4-5 March 2026

London ExCeL

2025 Speakers

Headline Speakers

Aarti Holla-Maini


Director,
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Alderman Professor Emma Edhem


Lord Mayor's Aldermanic Envoy for Space Technology and Innovation (2023-2024),
City of London Corporation

Baroness Catherine Ashton LG GCMG, PC


Chair, UK Engagement with Space Committee,
House of Lords

Beth Moses


Astronaut,

David Mackay


Astronaut & Pilot

Dr. Josef Aschbacher


Director General,
European Space Agency (ESA)

James Cartlidge MP


Shadow Secretary of State for Defence,
Ministry of Defence

Miriam Grigg


Deputy Director International, Resilience and Regulation,
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Prof Brian Cox CBE FRS


Experimental Physicist, Author and Professor

Sir Richard Branson


Founder,
Virgin Galactic

The Rt Hon Peter Kyle


Secretary of State,
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Tim Peake


Astronaut, Author & STEM Ambassador

Victoria Cope MBA CEng CCME FRAeS FCIPS


Commercial Director,
Defence Digital (Strategic Command)

Warrant Officer Caroline Cooper MSc


Command Warrant Officer,
UK Space Command

Heads of Space Agencies

Charles Mwangi


Ag. Director, Space Applications and Utilization,
Kenya Space Agency

Daniel Leeb


Executive Mission Director and CEO ,
Iceland Space Agency

Dr Paul Bate


CEO,
UK Space Agency

Dr. Jeevan Perera


Deputy Chief for Dynamic Systems Test Branch,
Johnson Space Center, NASA

Dr. Mohamed Al-Aseeri


Chief Executive Officer,
Bahrain National Space Science Agency (NSSA)

Dr. Renato Krpoun


Head,
Swiss Space Office

Michal Brichta


Director of Slovak Space Office - Industry Branch,
Slovak Space Office

Ricardo Conde


President,
Portuguese Space Agency

Speakers

Adam Mitchell


Climate and Sustainability Engineer (SLE-SC) Directorate of Strategy, Legal and External Affairs (D/SLE),
ESA

Adomas Lukenskas


Systems Engineer,
Astrolight

Alana Kruger


Country Lead for South Africa, Global Alliance Project,
Innovate UK Business Connect

Alexander Holt


Managing Director,
Seraphim Space Enterprise (SSE)

Alexandra Barker


Head of Institutional Business Growth & Sales Operations,
Telespazio UK

Amin Chabi


Founder and CEO,
Lúnasa Space

Andrea Vena


Chief Climate and Sustainability Office,
European Space Agency (ESA)

Andrew Fournet


Business Development for Space, Defence and Intelligence | Co-Chair of the Environmental Task Force,
CGI

Andy Bennett


Knowledge Transfer Manager ‑ Space,
Innovate UK Business Connect

Andy Bradford


CTO,
Orbex

Andy Campbell


Founder,
Space Network

Andy German


Co-Founder,
Space Professionals Partnership

Andy Lison


Partner,
PwC

Andy Proctor


Director ,
RethinkPNT

Angela Lamont


MC, Presenter, Moderator

Anisha Patel


Key Account Manager - Institutional Space UK,
Airbus Defence and Space Ltd.

Antonio Duduianu


Project Manager,
AstroAgency

António Sousa Franco


Defence Liaison Officer,
Portuguese Space Agency

Beatrice Sabbatinelli


Director,
PwC

Bruno Carvalho


CEO,
Atlantic Space Consortium

Carlos Cerqueira


Head of Business Development,
Neuraspace

Charles Cranstoun


Head of Moonlight Programme Office,
European Space Agency (ESA)

Charlotte Wills


Partner,
Fragomen

Chris Newlands


CEO,
Space Aye

Christian Ford


Partner, Litigation - White Collar, Investigations, and Government Enforcement, Co-Chair, Space Exploration and Innovation Practice,
DLA Piper

