Fall 2023 Speakers
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Assistant Director for Space Policy
White House Office of
Science & Technology Policy
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Deputy Administrator
NASA
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Chief of Space Operations
Mobilization Assistant
U.S. Space Force
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FEATURED SPEAKERS
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Department of Aerospace Engineering
Director of the Space Systems Laboratory
University of Maryland
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Vice President
SpaceLogistics
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Director, In-Space
Infrastructure & Logistics
Axiom Space
(bio)
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CEO, Arkisys Inc.
Director/Research Professor Space
Engineering Research Center
University of Southern California
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Deputy Director, Lunar Surface
Innovation Consortium (LSIC)
The John Hopkins Univ.
Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
(bio)
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Director of Flight Dynamics
Intelsat
(bio)
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Professor, Robotics, Biomedical
Engineering, and Electrical
& Computer Engineering
CMU
(bio)
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ISS Utilization Manager
NASA Headquarters
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Space Robotics Program Manager
Southwest Research Institute
(bio)
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Associate Administrator (Acting)
Space Technology
Mission Directorate, NASA
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Program Manager, Defense Sciences
Office, DARPA
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Associate Chief, Space Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
(bio)
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Chief, USSPACECOM J81
Dir, USSPACECOM Technical
Analysis Group (STAG)
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BONSAI Lab Principal Investigator
AFRL/RV
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Director of SpaceWERX
U.S. Space Force
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Electronics Engineer
Air Force Research Laboratory
(bio)
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Dutton-Ducoffe Professor
(Associate Professor)
Georgia Institute of Technology
(bio)
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President and CEO
The Aerospace Corporation
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Superintendent Spacecraft
Engineering Division
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
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VP, Launch, Missiles, and Mobility
The Aerospace Corporation
(bio)
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Associate Dean for Research
in the College of Engineering and
Physical Sciences, Professor in the
Mechanical Engineering Department
University of New Hampshire
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Director, Technology Demonstrations
NASA’s Space Technology Directorate
(bio)
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Executive Director
Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous
and Servicing Operations (CONFERS)
(bio)
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CEO
Katalyst Space Technologies
(bio)
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Executive Vice President
Astroscale U.S. Inc.
(bio)
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VP of Business Development
Motiv Space Systems
(bio)
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Chief Operating Officer
Lunar Resources
(bio)
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Associate Director for the Exploration and
In-Space Services (ExIS) Projects Division
NASA
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NASA Principal Technologist
for Robotics, NASA Space
Technology Mission Directorate
(bio)
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Chief Technologist
Science Mission Directorate
NASA
(bio)
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Director of Analytics
BryceTech
(bio)
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Senior Technical Lead for
ISAM and RPOC System Capabilities
NASA
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President
University of Maryland
(bio)
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Corporate Engineer II
LinQuest Corporation
(bio)
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CTO and Co-founder
Quantum Space
(bio)
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COSMIC Executive Director
The Aerospace Corporation
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Co-Founder and President
ThinkOrbital Inc.
(bio)
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Director, John Olson Advanced
Manufacturing Center
Mechanical Engineering Department
University of New Hampshire
(bio)
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S9 Director of Analysis and
Interoperability Engineering
Space Systems Command
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Branch Chief
Space Access, Mobility & Logistics (SAML)
SAF/SQA
U.S. Air Force
(bio)
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Principal Technologist for Advanced
Manufacturing Space Technology
Mission Directorate, NASA
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