Speakers

Check out the current line-up of 2019 speakers below!

Antonio Abad Martín

Chief Technical and Operations OfficerHispasat

David Alexander

Senior Science Advisor for ResilienceU.S. Department of Homeland Security

Lynn Allen

Optical Scientist- Civil and Commercial ImagingL3Harris

Majed Alonazi

Senior Executive for Special ProjectsTAQNIA Holding

Richard Ambrose

Executive VP SpaceLockheed Martin Corp.

Randy Anders

Vice President, North AmericaHughes, An EchoStar Company

Jim Armor

Director Government AffairsNorthrop Grumman

Delian Asparouhov

PartnerKhosla Ventures

Frank Backes

Sr VP SATCOM Products & Fed Sat SolutionsKratos

Natalya Bailey

CEOAccion Systems

David Bair

President and CEO Eutelsat America Corp.Eutelsat Group

David Ball

Chief Executive OfficerSpace Environment Research Centre

Tara Bamburg

Manager, Inflight WiFi and EntertainmentSouthwest Airlines

Sirisha Bandla

Vice President of Government AffairsVirgin Galactic

John Baras

Professor and DirectorUniversity of Maryland

Jenny Barna

Director of LaunchSpire Corp.

Christopher Baugh

CEONSR

Andrew Beard

CEO & Co-FounderVanu Inc

Rodolphe Belmer

CEOEutelsat Group

Balazs Bertenyi

RAN TSG Chairman3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)

Chris Blackerby

Group COOAstroscale U.S. Inc.

Curt Blake

CEO and PresidentSpaceflight Inc.

Jay Bloom

Vice President, Ground Systems & OperationsOneWeb

Chris Boshuizen

Entrepreneur in ResidenceData Collective

Chris Boyd

Sr. Director Product ManagementVT iDirect

Kristi Bradford

Space Architecture DepartmentAerospace

Marco Brancati

Chief Technology and Innovation OfficerTelespazio

Devin Brande

Director, Product ManagementOrbital Insight

Jon Brickey

Senior Vice PresidentMastercard

Jim Bridenstine

Senior Advisor, Acorn Growth Companies & Former AdministratorNASA

Dylan Browne

President GovernmentOneWeb

Tory Bruno

CEOUnited Launch Alliance

Shelli Brunswick

Chief Operating OfficerSpace Foundation

Klaus Bruun Egeberg

Head of Mobility & Connectivity, Fleet TechnologyMaersk

Carissa Bryce Christensen

Founder and CEOBryceTech

Susan Bull

Senior ConsultantCOMSYS LLP

Johnathon Caldwell

Vice President & General Manager Military SpaceLockheed Martin Corp.

Lisa Callahan

VP & GM Commercial Civil SpaceLockheed Martin Corp.

Tom Campbell

General Manager, Space Antennas & StructuresL3Harris

Alessandro Caranci

SVP Satcom Line of BusinessTelespazio S.p.A.

Sean Casey

VP of Commercial Business DevelopmentATLAS Space Operations, Inc.

Dr. Bruce Chesley

Senior Director, Strategy, Boeing Space and LaunchBoeing

Alex Clavel

Managing Director & PartnerSoftBank Group Corp.

Robert Cleave

Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)Vector Launch Inc.

Phil Clifton

President, SEDS at Georgia Tech, and Startup Space Project ManagerSpace Frontier Foundation

Jon Cobin

Executive Vice PresidentGogo

Steve Collar

CEOSES Astra S.A.

Massimo Comparini

CEOe-GEOS

John Conafay (Emcee)

Director of Business DevelopmentSpaceflight Inc.

Rob Coneybeer

Managing DirectorShasta Ventures

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch

Senior Vice President for Government Strategy and PolicyInmarsat Government

Eric Cross

CTO, C3 Global Broadband SolutionsViasat

Erik Daehler

Commercial Business Development DirectorLockheed Martin Corp.

Mark Dankberg

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

Chris Davenport

Space CorrespondentWashington Post

Ian Dawkins

CEOPanasonic

Jo De Loor

VP, Market Development & StrategyST Engineering iDirect

Leonardo de Morais

Commissioner, BrazilAnatel

Nathan de Ruiter

Partner & Managing DirectorNovaspace

Tim Deaver

Director of US Space SystemsAirbus

Wouter Deknopper

Vice President & General Manager of MaritimeIridium Communications

Maria Demaree

Vice President & General Manager, Space Mission SolutionsLockheed Martin Corp.

