Fall 2023 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Prof. David Akin
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Director of the Space Systems Laboratory
University of Maryland
(bio)

Joseph Anderson
Vice President
SpaceLogistics
(bio)

Jason Aspiotis
Director, In-Space
Infrastructure & Logistics
Axiom Space
(bio)

David A. Barnhart
CEO, Arkisys Inc.
Director/Research Professor Space
Engineering Research Center
University of Southern California
(bio)

Joshua T.S. Cahill
Deputy Director, Lunar Surface
Innovation Consortium (LSIC)
The John Hopkins Univ.
Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
(bio)

Joe Chan
Director of Flight Dynamics
Intelsat
(bio)

Dr. Howie Choset
Professor, Robotics, Biomedical
Engineering, and Electrical
& Computer Engineering
CMU
(bio)

Christie Cox
ISS Utilization Manager
NASA Headquarters
(bio)

Meera Day Towler, P.E.
Space Robotics Program Manager
Southwest Research Institute
(bio)

Dr. Prasun Desai
Associate Administrator (Acting)
Space Technology
Mission Directorate, NASA
(bio)

Andrew Detor, Ph.D.
Program Manager, Defense Sciences
Office, DARPA
(bio)

Stephen Duall
Associate Chief, Space Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
(bio)

Colonel Edward G. Ferguson
Chief, USSPACECOM J81
Dir, USSPACECOM Technical
Analysis Group (STAG)
(bio)

Dr. Tristan Griffith
BONSAI Lab Principal Investigator
AFRL/RV
(bio)

Arthur F. Grijalva
Director of SpaceWERX
U.S. Space Force
(bio)

Andrew Hamilton
Electronics Engineer
Air Force Research Laboratory
(bio)

Koki Ho
Dutton-Ducoffe Professor
(Associate Professor)
Georgia Institute of Technology
(bio)

Steven J. Isakowitz
President and CEO
The Aerospace Corporation
(bio)

Bernard Kelm
Superintendent Spacecraft
Engineering Division
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
(bio)

Randy Kendall
VP, Launch, Missiles, and Mobility
The Aerospace Corporation
(bio)

Brad Kinsey
Associate Dean for Research
in the College of Engineering and
Physical Sciences, Professor in the
Mechanical Engineering Department
University of New Hampshire
(bio)

Trudy F. Kortes
Director, Technology Demonstrations
NASA’s Space Technology Directorate
(bio)

Brian K. Lagana
Executive Director
Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous
and Servicing Operations (CONFERS)
(bio)

Ghonhee Lee
CEO
Katalyst Space Technologies
(bio)

Dr. Clare Martin
Executive Vice President
Astroscale U.S. Inc.
(bio)

Tom McCarthy
VP of Business Development
Motiv Space Systems
(bio)

Mark McDonald
Chief Operating Officer
Lunar Resources
(bio)

Jill McGuire
Associate Director for the Exploration and
In-Space Services (ExIS) Projects Division
NASA
(bio)

Josh Mehling, Ph.D.
NASA Principal Technologist
for Robotics, NASA Space
Technology Mission Directorate
(bio)

Dr. Carolyn Mercer
Chief Technologist
Science Mission Directorate
NASA
(bio)

Carie Mullins
Director of Analytics
BryceTech
(bio)

Bo Naasz
Senior Technical Lead for
ISAM and RPOC System Capabilities
NASA
(bio)

Darryll J. Pines
President
University of Maryland
(bio)

Elozor Plotke
Corporate Engineer II
LinQuest Corporation
(bio)

Ben Reed
CTO and Co-founder
Quantum Space
(bio)

Greg Richardson
COSMIC Executive Director
The Aerospace Corporation
(bio)

Colonel Lee Rosen (USAF, Ret.)
Co-Founder and President
ThinkOrbital Inc.
(bio)

Prof. John T. Roth
Director, John Olson Advanced
Manufacturing Center
Mechanical Engineering Department
University of New Hampshire
(bio)

Colonel Jon Strizzi
S9 Director of Analysis and
Interoperability Engineering
Space Systems Command

Maj Abigail A. Sutton
Branch Chief
Space Access, Mobility & Logistics (SAML)
SAF/SQA
U.S. Air Force
(bio)

John Vickers
Principal Technologist for Advanced
Manufacturing Space Technology
Mission Directorate, NASA
(bio)