne

Vice President, Government and Regulatory AffairsAnalytical Space

Anthony Pego

Director Product ManagementVT iDirect

Brian Pemberton

Vice President and General Manager, Aviation Line of BusinessIridium Communications

Guy Perez

CTO and Head of Telecom SatellitesOHB-System AG

Ken Peterman

President, Government SystemsViasat

Joseph A. Pica

Director, Office of ObservationsNational Weather Service

Mr. Peter Platzer

CEOSpire Corp.

Bob Potter

VP Signals and Ground Systems TechnologyKratos Defence and Security Solutions

Rich Pournelle

VP of Business DevelopmentNanoRacks LLC

Grégory Pradels

Small Satellites DevelopmentAerospace Valley

Kirk Pysher

PresidentInternational Launch Services

Chris Quilty

Co-CEO & PresidentQuilty Space

Jeanette Quinlan

Managing Director, USAStarburst Accelerator

Yagnesh Rajendran

Vice President, Global Enterprise Sales and Business DevelopmentITC Global

Reza Rasoulian

Vice President, Global Connectivity & Shipboard Technology OperationsCarnival Corporation & PLC

Mr. Dave Redl

Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and AdministratorNational Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

Benjamin Reed

Deputy Division Director SSPDNASA

Dave Rehbehn

Vice President, International DivisionHughes

Charles Renert

Vice President of CybersecurityViasat

Saúl Reza Arcelus

Writer, Radio Host for EnElAire Radio & PilotAeroméxico

Steve Richeson PE

VP Sales & MarketingMission Microwave

Mark Rigolle

CEOKLEO Connect

Frank Rose

Chief of Government AffairsThe Aerospace Corporation

Claude Rousseau

Research DirectorAnalysys Mason Ltd

Pedro Ruiz

Customer Success DirectorINTEGRASYS SA

Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger

(D-MD)U.S. House of Representatives

Kendall Russell

MarketingVirgin Orbit

Shey Sabripour

Founder and CEOCesiumAstro, Inc.

Maryanna Saenko

Senior Associate, Venture CapitalDraper Fisher Jurvetson

Jassem Salman Nasser

Chief Strategy OfficerThuraya Telecommunications Company

Victoria Samson

Washington Office DirectorSecure World Foundation

Mr Alvaro Sanchez

CEOIntegrasys

José Sánchez Ruiz

Dir Service OperationsEutelsat Group

Ignacio Sanchís

CCOHispasat

Paul Scardino

Business Development LeadL3Harris Technologies

Walter Scott

Executive Vice President and Chief Technology OfficerMDA Space Ltd.

Kay Sears

Vice President & General Manager, Military SpaceLockheed Martin Corp.

Mrs. Randy Segal

PartnerHogan Lovells

Mauricio Segovia

CEOAxess

Cenk Sen

CEOTurksat AS

Mr. John Serafini

Chief Executive OfficerHawkEye 360

Fred Shaheen

Chief CounselBoeing

John R. Shane

PartnerWiley Rein LLP

David Shaw

Co-founder and Chief Commercialization OfficerAstrapi

Gwynne Shotwell

President & COOSpaceX

Jim Simpson

CEOAsia Broadcast Satellite (ABS)

Sanjay Singam

Vice President of Global EngineeringITC Global

Ole Sivertsen

Senior Vice President, MaritimeGlobal Eagle

Adam Smith

Co-Founder, Head of Business and SalesDescartes Labs

Bob Smith

CEOBlue Origin

Mr. Jeff Smith

Startup Space Project ManagerSpace Frontier Foundation

Lance Smith

CEOCyphre

Michael Smith

Senior Vice President Enterprise SolutionsKratos

Mr Steven Soenens

VP Product MarketingSkyline Communications

Amit Somani

CEOABS Global Limited

Phillip Spector

Of CounselMilbank LLP

Stephen Spengler

CEOIntelsat US LLC

Andrew Spinola

Equity ResearchWells Fargo

Eric Stallmer

PresidentCommercial Spaceflight Federation

Mark Steel

Vice President of Development and Market StrategyInmarsat, Inc.

Kevin Steen

CEOOneWeb Technologies

Wim Steenbakkers

Managing Director, Global Head Satellite FinanceING Wholesale Banking

Jan Stoop

Senior Sales DirectorUHP Networks Inc

Mr. Christopher Stott

Chairman and CEOManSat

Mr. Patompob "Nile" Suwansiri

CEOTHAICOM PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED

Al Tadros

Chief Growth Officer and EVP Space InfrastructureRedwire

Jada Tapley

VP - Advanced EngineeringAptiv

Dave Thompson

President and Chief Executive OfficerNorthrop Grumman

Giles Thorne

IT Hardware & Infrastructure, Equity ResearchJefferies Group

Carlos Tibi

President, CEO, & FounderIcflix

Ariel Toh

Deputy Director of S.T.E.M Research & Social EntrepreneurMarcharh

Omar Trujillo

VP, Latam SalesO3b Networks

Chris Tuttle

Region II Coordinator, Office of Emergency CommunicationsU.S. Department of Homeland Security

Mr Eddie Vaca

Founder & CEOAmpLive, Inc.

Thomas Van den Driessche

CEONewtec

Mr. Ronald van der Breggen

Chief Commercial OfficerRivada Space Networks

Thomas van der Heyden

Founder/Director/CTOPT. Dini Nusa Kusuma

Bart Van Poucke

Vice President, Product ManagementNewtec

Mr Martin Van Schaik

Senior Vice PresidentThales Alenia Space

Marco Villa

President & COOTerran Orbital Corporation

Joel Viñas

Co-FounderNewSpace Chicago

Nic Volpi

PartnerPermira Advisers, LLC

Xuyen "XT" Vuong

Chief Scientist and Vice PresidentARTEL, LLC

Dr. Erika Wagner

Business Development ManagerBlue Origin

Mr. Mauro Wajnberg

General Manager BrazilTelesat LEO Inc

Jefferson Wang

Managing Director in Communications, Media, and TechnologyAccenture Strategy

Jennifer Warren

Vice President, Tech Policy & Regulation, Government AffairsLockheed Martin Corp.

Dr. Brian Weeden

Director of Program Planning for Secure World Foundation and Executive Director of CONFERSSecure World Foundation

Garry White

Rear Admiral, Vice ChairmanBusek, Excelsior Enterprises

Tom Wilson

President, SpaceLogisticsNorthrop Grumman

Norman Yarbrough

Operations Research Analyst, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for C3, Cyber, and Business SystemsU.S. Department of Defense

Dario Zamarian

Group PresidentSSL

Michel Zimet

Senior Broadband Product ManagerIntelsat US LLC

Julie Zoller

Chief Government Affairs OfficerOmnispace, LLC

Koby Zontag

Vice President of Media Sales and Business DevelopmentPCCW Global