Frank DeMauro

Vice President and General Manager, Tactical Space SystemsNorthrop Grumman

Nick Dempsey

AnalystBarclays Capital

Matt Desch

Chief Executive OfficerIridium Communications

Simonetta Di Pippo

DirectorUnited Nations

Anton Dolgopolov

Senior Analyst, Aerospace Engineering and SatellitesBryceTech

Lisa Dreher

Managing DirectorGuideforce

Elizabeth Driscoll

Business Development DirectorSpaceflight Inc.

David Eccles

Deputy Director, Center for Space Policy and Strategy, General Manager, National Space Systems Engineering DivisionAerospace

Justin Edward Park

PresidentIntergalactic Education LLC

Stephen Eisele

Vice President of Business DevelopmentVirgin Orbit

Tim Ellis

Co-Founder and CEORelativity Space

Karen Emery

Director Product ManagementST Engineering iDirect

Etop Esen

Commercial Innovation Manager, Remote Sensing and AerospaceInternational Space Station National Laboratory

Troy Etulain

Project Director, Digital DevelopmentFHI 360

Ralph Ewig

CEOAudacy

Maher Ezzeddine

CEOideanco.

Ms Debra Facktor

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

Tim Farrar

PresidentTMF Associates

Negar Feher

VP of Business DevelopmentMomentus

John Finney

Founder & CEOALL.SPACE

Simon Flannery

Managing DirectorMorgan Stanley & Co.

Brien Flewelling

Chief SSA ArchitectExoAnalytic Solutions

Ken Flowers

Vice President - GovernmentIridium Communications

Nathalie Font

Digital ChampionThales Alenia Space

Celeste V. Ford

Managing DirectorStellar Ventures

Marino Fragnito

Vice President Vega Business UnitArianespace

Antonio Franchi

Head of 5G and 6G Strategic ProgrammeEuropean Space Agency

Donald (Don) Gabriel

General ManagerEchoStar

Dan Gager

VPCOMSAT

Yossi Gal

Vice President Regional SalesGilat Satellite Networks

Doyle Gallegos

Lead ICT Policy SpecialistWorld Bank

Damien Garot

Managing PartnerJansky Partners

David Garrood

SVP Market DevelopmentPhasor Inc.

Dennis Gatens

CEO, FounderLEOcloud

Jean-Philippe Gillet

Vice President & General Manager, NetworksIntelsat US LLC

Charles Glass

Chief, International Spectrum Policy DivisionNational Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)

Mr. Daniel S. Goldberg

President and Chief Executive OfficerTelesat LEO Inc

Carmen Gonzalez-Sanfeliu

CCOABS Global Limited

Rajeev Gopal

Vice President, Advanced Programs, Government & Defense DivisionHughes, An EchoStar Company

Kalpak Gude

Head of Domestic Regulatory Affairs, Project KuiperAmazon Kuiper Government Solutions

Alissa Haddaji

Planetary Protection Project OfficerCommittee on Space Research (COSPAR)

Dr. Tanya Harrison

Director of Strategic Science InitiativesPlanet PBC

David Hartshorn

CEOGeeks Without Frontiers (GWF)

Hamp Haucke

Director, SCM IT and TechnologyDelta Airlines

Shayn Hawthorne

Senior Manager and AWS Ground Station Program LeadAmazon Web Services

Doug Hendrix

CEOExoAnalytic Solutions

Caleb Henry

Director of ResearchQuilty Space

Erick J. Hernandez

Director, IT InfrastructureSilversea Cruises

Jeffrey Hill

Executive ChairmanSATELLITE 2024

John Hill

Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space PolicyOffice of the Under Secretary of Defense

