Rodrigo da Costa

On 16 October 2020, Rodrigo da Costa took up his duties as Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), formerly the European GNSS Agency (GSA). Prior to this, he was the Galileo Services Programme Manager from March 2017. EUSPA is an Agency of dedicated EU professionals working for a stronger,…

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The Honorable Robert Walker

Robert Walker

For more than four decades, Congressman Bob Walker has been a political leader and an insightful public policy advocate. Legislatively he wrote law that created commercial space policy and hydrogen energy policy. Along with Newt Gingrich, he helped design and lead the Republican Revolution of 1994 which transformed America’s political landscape. He rose to leadership…

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Patricia Cooper

Patricia Cooper is a leading expert on satellite communications, regulation and space policy, and is the founder of the space consultancy, Constellation Advisory, LLC. For six years, Cooper led Government Affairs for the Starlink satellite broadband constellation project at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX). As Vice President, Patricia secured Federal Communications Commission authorization for a…

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Carissa Christensen

Carissa Christensen

Carissa Bryce Christensen is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of BryceTech companies in the US and the UK. She previously co-founded defense company The Tauri Group, acquired by LMI in 2019, and quantum computing software company QxBranch, acquired by Rigetti Computing in 2019. She is an active tech investor and has served on several early-stage boards.   Ms. Christensen is an internationally recognized expert on the satellite and space industry,…

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Justin Cadman

Justin Cadman is a partner with Quilty Analytics. He has more than fifteen years of investment banking and capital markets experience, having successfully completed approximately 90 advisory and capital raising transactions for both private and public company clients. Prior to Quilty Analytics, Justin spent twelve years as an investment banker with Raymond James, with the…

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Brendan Rosseau

Brendan Rosseau is a Teaching Fellow and a Research Associate at Harvard Business School, focused on the economics of space activities. He has also spent time as a consultant with the U.S. Space Force and developing space policy in Washington, D.C.

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Jeremy Yazinski

Jeremy Yazinski is the Director of Human Resources at Ball Aerospace. In this role, he leads the employee relations team of Human Resource Business Partners (HRBP) and the Talent and Organizational Development (T&OD) organization. He has a demonstrated history of delivering results in leadership development, employee relations and process optimization, with a strong emphasis on…

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Jack Deasy

Jack joined Astroscale in December 2022 as the Vice President of Business Development and Advanced Systems. He has 25 years of experience in commercial business development and government relations. Jack was previously VP of Government Product Management at SES, leading the strategy, development and positioning of SES Networks’ products, services and solutions for governments and…

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