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Competitor - Rama Afullo

Founder & CEOSatlyt

Nihar Agrawal

Software EngineerAalyria

Sassan Ahmadi

Product ManagerKeysight Technologies

Salim Al Alawi

Director of Business DevelopmentMarlan Space & Orbitworks

Ali Al Hashemi

CEO of Space Services and Chairman of GSOASpace42

Adnan Al Muhairi

Chief Technology Officer of Space ServicesSpace42

Adel Al-Saleh

CEOSES

Abdulhadi Alhassani

VP StrategyArabsat

Judge - David Anderman

Co-Founder & Operating PartnerStellar Ventures

Colonel A.J. Ashby

Commander, System Delta 88 (MILSATCOM)U.S. Space Force

Frank Backes

President of Quantum InfrastructureCapella Space

Chris Badgett

Vice President, TechnologyKratos

Randall Barney

Membership AdministratorWTA

Jon Beam

CEORogue Space Systems Corporation

Stephanie Bednarek

VP Commercial SalesSpaceX

Calvin Biesecker

Reporter & EditorDefense Daily

Kari Bingen

Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, International Security Program,Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

Curt Blake

Sr. Of CounselWilson Sonsini

Keith Blanchet

VP of International Government & DefenseSTE iDirect, Inc.

Mark Boggett

CEOSeraphim Space

Dr. Joseph Bravman

Chief EngineerLynk Global

Jim Bridenstine

Former NASA Administrator and Managing Partner of The Artemis GroupThe Artemis Group

Mr Aaron Brosnan

PresidentTampa Microwave

Mr Alan Campbell

Principal Space Specialist Solutions ArchitectAmazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS)

Colin Canfield

Vice President & Equity Analyst, Government Technology and SpaceCantor Fitzgerald

Phil Carrai

President of Kratos’ Space, Training & Cyber DivisionKratos

David Cavaillolès

CEOArianespace

Andrew Cavalier

Principal AnalystABI Research

James Cemmell

Vice President Institutional PartnershipsOpen Cosmos Ltd.

Ellen Chang

Managing DirectorCapZone

Dr. Michael Charitos

Technical DirectorGSMA (UK Branch)

Competitor - Naman Chawla

Chief Executive OfficerOrbitArch

Yau Chyong Lim

COOMEASAT

Ian Cinnamon

CEO and Co-FounderApex Space

Don Claussen

Chief Executive OfficerSTE iDirect, Inc.

Don Claussen

Chief Executive OfficerSTE iDirect, Inc.

Marke Clinger

Senior Director of Strategic AccountsSTE iDirect, Inc.

Steve Collar

Chairman, Board of DirectorsSWISSto12

Dr. Lisa Costa

CEO and FounderCosta Advisory Group

Judge - Terence Craig

Chief Investment Office, The Impact Seat & AdvisorToyota Ventures

Mark Crosby

Vice President of AviationMcCarthy Construction

Sarah Cruddas

SATELLITE Guest Host

Mark Dankberg

Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-FounderViasat

Stuart Daughtridge

Vice President Advanced TechnologyKratos Defense & Security Solutions

Lewis Davies

System ArchitectTTP plc

Emile de Rijk

CEOSWISSto12 SA

Nathan de Ruiter

Partner & Managing DirectorNovaspace

Dr. Juan Deaton PhD

WAVE Consortium Executive Director & Chief Alignment OfficerAlignment

Mike DeMarco

President, Aero VerticalSES

Benoit Deper

CEO and FounderAerospacelab

Hervé Derrey

CEOThales Alenia Space

Matt Desch

CEOIridium

Yaswant Devarakonda

Manager, Space & Spectrum Policy CenterComputer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)

Mike Dickey

Founding PartnerElara Nova

Robin Dickey

Director of Policy & Government AffairsSlingshot Aerospace

Dr. Mark Dickinson

CTONeo Space Group - NSG

Jen DiMascio

U.S. Defense Policy AnalystCongressional Research Service

Lisa Dreher

Managing DirectorGuideforce

Michael J. Dyment

Managing PartnerNEXA Capital Partners, LLC

Jane Nkechi Egerton-Idehen

CEONIGCOMSAT

Devin Elder

Sr. Director, Communications and Networking Strategy & Business DevelopmentNorthrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems

Dr. Debra Emmons

Vice President and CTOThe Aerospace Corporation

Competitor - Connie Erlanger

CEOGoKnown LLC

Debra Facktor

Head of U.S. Space SystemsAirbus U.S. Space & Defense

Jean-François Fallacher

CEOEutelsat

Alain Fauré

Head of Space SystemsAirbus

Rick Freeman

President, Amazon Leo GovernmentAmazon Leo

Dr. I-Kang Fu

Senior Director of TechnologyMediaTek Inc.

