Confirmed Speakers

  • Major General Charles F. Bolden Jr.

    Administrator, NASA (2009-2017)

  • Ché Bolden

    CEO, Charles F. Bolden Group, LLC

  • Jacqueline Feldscher

    Managing Editor, Payload

  • Karen Feldstein

    Associate Administrator for International and Interagency Relations, NASA

  • Kristin Fisher

    Space and Defense Correspondent, CNN

  • Jeff Foust

    Senior Staff Writer, SpaceNews

  • Dr. Jenni Gibbons

    Astronaut, Canadian Space Agency

  • Rear Admiral (Ret.) Michael Hewitt

    Co-Founder and CEO, IP3 International

  • The Honorable Stuart Holliday

    CEO, Meridian International Center

  • Dr. Diane Howard

    Director, Commercial Space Policy, National Space Council

  • Aarti Holla-Maini

    Director, Office for Outer Space Affairs, United Nations

  • Krunal Joshi

    Space Counselor, Embassy of India

  • Frank Justice

    Diplomacy Forum Emcee; Vice President, Diplomatic Engagement, Meridian International Center

  • Kelli Kedis Ogborn

    Vice President, Space Commerce and Entrepreneurship, Space Foundation

  • Her Excellency Mathilde Mukantabana

    Ambassador, Embassy of Rwanda

  • Dr. Joel Joseph S. Marciano, Jr.

    Director General, Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA)

  • The Honorable Pam Melroy

    Deputy Administrator, NASA

  • Matt Ondler

    President, Axiom Space

  • Temidayo Oniosun

    Managing Director, Space in Africa

  • André Pienaar

    Founder and CEO, C5 Capital

  • The Honorable John Plumb

    Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, U.S. Department of Defense

  • Dr. Sian Proctor

    2024 U.S. Science Envoy

    Inspiration4 Mission Pilot, SpaceX

    Geoscience and Sustainability Professor, South Mountain Community College

  • Christina Ruffini

    Foreign Affairs Journalist

  • Kurt Scherer

    Managing Partner, C5 Capital

  • Jared Stout

    Vice President, Government and External Relations, Axiom Space

  • Gabriel Swiney

    Director, Policy, Advocacy, and International Division, Office of Space Commerce, NOAA

  • David Thomas

    Executive Director, MILO Space Science Institute, Arizona State University Enterprise Partners

  • Volodymyr Usov

    Co-Founder, Kurs Orbital

    Former Chairman, State Space Agency of Ukraine

  • Teodoro Valente

    President, Italian Space Agency (ASI)

  • Valda Vikmanis-Keller

    Director of the Office of Space Affairs, U.S. Department of State

  • The Honorable Richard Verma

    Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resouces, U.S. Department of State

  • Dr. Giovanni Zanalda

    Dr. Giovanni Zanalda

    Director of the Rethinking Diplomacy Program, Duke University; Co-founder of the Space Diplomacy Lab, Duke University