Jennifer Hindin

PartnerWiley Rein LLP

Andy Hoagland

Senior Data Analytics EngineerHawkEye 360

Pete Hoene

President/CEOSES Government Solutions

Mr. Lars Hoffman

SVP Global Launch ServicesRocket Lab

Aarti Holla

Secretary GeneralEMEA Satellite Operators Association

Michael Hollenbeck

VP | Global BusinessOptisys

Mark Holmes

Senior Editorial DirectorVia Satellite

William Hosack

Chief Executive OfficerOrbital Micro Systems

David Howgill

PresidentHuckworthy

Erwin Hudson

Vice President, Telesat Lightspeed System DevelopmentTelesat LEO Inc

Susan Irwin

Principal AdvisorNovaspace

Mohd Nazri Ismail

Assoc. Prof. Dr.National Defence University of Malaysia

Stéphane Israël

CEOArianespace

Rafferty Jackson

Board Member, Advisor, InvestorJack Industries

Akther Javid

Director IoT Strategy and Partner ManagementSprint

Chris Johnson

CEOMaxar Space Systems

Keith Johnson

COO & Exec VPSpeedcast

Karen Jones

Sr. Space Policy Analyst and Space EconomistThe Aerospace Corporation, Center for Space Policy and Strategy

Therese Jones

Senior Director of PolicySatellite Industry Association (SIA)

Fabien Jordan

CEO and FounderAstrocast SA

Talal Kaissi

Advisor - Strategic ProjectsUAE Space Agency

Kas Kalba

PresidentKalba International, Inc.

Sami Kassab

Executive DirectorExane BNP Paribas

Rebecca Keiser Ph.D.

Head, Office of International Science and EngineeringNational Science Foundation

Diederik Kelder

Chief Strategy OfficerLeoSat Enterprises

Ammar Khan

Principal System EngineerInmarsat Global, Ltd.

Ann Kim

Managing Director and Head of Frontier TechnologySVB Financial Group

Amaresh Kollipara

Founder & Managing PartnerEarth2Orbit, LLC

Kay Koplovitz

Founder, USA Networks; Co-Founder, ChairSpringboard Enterprises

Les Kovacs

VP of Business DevelopmentFirefly Aerospace

Lisa Kuo

Director of Global Technical SalesPanasonic Avionics Corporation

Jay LaPrise

SVP, Global Transmission OperationsEncompass Digital Media

Marzio Laurenti

CEOTelespazio Brasil

John Lawrence

Director, Sales & MarketingGomSpace

Dr. Jean-Yves Le Gall

PresidentCentre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

Sebastien Lehnherr

COOSpeedcast

Steven Lett

Diplomat, Chief ExecutiveCospas-Sarsat

Lon Levin

VP, New VenturesGEOShare / Lockheed Martin

Kenneth Levy

Vice President, Investor RelationsIridium Communications

Wendy Lewis

PrincipalStrategic Voice

Jeb Linton

CTO, Partner Success & Cognitive SecurityIBM Watson and Cloud Platform

Rick Lober

Vice President & General Manager, Government & Defense DivisionHughes, An EchoStar Company

Pamela Logan

Technical AnalystDefense Contract Management Agency

Andrew Lucas

SVP Satellite Operators & MobilityComtech EF Data

Justin Luczyk

Director, Business DevelopmentAIRBUS

John Lyotier

CEORightMesh

Vivienne Machi

Air Force/Capitol Hill ReporterDefense Daily

Adam Maher

Founder & CEOUrsa Space Systems

Jennifer Manner

Senior Vice PresidentEchoStar Corporation

Gregory Martin

VP, Maritime SegmentSES Networks

Deepak Mathur

Executive VP, Global SalesSES Video

Barry Matsumori

CEOBridgeSat Inc.

Paul Mattear

Principal Account ExecutiveAmazon Web Services

Jeff Matthews

Specialist LeaderDeloitte Consulting LLC

Georg Mayer

SA TSG Chairman3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)

Michael Mealing

General PartnerStarbridge Venture Capital

Mirna Mekic

Director, Product Management – User TerminalsOneWeb

Catherine Melquist

Director of Business Development, Private LTE, NetNumber, & PresidentMobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA)

David Meltzer

Secretary GeneralGVF

John Metzger

VP, Software EngineeringVector Launch Inc.

Charles Miller

CEOUbiquitiLink Inc.