Christian Ogden Davies


Global Head of Distribution and Innovation ,
Relm Insurance

Claire Davey PhD


Head of Product Innovation and Emerging Risk,
Relm Insurance

Clayton Williams


Managing Director,
IQT

Colin Macleod


Head of UK Space Regulation,
Civil Aviation Authority

Dave Pearah


CEO,
SpiderOak

David Caponio


SVP of Product and Business Development,
Vast

David Keighley


Managing Director for Defence and Security,
Goonhilly Earth Station

David Livingston


Consultant,
Gardiner Theobald

David Wade


Space Underwriter,
Atrium Space Insurance Consortium (ASIC)

Davide Petrillo


Managing Director,
Voyager Space

Dominykas Milašius


Co-Founder,
Delta Biosciences

Doug Liddle


Chair,
UKspace

Dr Alex Goodhand


Space Manufacturing Lead,
Satellite Applications Catapult

Dr Alice Bunn


President,
UKspace

Dr Carina Kern


Founder & CEO,
LinkGevity

Dr Fionagh Thomson


Senior Research Fellow,
Durham University

Dr Gregory Epiphaniou


Associate Professor in Security Engineering,
University of Warwick

Dr Joanna Hart


Director,
Space Partnership

Dr Keith Siew


NASA SciX Lead Ambassador & Senior Research Fellow,
University College London

Dr Laetitia Cesari


Consultant,
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Dr Lily Beesley


Assistant Professor in the School of Metallurgy and Materials,
Birmingham University

Dr Lucy Mason


Director,
Capgemini Invent

Dr Meganne Christian


Reserve Astronaut. European Space Agency and Exploration Commercialisation Lead ,
UK Space Agency

Dr Ramsey Faragher


Director,
Royal Institute of Navigation

Dr Richard Binns


Deputy Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor,
Northumbria University

Dr Rory Holmes


UK Managing Director,
ClearSpace

Dr Rui Zuo


PNT Lead,
Eutelsat OneWeb

Dr Sharon Lemac-Vincere


PhD (Socio-Legal) MSc (Crim) MSc (HRM) LLB (Hons) B.A (Coms) Chartered FCIPD, FILM, FCMI, SFHEA, ESS,
University of Strathclyde

Dr Thomas Clayson


CEO and Co-founder,
Magdrive

Dr Tim Flohrer


Head of the Space Debris Office,
European Space Agency (ESA)

Dr. Bilal Outirba


Research Associate - Project Liaison Officer, Space4ReLaunch,
JR4Space - Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Dr. Katie King


CEO,
BioOrbit

Dr. Loren Chang


Distinguished Professor and Department Chair,
National Central University

Dr. Nicholas Ross


CEO & Founder,
Niparo

Dr. Rosie Cane


Cluster Development Manager,
Space Wales

Dr. Vincent Moreau


Technology Development Manager,
AMOS

Duhita Govindji


Associate Partner,
PA Consulting

Eglė Elena Šataitė


Head of Space Hub LT,
Innovation Agency Lithuania

Elizabeth Seward


Head of Space Strategy & Future Business,
BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

Emir Sirage


Executive Director,
New Space Portugal

Emma Cuddy


Chief Engineer Space at CAA

Eragon Liu


Account Manager (EU Region),
Rapidtek Technologies Inc.

Eric Crusius


Partner,
Hunton Andrews Kurth

Erikas Kymantas


Systems Engineer,
Blackswan Space

Faye Melly


Partner,
PwC

Flow Collingwood


CEO,
Pan Galactic

Gary Cannon


Space Segment Lead,
BMT

Geoff Busswell


VP of Business Growth,
Telespazio UK

Giuseppe Borghi


Head of Φ-lab Division,
ESA

Greg Ray


Vice President for Emerging Science and Technology,
Voyager Space

Heidi Thiemann


Director,
Space Skills Alliance

Hidetaka Aoki


Co-Founder & Director,
Space Port Japan

Hon. Eng. Manlio Di Stefano


Senior Strategic Advisor & Director for EMEA,
Axiom Space

Iain Bomphray


Director, Lightweight Manufacturing Centre,
National Manufacturing Institute Scotland