Michael Geist

Vice President, Product Management GovernmentSES Space & Defense

David Gelerman

CEOSpaceBridge Inc.

Jeff Giard

Vice President of Strategic PartnershipsT-Mobile

Jean-Philippe Gillet

President Fixed and Maritime VerticalSES

Robert Gillette

Director of APNT SolutionsNAL Research Corporation

Daniel Gizinski

President of Satellite & Space Communications SegmentComtech

Adam Godwin

Head of SatelliteTelstra International

Daniel Goldberg

President and Chief Executive OfficerTelesat

Dr. Rajeev Gopal

Vice President, Advanced Programs, Government & Defense DivisionHughes

Mike Greenley

CEOMDA Space Ltd.

Antoine Grenier

PartnerAnalysys Mason

Johannes Gross

CEOPlanetary Utilities

Ms Stella Guillen

Chief Commercial OfficerIsar Aerospace SE

Brig. Gen. Nick Hague

Assistant Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, U.S. Space Force HeadquartersU.S. Space Force

David Hartshorn

Executive DirectorHartshorn Consulting

Susan Hastings

Principal Director, Mission Assurance SubdivisionThe Aerospace Corporation

Tess Hatch

Managing DirectorStifel Venture Bank

Mr. Robert Hauge

PresidentSpaceLogistics

Bruce Hecht

CTOMithril Technologies, Inc.

Caleb Henry

Director of ResearchQuilty Space

Zack Hester

Head of US OfficeNovaspace

Jeffrey Hill

Executive ChairmanSATELLITE & GovMilSpace

Marty Hoffmann

Systems EngineerKeysight Technologies

Mark Holmes

Senior Editorial DirectorVia Satellite

Tom Hopkins

COOOvzon

Joachim Horwath

Chief Technology OfficerMynaric AG

Akram Hosain

Sr. Staff Cyber Systems EngineerNorthrop Grumman

Neha Idnani

Regional Vice President, Asia PacificEutelsat

Richard Jacklin

Space & Satellite Commercial LeadPLEXTEK

Host - Rafferty Jackson

Board Member, Advisor, InvestorJack Industries

Raghunandan Janardhan

Vice President, Special Projects & Defense ProgramsHughes

Rachel Jewett

Senior Managing EditorVia Satellite

Karen Jones

Senior Space Policy Analyst and EconomistThe Aerospace Corporation, Center for Space Policy and Strategy

Mr. Taylor Jordan

DirectorNOAA Office of Space Commerce

Hagay Katz

Chief Product and Marketing OfficerGilat Satellite Networks

Edgar Khachatryan

President, Gilat WavestreamGilat Wavestream

Scarlett Koller

CEOMithril Technologies, Inc.

Nikola Kromer

VP Product MarketingSTE iDirect, Inc.

Sridhar Kuppanna

CTO & Senior Vice President of EngineeringSTE iDirect, Inc.

Joe Landon

Co-Founder & PresidentRendezvous Robotics

Ronald Lau

Senior Vice President Corporate Development & Capital ProgramsSpace Florida

Wallis Laughrey

CSOVoyager Technologies

Dennis Lee

CEOVortex Space Systems, LLC

CMSgt Ron Lerch

Senior Enlisted Advisor (SEA) to the Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence (DCSO-I)U.S. Space Force

Ron Levin

President, Gilat Commercial DivisionGilat Satellite Networks

Matt Magaña

President, Defense & National SecurityVoyager Space

Laura Maginnis

Vice President, New GlennBlue Origin

Mr. Vaibhav Magow

VP Asia PacificHughes

Ashwin Mahavadi

Sr Vice PresidentSkyroot Aerospace Private Limited

Patrick Markus

Vice President and General ManagerHughes Defense and Government Systems Division, Hughes Network Systems

Clare Martin

Executive Vice PresidentAstroscale U.S. Inc.

Eric Mason, Ph.D.