James Miller

Deputy Director, Policy and Strategic Communications, Space Communications and Navigation ProgramNASA Headquarters

William (Bill) Milroy

Chairman and CTOThinKom

Colin Mitchell

General Manager, Space Systems and RangesL3Harris

Mina Mitry

CEOKepler Communications

Hazem Moakkit

Vice President, Spectrum StrategyIntelsat US LLC

Anton Moldovan

Chief Engineer ISR & Mobility ServicesUltiSat

Katherine Monson

Head of KSAT USAKSAT

Peter Moosbrugger

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

Eleanor Morgan

Bigelow Aerospace Systems Engineer & Reserve PilotU.S. Air Force

Richard Mortellaro

Senior Vice President, Satellite ServicesEchoStar

Navid Motamed

Assistant Vice President, Public PolicyAT&T

Lilac Muller PhD

Senior Vice President of Product ManagementKymeta Corporation

Scott Mumford

CEOLiquid Intelligent Technologies

Sergy Mummert

SVP, Global Cloud Sales & PartnershipsSES

J. Armand Musey

President and FounderSummit Ridge Group LLC

Gustavo Nader

Vice President, StrategyThales InFlyt Experience

Nicolas Chamussy

Executive Vice President & Head of Space SystemsAirbus

Dr. Kumar Navulur

Sr. DirectorDigitalGlobe

Erin Neal

PartnerVelocity Government Relations

Annie Neligh

Product Manager, Data IntegrationPlanet Labs

Dan Nevius

CEOAnalytical Space

Dr. Charles Norton

Special Advisor, Small Spacecraft MissionsNASA Science Mission Directorate

Matt O'Connell

Operating PartnerData Collective Venture Capital

Tara O'Shea

Director of Forest ProgramsPlanet PBC

Ko Ogasawara

Vice President & General ManagerMitsubishi Heavy Industries Lt

Franco Ongaro

Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality (D/TEC), and Head of ESTECEuropean Space Agency (ESA)

Mr. Dara Panahy

PartnerMilbank LLP

Chirag Parikh

Executive SecretaryNational Space Council at The White House

Emma Park

Vice President, EuropeSigfox

Joel Parker

Aerospace EngineerNASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Vinay Patel

Senior Director International DivisionHughes, An EchoStar Company

Mike Pence

Vice President of the United States of America

Lauren Penneys

Director of Business Development and SalesDescartes Labs

Ana Perez-Neira

Scientific CoordinatorCentre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTT)

Ken Peterman

President, Government SystemsViasat

Shelley Petroy

Manager, Earth Science Mission DevelopmentBAE Systems, Inc. Space and Mission Systems

Ruy Pinto

CEOSES Astra S.A.

James Platt

Chief, Strategic Defense InitiativesU.S. Department of Homeland Security

Peter Platzer

CEOSpire Corp.

Michael Pollack

CEOTraville Group

Joseph Portale

Senior Program ManagerLockheed Martin Space Systems

Michael Potter

Board DirectorThe International Institute of Space Commerce

Grégory Pradels

Small Satellites DevelopmentAerospace Valley

Ric Prentiss

Managing DirectorRaymond James

Kirk Pysher

PresidentInternational Launch Services

Greg Quiggle

Senior Vice President of Product ManagementKratos

Chris Quilty

PresidentQuilty Space

Ramesh Ramaswamy

EVP and General Manager, International DivisionHughes, An EchoStar Company

Reza Rasoulian

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

Minoo Rathnasabapathy PhD

Research EngineerMIT Media Lab

Benjamin Reed

Deputy Division Director SSPDNASA

Dave Rehbehn

Vice President, International DivisionHughes, An EchoStar Company

David Reichert

Global Business Development, Electronics and Imaging, Interconnect SolutionsDupont

Ryan Reid

PresidentBoeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.

Floris Reimbold

Director, Head of IFEC TechnologyLufthansa

Dorothy (Di) Reimold

Director of Strategic OperationsFAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation

Raymond Richards

Program ManagerU.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Brian Rider

Chief Technology OfficerLeoStella

Mark Rigolle

CEOKLEO Connect

Kent Rominger

Vice President Strategic Programs Propulsion Systems DivisionNorthrop Grumman

Aviv Ronai

Chief Product & Marketing OfficerNovelSat

Claude Rousseau

Research DirectorNSR, an Analysys Mason Company

Andrew Rush

President & COORedwire

Shagun Sachdeva

FounderKosmic Apple

Melissa Sampson

Sr. Manager Advanced Systems, Commercial Aerospace and Strategic TechnologyBAE Systems, Inc. Space and Mission Systems

