Dr. Mitch Goldberg
Dr. Mitch Goldberg is the NOAA-NESDIS Chief Scientist. Dr. Goldberg serves as an expert and lead representative of the NOAA-NESDIS science and user communities and coordinates NESDIS applied science. He leads the NESDIS Satellite Proving Ground program to improve NOAA services by facilitating collaboration between users and product developers to optimize the use of satellite…
Read MoreDr. Julien Cantegreil
Julien Cantegreil, PhD, is an entrepreneur with a passion for technology applied to solving massive challenges. In a time of celebration of the 50th birthday of the Apollo 11 mission, he has founded SpaceAble to contribute to space exploration by improving the resiliency of LEO infrastructures. He has accumulated a wealth of experience at a…
Read MorePete Worden
Simon Peter “Pete” Worden, (Brig Gen, USAF, Ret, PhD) is the Chairman of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation and Executive Director of the foundation’s ‘Breakthrough Initiatives’. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Michigan and a PhD in Astronomy for the University of Arizona. Prior to joining the…
Read MoreJoe Landon
Joe Landon is CEO of Crescent Space, a deep space infrastructure company that provides services to enable science, exploration and commerce on and around the Moon. Crescent leverages Lockheed Martin’s deep technical heritage and reliability in space with the speed and agility of a commercial services platform to deliver critical services for lunar missions. Prior…
Read MoreBarry Matsumori
Barry is a space industry veteran and has been an executive leader at SpaceX, Virgin, and was the CEO of BridgeComm. In those roles, he has developed and implemented business and technology strategies as well as overseen operations at these companies. Barry also has a background in communications technology as an early member of the…
Read MoreDr. Vagan Shakhgildian
Vagan Shakhgildian is the Vice-President Global Business Development at Comtech Telecommunications Corp. He is responsible for developing new worldwide markets and shaping customer solutions across the space, satellite, terrestrial and wireless commercial markets. Previously to the current role, Vagan had a variety of senior management positions at Comtech, and its global subsidiaries. Vagan first joined Comtech…
Read MoreMarc Jochemich
Marc Jochemich is the Head of the Washington Office of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany’s Space Agency and Europe’s biggest research center for Aeronautics and Space. Before taking this position Marc worked in the Department for International Relations at DLR’s Headquarter in Cologne as Regional Manager for Canada, Latin America, Middle East, Africa and…
Read MoreKrunal Joshi
Mr. Krunal Joshi is currently Counsellor, Space, and the representative of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) at Embassy of India, Washington D.C. USA. He is an Electrical Engineer and M.B.A. in Finance. He is having an experience of 18 years working in Private and Government sectors in the field of Engineering and Technology Management. He…
Read MoreJill Smyth
Working for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Jill Smyth is Counselor for Space Affairs at the Embassy of Canada to the United States. Her role is to support the implementation of Canada-U.S. collaborations and to identify new areas of potential cooperation in areas such as space exploration, Earth sciences, as well as space science, R&D and skills development.
Read MoreDr. Masami Onoda
Masami Onoda is currently Director of JAXA Washington D.C. Office, representing the Japanese space agency in the Americas.
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