6-7 March 2024

Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre

Speakers

Dr Thomas Clayson

CEO and Co-founder. Magdrive

Speaker profile

Dr Clayson is the CTO and co-founder of Magdrive who are revolutionising spacecraft propulsion with a next-generation technology. Their high power electric plasma thruster combines high manoeuvrability and high efficiency, with a low mass, which will unlock new capabilities in space operations. Thomas is a plasma physicist and pulsed power engineer of Imperial College London. He leads Magdrive’s team of engineers and scientists in power electronics, rapid prototyping, and plasma physics.

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Wednesday 07 June

15:10

15:10 - 16:00   |   Keynote Theatre

PANEL: Preparing for long-term sustainable space exploration missions

Neil Rae


Head of Space,
KPMG UK

Professor Sir Martin Sweeting OBE


Executive Chairman

Matthew Harris


Space Focus Area Lead,
QinetiQ

Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Schrogl


Special Advisor for Political Affairs,
European Space Agency (ESA)

Dr Thomas Clayson


CEO and Co-founder,
Magdrive

Richard Dinan


CEO,
Pulsar Fusion

Trudy Kortes


Director of Technology Demonstrations,
NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate

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