Alvaro Sanchez

CEOIntegrasys

Ignacio Sanchis

CCOHispasat

Emmanuel Sauzay

Director, Commercial SpaceAirbus

Paul Scardino

Business Development LeadL3Harris Technologies

Brian Schettler

Managing DirectorBoeing HorizonX Ventures

Jim Schier

Chief Architect and Deputy Director of System Engineering for Space Communications and NavigationNASA

Robbie Schingler

Co-Founder And Chief Strategy OfficerPlanet PBC

Jan Schmidt

Head of SpaceSwiss Re

Doug Schroeder

Oversight Executive // FNC3 Mission Prototyping DirectorOffice of the Secretary of Defense

Michael Schwartz

Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business DevelopmentTelesat LEO Inc

Vagan Shakhgildian

President & CEOUHP Networks Inc

Dr. Mike Short

Chief Scientific AdviserU.K. Department for International Trade

Gwynne Shotwell

President & COOSpaceX

Sanjay Singam

Vice President of Global EngineeringITC Global

Bob Smith

CEOBlue Origin

Michael Smith

Senior Vice President Enterprise SolutionsKratos

Phil Smith

Senior Space AnalystBryceTech

Steven Soenens

VP Product MarketingSkyline Communications

Stephen Spengler

CEOIntelsat US LLC

Dr. Nicos Spyropoulos

Executive Director, Business DevelopmentWorld View Enterprises

Adrián Steckel

CEOOneWeb

Kevin Steen

CEOOneWeb Technologies

Tom Stroup

PresidentSatellite Industry Association (SIA)

Brendan Sullivan

CTO/CIORigNet, Inc.

Mr. Patompob "Nile" Suwansiri

CEOTHAICOM PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED

Mandy Sweeney

Vice President of OperationsMuseum of Science Fiction

Al Tadros

Chief Growth Officer and EVP Space InfrastructureRedwire

Raz I. Tamir

Chief Executive OfficerNSLComm

Maj. Gen. Roger Teague (Ret.)

Vice President, Government OperationsBoeing Space and Intelligence Systems

Tom Tengan

Director of Digital EnterpriseSiemens Industry Software

Paul "Rusty" Thomas

Program Manager - BlackjackU.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Giles Thorne

IT Hardware & Infrastructure, Equity ResearchJefferies Group

Kenneth Turner

Deputy Director, Spectrum Policy and ProgramsU.S. Department of Defense

Thomas Van den Driessche

CEONewtec

Mr. Ronald van der Breggen

CCORivada Space Networks

Martin Van Schaik

Senior Vice PresidentThales Alenia Space

Marcus Vilaςa

Chief Technical OfficerYahsat

Jorge Villarreal

CEOElara Communicaciones S.A. de CV

Gautham Viswaroopan

Chair of Council of ChaptersStudents for the Exploration and Development of Space, USA

Jean-Luc Vuillemin

Executive Vice President, International NetworksOrange Business Services

Jonathan Ward

Founder & CEOAtlas Organization

Charity Weeden

President and Co-FounderLquinox Consulting

Tom Whayne

Chief Financial OfficerOneWeb

Dan White

Head of Market Region Americas, Satellite Management SystemSwedish Space Corporation (SSC)

Ryan Whitley

Director of Civil Space PolicyNational Space Council at The White House

Fred Wilson

Business Development Lead, Space systemsAerojet Rocketdyne

Krystal Wilson

Director of Space Applications ProgramsSecure World Foundation

Dr. Michael Wittek

Manager, Merck KGaAMerck

Professor Danielle Wood

Director of the Space Enabled Research Group, Assistant Professor of Media Arts & Sciences and Aeronautics & AstronauticsMIT Media Lab

Lisa Wood

Director, Space SciencesBAE Systems, Inc. Space and Mission Systems

Ali Younis

Head of Business Development and Product MarketingAstranis

Patrick Zeitouni

Head of Advanced Development ProgramBlue Origin

Dr. Martin Zhu

EconomistThe FAA

Spencer Ziegler

Director, Space UKSCISYS

Thomas Zurbuchen

Associate AdministratorNASA Science Mission Directorate