Director, Data ScienceHawkEye 360

TJ Mathieson

Senior Director of Mission Integration at Northrop GrummanNorthrop Grumman

Isabelle Mauro

Director GeneralGlobal Satellite Operators Association (GSOA)

Luis Mayo

CEOHispasat

Amber McIntyre

Senior Director, Civil SpaceAerospace Industries Association (AIA)

Jillian McIntyre

Founder & CIO221B Capital Partners LLC

Judge - Michael Mealling

General PartnerStarbridge Venture Capital

Amy Mehlman

EVP and Chief Global Affairs OfficerLynk Global

Bridgit Mendler

Co-Founder and CEONorthwood Space

Erin Miller

Executive DirectorSpace ISAC

Marcus Miller

Strategy and Engineering AdvisorDoD CIO 5G Cross Functional Team (CFT)

Steve Mills

Vice President, Global Government StrategyEutelsat

Judge - Josephine Millward

PartnerOpAmp Capital

John Moberly

Chief Growth Officer & GMIbeos

Valerie Moon

Executive DirectorInstitute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT)

Mike Moran

Director US Government Business, Amazon Leo for GovernmentAmazon Leo

Scott Mumford

CEOGo Global Comms Ltd

J. Armand Musey CFA

President and FounderSummit Ridge Group LLC

Sho Nakanose

Founder & CEOGITAI USA Inc.

Rika Nakazawa

Chief Commercial InnovationNTT, Inc.

Jared Newton

Senior Technology Strategist, Planet FederalPlanet Federal

Per Norén

CEOOvzon

Asher Novick

Senior Optical EngineerCailabs

Vince O Neill

Senior VP, Financial Planning & AnalysisIridium Communications

James O'Brien

USSPACECOM J36United States Space Command

Kathy O'Donnell

Principal Solutions ArchitectAmazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS)

Adam Oakes

Vice President of LaunchFirefly Aerospace

Matt OConnell

Operating PartnerDCVC

Reuben Oshomah

Regional Director West AfricaAvanti Satellite Communications

Patrick O’Neil

Chief Technology OfficerBlacksky

Judge - Michael Palank

General PartnerMaC Venture Capital

Lluc Palerm

Research DirectorAnalysys Mason

Susan Paley

Founder, Builder and PartnerConduit Venture Labs

Mr. Dara Panahy

PartnerMilbank LLP

Barbara Pareglio

Senior Technical Director for Smart MobilityGSMA (UK Branch)

Adarsh Parekh

Chief Financial OfficerSidus Space

Lisa Pataki

CFOSES

Akshay Patel

Managing DirectorPJT Partners

Mark Peller

COOUnited Launch Alliance

Greg Pelton

Chief Technology OfficerIridium Communications

Andrew Penn

PrincipalOliver Wyman

Jason Pennell

Sr. Solutions Architect, Global Solutions & ImplementationAdvantage Communications Group (Advantage)

Judge - Alison Perez PhD

Senior Investment ManagerLockheed Martin Ventures

Karina Perez

Director, Space & Spectrum Policy CenterComputer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)

John Persinos

Editor-in-Chief, Aircraft Value NewsAccess Intelligence, LLC

Thad Pinney

VP Sales & Solution EngineeringKratos

Christina Pino

Senior Conference ManagerAccess Intelligence

Marcello Politi

Machine Learning ScientistPi School

Michael Pollack

Executive Vice President, Government OperationsAST SpaceMobile

Ramu Potarazu

CEOLynk Global

Melanie Preisser

General Manager/Executive Vice PresidentYork Space Systems

Corey Preugschat

Principal, Baker Tilly Space Practice LeaderBaker Tilly

Jonathan Price

Managing Director, OriginationsCSC Leasing

Todd Probert

President, US Government BusinessHawkEye 360

Akhil Rao

Managing Partner and Chief EconomistRational Futures

Col Alexander Rasmussen

Chief Capability OfficerSpace Development Agency

Reza Rasoulian

Senior Vice President, Hughes AviationHughes

Patrick Rayermann

CEOXTAR LLC

John Reeves

Vice President of Space & Mission SystemsViasat, Inc.

Ryan Reid

PresidentBoeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.

Lisa Rich

Founder & COOXplore Inc.

Judge - John Richmond

Investment ManagerLockheed Martin Ventures

Joseph Rickers

Vice President, Transport, Tracking, and Warning National Security SpaceLockheed Martin Corp.

