11-12 March 2025

London ExCeL

Speakers

Dr Meganne Christian

Reserve Astronaut / Exploration Commercialisation Lead . UK Space Agency

Speaker profile

Dr Meganne Christian is Reserve Astronaut / Exploration Commercialisation Lead at the UK Space Agency, developing strategy on human and robotic spaceflight in the post-ISS landscape. In November 2022 she became a member of the European Space Agency astronaut reserve, one of the class of 17 candidates selected from a pool of over 22,500 applicants across Europe. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a PhD in Industrial Chemistry from the University of New South Wales. From 2014 to 2023 she was a materials science researcher at the National Research Council of Italy, and participated in two parabolic flight campaigns to test graphene coatings for thermal management in satellites. She has also undertaken two missions, including a winter-over, to Concordia Station in Antarctica where she was a research scientist in charge of atmospheric physics and meteorology.

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Wednesday 06 March

14:50

14:50 - 15:50   |   Keynote Theatre

From LEO and Lunar to Mars and Beyond - Critical technology and breakthroughs that can facilitate commercialisation in space exploration

Giacomo Gatto


Partner,
McKinsey and Company

Richard Dinan


CEO,
Pulsar

John Auburn


Chief Strategy Officer and Member of the Board ,
ReOrbit

Dr Daniel Pérez Grande


Founder and CEO,
ienai SPACE

Dr Meganne Christian


Reserve Astronaut / Exploration Commercialisation Lead ,
UK Space Agency

Dr David Parker


Special Advisor to the Director General,
European Space Agency (ESA)

Lucas Bishop


Investor,
Seraphim Space

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