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Speakers & Panellists
Early confirmed industry speakers and panellists below – more to come.
*listed in alphabetical order by surname.
Victoria Alonsoperez
Founder – Chipsafer, Livestock Tracking (Singapore)
Krystal Azelton
Director of Space Applications Programs – Secure World Foundation (USA)
David Ball
Regional Director, Australia and New Zealand – Lockheed Martin Space
Professor Gretchen Benedix
Deputy Head of School, Earth and Planetary Sciences – Curtin University
Professor Phil Bland
Director, Space Science and Technology Centre – Curtin University
James Bunn
President – Engineers Australia, UK Chapter
Dr Ben Bussey
Chief Scientist – Intuitive Machines (USA)
Dr Newton Campbell
Director, Space Programs – AROSE
Ian Christensen
Director – Private Sector Programs at Secure World Foundation (USA)
Dr Megan Clark AC
Chair – Australian Space Agency Advisory Board
Michael Cratt
Managing Director – AV-Comm Space and Defence
Jason Crusan
Vice President, New Energy Solutions – Woodside Energy
Ross D'Angelo
Assistant Director, Immigration Operations – Immigration Group, Department of Home Affairs
Linda Dawson
Deputy Director General – WA Government, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Joel Earnshaw
Manager, Security & Risk – Perenti – Diversified Global Mining Services
Shawn Fernando
Remote Operations Manager – Woodside Energy
Daria Filichkina
COO – AstroAgency (Scotland)
David Flanagan
Executive Chair – Delta Lithium
Chair – AROSE
Samuel Forbes
Director – Fugro SpAARC (Australian Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Control Complex)
Kath Forward
Assistant Director – Cyber and Infrastructure Security Centre, Department of Home Affairs
James Free
NASA Associate Administrator – Exploration Systems Development (USA)
Professor Roberto Furfaro
Deputy Director – Space, Security, Safety & Sustainability Center, Professor, Systems and Industrial Engineering – University of Arizona (USA)
Raj Gautam
Founder & CEO – QL Space – QL Resources
Mark Gibberd
Director – Centre for Crop Disease Management Curtin University
Thomas Gooch
CEO – Office of Planetary Observations – Urban Greening Insights
Dr. Zvi Guterman
Chief Executive Officer – Cloudshare (Israel)
Gary Hale
Chief Security Officer (CSO) & Director, Defence & Space – Curtin University
Eleanor Hughes
Principal – Joseph Banks Secondary College
Jonathan Hung
Executive Chairman – Singapore Space and Technology Limited
Professor Melanie Johnston-Hollitt
Director – Curtin Institute of Computation
Ram Kappusamy
CEO – Space Angel
Michelle Keegan
Program Director– AROSE
Professor Andy Koronios
CEO & Managing Director – SmartSat CRC
David Korsmeyer
Deputy Center Director – NASA's Ames Research Center (USA)
Steve Lanyi
Assistant Director – Cyber and Infrastructure Security Centre, Department of Home Affairs
Dr Carsten Laukamp
Principal Research Geoscientist – CSIRO Mineral Resources
Dr Roger Lawes
Principal Research Scientist – CSIRO Agriculture Flagship,
Leader, Digital Decisions (Agriculture) – CSIRO
Charlie McGillis
Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Strategy – Slingshot Aerospace (USA)
Dawn McIntosh
Space Systems Director – Fugro SpAARC (Australian Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Control Complex)
Kerri Mertz
Senior Account Manager, International – Slingshot Aerospace (USA)
Dr Mark Micire
Former Robotics Group Lead and Research Scientist – NASA,
Former Program Manager – DARPA
Harvey Millar
Centre Director – ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology – Plant Scientist – Plant Protein Expert
Hirokazu Mori
CSO – Warpspace (JAPAN), CEO – Warpspace (USA),
Vice President – Blue Abyss (JAPAN)
Dr Jasmine Muir
Principal Scientist – SmartSat CRC,
Leader – Agriculture Research
Alex Murphy
Director & Head of Engineering – Ausco
Dr William Notardonato
CEO – Eta Space, Former Senior Principal Investigator – Cryogenic Test Laboratory NASA
Danail Obreschkow
Astrophysicist & Head of the International Space Centre – UWA
Enrico Palermo
Head of the Australian Space Agency
Tim Parsons
Non Executive Director – Space Industry Association of Australia, Node Coordinatior –SmartSat CRC
Fred Pauling
Wildcat Technologies Lead – CSIRO Data61 Robotics & Autonomous Systems Group
Dr Subba Rao Pavuluri
Chairman & Managing Director – Ananth Technologies (India)
Rueben Rajasingam
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder – LatConnect 60
Sakthikumar Ramachandran
Founder & Chief Executive Officer – OrbitAID Aerospace (India)
Rodolphe Ruffie-Farrugia
Space, Resources, and Disputes Lawyer – Clifford Chance,
Advisor – Space Court Foundation
Sara Sabry
Astronaut – Blue Origin, CEO & Founder of Deep Space Initiative (Egypt)
Masashi Sato
Chief Operating Officer – Spacetide (Japan)
Renae Sayers
Deputy Director – Space Science and Technology Centre, Curtin University
Dr Sascha Schediwy
Principal Research Fellow – International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) – International Space Centre – University of Western Australia
Jon Sciortino
Portfolio Manager, Autonomous & Intelligence Systems – Nova Systems
Shankar Sivaprakasam
Founder – Earth Eye Space (Singapore)
Daniel Smith
Director – Space Scotland
Bryce Solomon
Chief Security Officer – DUG Technology – High Performance Computing
Dharshun Sridharan
Associate Director, Emerging Technologies (Space, Robotics, AI) – KPMG
Jonathan Stock
Director – US Geological Survey National Innovation Center, US Department of the Interior (USA)
Lynette Tan
CEO – Space Faculty (Singapore)
Ryan Timoney
Senior Mechanical Engineer – First Mode
Terry van Haren
Air Commodore (Retired), President & Managing Director – LeoLabs
Alexandra Vidyuk
Founder – Space Ambition (Singapore)
Aude Vignelles
Chief Technology Officer – Australian Space Agency
Paul Williams
Founder & Managing Director – Black Arrow Space Technologies (UK)
Jesslyn Wong
Co-Founder & Co-CEO – Wall Pie Space and Technology (Singapore)
James Yuen
Director, Space – WA Government, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Doron Zauer
Co-Founder & General Partner – Earth & Beyond Ventures (ISRAEL)
David Matrai
Director – MySecurity Media / Australia in Space
Chris Cubbage
Director & Executive Editor – MySecurity Media / Australia in Space
Jessica Bainbridge
General Manager, Industry Engagement – MySecurity Media / Australia in Space
Muhammad Bilal Shaikh
Data Scientist – MySecurity Media / Australia in Space
Key speakers from our other events
We have had an incredible lineup of key industry speakers at our other space events run by Australia in Space and ASITII.