Mark Rigolle

CEOABS - Agility Beyond Space

Nicole Robinson

President, Gilat DataPathGilat DataPath

Raphael Roettgen

Founding PartnerE2MC Ventures

Brian Rogers

VP - Global Launch ServicesRocket Lab

Steve Rome

CRO, Co-FounderAdvantage Communications Group (Advantage)

Eric Romo

President and Chief Operating OfficerImpulse Space

John Rood

CEOMomentus

Colonel Ryan Rose

System Program Director for Strategic SATCOM, System Delta 88U.S. Space Force

Colonel (Ret.) Lee Rosen

Co-Founder, President & CEOThinkOrbital

Brendan Rosseau

Strategy Manager - New GlennBlue Origin

Karim Sabbagh

Managing DirectorSpace42

Alvaro Sanchez Marquis

CEOINTEGRASYS SA

Ulf Sandberg

Managing DirectorParadigm

Dr. Gurpartap "GP" Sandhoo

Acting DirectorSpace Development Agency

Sethu Saveda Suvanam

CEO & FounderReOrbit

Robert Sayegh

Vice PresidentBain Capital

Paul Scardino

Vice President, Sales and Business DevelopmentGilat Defense

Randy Segal

PartnerHogan Lovells

Kartik Seshadri

VP International Products and OperationsHughes

Piyush Shah

Co-Founder and CEORavee Optics

Vagan Shakhgildian

President of International Network SolutionsComtech Telecommunications Corp.

Nao Shigenari

Group President of the Business Strategy GroupSKY Perfect JSAT Corporation

Nobuyuki Shiina

Deputy General ManagerMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Matt Sieber

Strategic Solutions Director, DoD Programs & RequirementsKymeta Corporation

Billie Sims

Vice President, Business DevelopmentGilat Defense

Manesh Singh

Founder & Principal ConsultantMDRM Consultants & Advisors / BYG

Steven Soenens

VP Product ManagementSkyline Communications

Competitor - Martin Soltau CEng, FIMechE

Co-CEOSpace Solar

Jing Song

cofounder, managing director.Genesis Codes Inc

Joe Spytek

CEOEQT - Corporation Services (SatPort)

Ms Manjula Sriram

Chief Information OfficerIridium Communications

Dr. Todd Sriver

Director of Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3)Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S))

Lee Steinke

COOCisLunar Industries

Robert Stephens

Senior 5G/FutureG Solutions ArchitectKeysight Technologies

Clint Stewart

CFOSpeedcast

Danil Subkhankulov

Managing DirectorCerberus Capital Management

Patrick Suen

Founder & CEOeurus.space

Competitor - Lennon Suga

Director, Overseas Business DepartmentOcean Solution Technology Co.

Issei Suzuki

Head of Innovation & Business DevelopmentJSAT International Inc.

Mr Simon Swift CEng

Director of Digital Technologies ETL Systems, Chair of the DIFI Specification Working GroupETL Systems

Gabriel Swiney

Director, Policy, Advocacy, and International DivisionNOAA Office of Space Commerce

Clayton Swope

Deputy Director, Aerospace Security ProjectCenter for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

José Sánchez Ruiz

Chief Customer Operations OfficerHispasat

Jeff Thornburg

Co-Founder & CEOPortal Space Systems

Ryan Tintner

Vice President and General Manager, Space SuperiorityNorthrop Grumman

Mr. James Trevelyan

EVP Global SalesSpeedcast

John Trionfo

President, Defense SolutionsAntaris Space

Parthsarathi Trivedi

CEO and Co-FounderSkylo Technologies

Daniel Turner

Founder & CEOTraxyl

Christ Tzelepis

Executive Director, Business Development and Strategy, Space Mission SystemsBoeing

Competitor - Yasuhito Uto

CEO and FounderBULL Co. Ltd.

Michael Vanwoerkom

President / CEOExoTerra

Hommy Vasquez

Operation Section ChiefCaribbean Preparedness and Response - Puerto Rico

Dr. Miguel Angel Vazquez

Head of Space and Resilient Communications and SystemsCentre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya

Anshu Vij

Managing Director, EMEAHughes

Competitor - Matteo Vismara

Founder & CEOSatEnlight

Mr John Wade

Vice President of Connectivity ServicesPanasonic Avionics Corporation

Peter Waskowic

Vice President, Satcom ProductsCalian, Advanced Technologies

Dr. Brian Weeden

Director of Civil and Commercial PolicyThe Aerospace Corporation

Colonel Jeffrey Weisler

Commander of Mission Delta 8U.S. Space Force

Caleb Williams

Head of Private Client AdvisoryResonance

Dr. Shae Williams

Staff Project EngineerMoog Inc.

Paul Wloszek

Vice President & General Manager, Spectral SolutionsL3Harris

Frank Wolfe

ReporterDefense Daily

Jamison Yaffa

PartnerShay Capital

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