# Up/Link: The SpaceTech Business Summit

> Up/Link is a two-day, business-focused spacetech summit (October 20–21, 2026, New York City; VIP reception October 19) that brings together the founders building commercial space companies, the investors funding them, and the enterprise and government buyers writing the contracts. The program pairs 14 mainstage sessions with 800+ curated, pre-matched 1:1 meetings for a capped, vetted audience of 200 attendees. Produced by TechDay.

Up/Link is not a technical conference — there are no engineering paper sessions or expo-floor booths. The program is organized around "the arc of a deal": Tuesday, October 20 (Capital Formation) covers how space companies get funded — institutional asset classes, VC strategy, banking, insurance, and the policy layer that turns public programs into commercial markets. Wednesday, October 21 (Commercial Adoption & Growth) covers what has to get built and who buys it — enterprise and government procurement, lunar resources, low-gravity manufacturing, and orbital compute and power. Every attendee receives a pre-matched schedule of at least four curated 1:1 meetings across protected meeting blocks that run alongside the mainstage program. Registration is capped at 200 vetted attendees across three profiles: founders and operators of commercial space companies (Series A and beyond); investors and financial institutions (venture, growth, private equity, family offices, sovereign funds, banks, and insurers); and strategic partners, government, and enterprise buyers. Passes are Summit ($1,500 early-bird), VIP ($2,500 early-bird, includes the October 19 reception and priority meeting matching), and a discounted Military/Government pass ($475, .mil/.gov email required). Early-bird pricing ends August 31, 2026.

## Event

- [Home](https://www.uplinksummit.com/): Event overview, dates, format, "what is Up/Link," featured companies and speakers, program summary, and pricing snapshot.
- [Program](https://www.uplinksummit.com/program): Full two-day agenda — mainstage sessions, 1:1 meeting blocks, and founder micro-pitches ("Launch Pad"), broken out by day and time.
- [Event Guide](https://www.uplinksummit.com/download-program): Downloadable guide covering the complete agenda, confirmed speaker faculty, attendee qualifications, how the 1:1 meeting matching process works, and pass/VIP information.
- [Register](https://www.uplinksummit.com/register): Attendee qualification criteria, pass comparison (Summit / VIP / Military-Government), pricing tiers, and registration.

## Speakers

- [Speakers](https://www.uplinksummit.com/team): Confirmed speaker faculty, including leaders from NASA, NYSE, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Redwire Space, Fidelity Private Shares, Sheppard Mullin, Baker Tilly, KPMG, Interlune, Voyager Technologies, and other commercial, financial, and government organizations.

## Attend

- [Who Attends](https://www.uplinksummit.com/#qualify): Attendee qualification profiles — founders & operators, investors & financial institutions, and strategic partners/government/enterprise.
- [Register](https://www.uplinksummit.com/register): Full pass pricing (Summit, VIP, Military/Government) and the registration/qualification review process.

## Sponsorship

- [Sponsorship](https://www.uplinksummit.com/sponsorship): Partnership packages built around thought leadership, business development, and market positioning — includes contact for the partnership prospectus (steve@uplinksummit.com).

## Optional

- Producer: Up/Link is produced by TechDay, a long-standing platform for founders, investors, and industry leaders.
- Advisory board members include BlackSky, Council on Foreign Relations, Empire Space, Fidelity, Lockheed Martin, Luxembourg Space Agency, Space Grove, U.S. Space Force, SSPI, and Voyager Technologies.