IC Lin


Senior Assistant Vice President,
Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn)

Imène Ben Rejeb-Mzah


Head of Group ESG Methodoligies and Data,
BNP Paribas

Inês d'Ávila


Space Safety and Space Transportation Officer,
Portuguese Space Agency

Jake Geer


UK Managing Director,
Orbit Fab

Jane Davies


Space Analyst,
know.space

Janusha Singh


CEO,
ZASPACE

Javier Carnero


Field Applications Engineer,
Samtec

Jean-Pierre Chisogne


Deputy Managing Director,
Skywin

Jenna Rhodes-Tiwana


Senior Strategy Advisor,
ispace inc

Jessie Hamill-Stewart


University of Bristol

Jo Symons


Senior Partnerships Lead,
DASA

Joachim Ejstrup Bjørkmann


Quantum Lead for Europe,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark

John Abbott


Chief Executive Officer,
Satellite Applications Catapult

John Kennett


CEO,
Physical Mind London

John Vellinger


President, In-Space Industries,
Redwire Space

John Whalley


Chief Executive ,
Space Wales

Joseph Ziolkowski


Co-founder and CEO,
Relm Insurance

Joshua Broom


Head of Space,
Department of Business and Trade

Joshua Western


CEO and Co-Founder,
Space Forge

Justinas Orlavičius


Customs and Transport Attaché,
Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to United Kingdom

K. Bubber Outzen


Business Developer, ESA BIC / Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Aarhus University

Katherine Courtney


Chair,
Global Network on Sustainability in Space (GNOSIS)

Katie Weeks


Commercial Lead, Enterprise Space Category Implementation Lead,
Enterprise Space Category – Defence Digital MoD

Kelly Hardman


Director,
Fragomen

Leanne Chhen


In-Orbit Regulation Lead,
UK Space Agency

Lemil Cordero


Mechanical Engineer,
Maya HTT

Lise Kabarere


Satellite Communications Analyst,
Rwanda Space Agency

Lloyd Jacob Lopez


Co-Founder and CEO,
HEX20

Louis Head


Senior Associate (Major Projects/Procurements - Infrastructure and Assets, including Defence, Nuclear and Space),
DLA Piper

Luca Budello


Geospatial Innovation Leader,
Innovate UK Business Connect

Mark Arthur


VP,
Benchmark Space Systems

Mark Garnier MP


Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest & Chair,
Space APPG

Mark Prouse


Senior Manager, Risk Advisory, UK,
Deloitte

Martin Bransby


Head of Navigation,
Telespazio UK

Massimiliano Vasile


Professor of Space Systems Engineering and Director of the Aerospace Centre of Excellence,
University of Strathclyde

Matt Bull


In-Orbit Regulation Lead for ISAM,
UK Space Agency

Matt Holman


Interim Defence & Security Strategic Account Director ,
Satellite Applications Catapult

Melissa Quinn


General Manager – International Business Unit,
Slingshot Aerospace

Mike Curtis-Rouse


Head of ISAM,
Satellite Applications Catapult

Mykolas Savickas


Business Development Manager,
Kongsberg NanoAvionics

Naomi Pryde


Partner & Global Co-Chair of the Exploration and Innovation Group,
DLA Piper

Nasreen Dhanji


Satellite Applications,
Satellite Applications Catapult

Nathaniel Davies


Technical Manager,
COMSOL

Neil Passingham


Managing Director/Founder,
GardPass

Nicola Pizzolorusso


Vice President Strategic Planning, Scenarios and New Initiatives,
Telespazio

Nik Smith


Regional Director UK & Europe,
Lockheed Martin UK

Olivier Farache


Chief Revenue Officer,
Vast

Pamela Smith


Vice President of Future Programmes,
AAC Clyde Space

Patrick Wood


SVP Space Systems UK and Space Systems Production (Europe & UK),
Airbus Defence and Space