Key speakers from our other events
We have had an incredible lineup of key industry speakers at our other space events run by Australia in Space and ASITII.
Jessica Bainbridge
Technology Host & Editor, MySecurity Media
Catherine Ball
Associate Professor of Practice: Engineering, The Australian National University
Bill Bartee
Co-founder, Main Sequence Ventures
Dr Francis Bennet
Mission Specialist, The Australian National University Institute for Space
Bidushi Bhattacharya
CEO, AstroHub
Professor Phil Bland
Director, Space Science and Technology Centre, Curtin University
Andy Bowyer
CEO, Kleos Space
Ali Buchberger
Director of Industry Engagement, QUT
Dr Sarah Cannard
Industry Director, SmartSat CRC
Stephen Carroll
Evolv3
Jason Crusan
Vice President – Technology, Woodside Energy
Chris Cubbage
Director & Executive Editor, MySecurity Media
Lloyd Damp
Chief Executive, Southern Launch
Dr Malcolm Davis
Senior Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Linda Dawson
Deputy Director General – Industry, Science and Innovation, Western Australian Government – Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation
Julia Dickinson
Chief Engineer, Military Satellite Communications, Lockheed Martin
Martin Duursma
Partner, Main Sequence Ventures
Chris Flaherty
Space Analyst and Advisor
David Flanagan
Chair, AROSE
Samuel Forbes
Director, Fugro Spaarc
Laura Fruhen
Psychology in Space, UWA
Michelle Gee
Chief Technology Officer, Innovation and Strategic Research at Defence Science and Technology Group
Dr Alice Gorman
Space Archaeologist, Flinders University
David Gozzard
Comms in Space, UWA
Dr Catherine Grace
Assistant Director, South Australian Space Industry Centre
Alex Grant
CEO, Myriota
Gary Hale
Chief Security Officer (CSO) & Director, Defence & Space, Curtin University
Eleanor Hughes
Principal, Joseph Banks Secondary College
Dr Benjamin Kaebe
Executive Director, Space Industries
Mike Kalms
Defence & Space Industry Lead Partner, KPMG Australia
Peter Kerr
Coordinator, Defence and National Security, SmartSat CRC
Andy Koronios
CEO, SmartSat CRC
Navinda Kottege
Principal Research Scientist & Group Leader, CSIRO Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group
Rob Kremer
Director, Kinexus Australia
Darin Lovett
Director, South Australian Space Industry Centre
David Matrai
Director, MySecurity Media / ASITII
Todd McDonell
President, Global Government, Inmarsat
Harvey Millar
Director, ARC CoE Plant Energy Biology
Julia Mitchell
Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer, SITAEL Australia
Clare Mouat
Social and Culture Considerations in Space, UWA
Pete Nikoloff
SmartSat Kanyini Mission Director, SmartSat CRC
Danail Obreschkow
Microgravity, UWA
Mark O’Hare
Director, Positive Place
Dr Amy Parker
Satellite Operations & Data Manager, CSIRO
Tim Parsons
Executive Chair, SmartSat Aurora Space Cluster
Sumen Rai
Director, Defence Innovation Partnership
Jack Rintoul
Spacecraft Systems and Test Engineer, Inovor
Dr Gordon Roesler
President, Robots in Space LLC
Dr Philippa Ryan
ANU College of Law
Renae Sayers
Deputy Director – Space Science and Technology Centre, Curtin University
Dr Carl Seubert
Chief Research Officer, SmartSat CRC
Muhammad Bilal Shaikh
Data Scientist, MySecurity Media
Rebecca Shrimpton
Head of Defence, Infrastructure and Space at Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
Rod Smith
STaR Shot Leader, Resilient Multi-mission STaR Shot – Defence Science and Technology Group
Dr Nick Stacy
Senior Principal Scientist, Space, Defence Science and Technology Group
Dr Cassandra Steer
Mission Specialist, Australian National University Institute of Space & Senior Lecturer, ANU College of Law
Mani Thiru
Space Industry Development at Amazon Web Services Asia Pacific
Aude Vignelles
Chief Technology Officer, Australian Space Agency
Paul Williams
CEO, Black Arrow Space Technologies
Dr Marta Yebra
Mission Specialist, The Australian National University Institute for Space & Director of the ANU Bushfire Initiative
James Yuen
Director – Space, Western Australian Government – Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation
