MEET THE SPEAKERS

Meet the founders, investors, public-market leaders, government officials and commercial operators shaping how the next generation of space companies gets funded, built and bought.

Shishir Bankapur
CEO & Founder
Helogen
Jodi Bartin
CEO & Founder
CitiCourt & Co.
Carol Craig
Founder, CEO & Chairman
Sidus Space
Christian Davenport
Author, The Space Barons; fmr. Washington Post
Arizona State University
Rob DeMillo
CEO & Co-Founder
Sophia Space
Ariel Ekblaw
Founder & CEO
Aurelia Institute
Luke Fischer
CEO & Co-Founder
SkyFi
Dennis Gatens
Founder, LEOcloud
Voyager Technologies
Robyn Gatens
Ret. Director, ISS & Commercial Space Divisions
NASA
Mike Gold
President
Redwire Space
John Gowan
Managing Partner
KickStage Ventures
Sam Gunderson
Strategic Advisor, Space Profit
fmr. NASA · Blue Origin · Boeing
Byron Kelly
Principal
NextEra Energy Investments
Aaron Kemp
Senior Director Quantum Research
KPMG
Dr. Fred Kennedy
CEO
Dark Fission Space Systems
Jon Kirchner
President & CEO
Perfero Advisory
Chris Kunstadter
President
Triton Space
Mark Lester
Head of Aerospace Strategy
Merrick
Jon Lusczakoski
Partner
AE Industrial Partners
Rob Meyerson
Co-founder & CEO
Interlune
Katherine Monson
CEO & Co-Founder
Hale
Dr. Melissa Patton
Founder & CEO
Space Grove Ventures
Kostas Poulakidas
Attorney/Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig
Corey Preugschat
Principal
Baker Tilly
Chris Quilty
Co-CEO & President
Quilty Space
John Richmond
Senior Investment Manager
Lockheed Martin Ventures
Michael S. Roberts
Chief Scientist
ISS National Laboratory
Aneeka Sajid
Market Executive, Innovation Economy, Applied Tech
J.P. Morgan
Crystal Shen
Regional Head, Capital Markets
NYSE
Charlie Stephens
VP, Business Partner Manager
Fidelity Investments
Molly Sullivan
Director, Corporate Development
Space Tango
Drew Svor
Partner
Sheppard
John Vellinger
EVP, Redwire Space; CEO, SpaceMD
Redwire Space