Paul Cremin, MBE


Head of Spaceflight,
Department for Transport

Paul Holt


Managing Director,
Photocentric

Peter Death


Director,
CGI

Phil Chambers


CEO,
Orbex

Phil Davies


Business Development, Lunar,
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL)

Portia Bowman


Growbotics

Prof Christopher J. Newman


Professor of Space Law and Policy; Head of Research & Knowledge Exchange – Law,
Northumbria University

Prof Damian Miles Bailey


Chair of the Life Sciences Working Group,
European Space Agency (ESA)

Prof Joanne Wheeler MBE


Director, Earth & Space Sustainability Initiative and Managing Partner,
Alden Legal

Prof Kai-Uwe Schrogl


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

Prof. Bernard Foing


Executive Director,
International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG)

Ralph Dinsley


Managing Director,
3S Northumbria

Reiner Stuhlfauth


Technology Manager Wireless, Test & Measurement Division,
Rohde & Schwarz

Richard Dinan


Founder and CEO,
Pulsar Fusion

Richard Freeman


Managing Director,
SAG-Tek

Richard Swaine


Vice President (Space Projects) ,
Marsh

Roaya Rashed Bubshait


Head of Geospatial Analytics ,
Bahrain National Space Science Agency (NSSA)

Rob Desborough


General Partner and Chair of Seraphim Space Accelerator,
Seraphim Space

Robert Arthur


Senior Orbital Dynamics Engineer,
Neuraspace

Robert Hill


Space Cluster Manager and Director,
Northern Ireland Space Office

Robyn Burman


Space Regulatory Policy Specialist,
UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

Roy Haworth


Head of Digital Mock Up Process and Implementation,
Airbus Defence & Space

Sabrina Alam


Director, Advisory, EU Space Lead,
KPMG

Saleem Miyan


CEO,
Max Space

Sanjeev Gordhan


General Partner,
Type One Ventures

Sarah Macken


CEO,
Telespazio UK

Scott Hammond


Director and Deputy CEO,
SaxaVord Spaceport

Scott Higgs


UK Space Lead,
Dassault Systèmes

Sean Sutcliffe


Chief Executive Officer,
Oxford Space Systems

Sharon Parker-Lines


Deputy Managing Director & Senior Vice President Business Operations, Government & Regulatory Affairs,
Astroscale

Sharon Pryde


Specialist for Space, Future Industries,
Scottish Enterprise

Shruti Iyengar


Investment Manager,
Future Planet Capital

Sir Stuart Atha KBE CB DSO MA BSc


Director of training strategy, head of the U.K. NATO Industrial Advisor Group,
BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

Sofia Sampethai


JIP Programme Manager,
TWI

Søren Gram Riisgaard


Founder,
Space Denmark

Stephen Airey


Head of Country Capability and Support,
European Space Agency (ESA)

Steven Allen


Senior Sales Manager, Government Solutions Europe ,
Iceye

Steven Halliday


Head of Business Development & Strategy,
National Manufacturing Institute Scotland

Sue Kee


VP Commercial Management,
AAC Clyde Space

Susan Charlesworth


Astronaut Instructor and Director,
Charlesworth Human Performance

Tanya Suarez


CEO,
IoT Tribe

Thomas McSorley


General Counsel ,
NATO DIANA

Tobias Lin


Capability Strategy Lead ,
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Trisha Saxena


Senior Associate,
NATO

Viney Jean-Francois Dhiri


Head of Business Development – Space Cloud Services,
D-Orbit

Vini Aloia


Head of Legal, Regulatory Affairs, and Space Policy,
Astroscale

Will Whitehorn


Chair,
Space-Comm Expo

William Birch


Strategic Account Director: Space,
Satellite Applications Catapult

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