Speakers | 29th National Space Symposium

See the speakers from the 29th National Space Symposium. To read about presentations, click here; to view videos, click here; to see photos, click here. (Note: some invitation-only events are not covered in articles, videos or photos.)

Capt. Tiffany Andersen, USAF

Requirements Lead

Air Force Space Command

Artiom Anisimov, Esq.

Space Attorney and Legal Intern, NewSpace Global

SGAC Representative to the UN ECOSOC

James E. Armstrong, Jr., Ph.D.

Chief Information Officer

Missile Defense Agency

Wanda M. Austin, Ph.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer

The Aerospace Corporation

Brig. Gen. Christian Badia

Head of Division, Strategic Defence Planning & Concepts

German Federal Ministry of Defence

Craig R. Barrett, Ph.D.

Retired Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board

Intel Corporation

Kurt Baumgartner

Senior Security Researcher, Americas, Global Research and Analysis Team

Kaspersky Lab

Romain Bausch

President & Chief Executive Officer

SES

Charles L. Beames - Participating via Video

Principal Director, Space and Intelligence

Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

MAJ Linda M. Bozada, USA

Chief, Satellite Communications Plans and Programs

United States Pacific Command

Ambassador Jacek Bylica

Principal Adviser and Special Envoy for Non-proliferation and Disarmament

European External Action Service, European Union

Capt. Edward Chandler, USAF

Range Requirements Officer

Air Force Space Command

Jonathan B. Clark, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer

Inspiration Mars Foundation

William (Bill) G. Connelly

Vice President and General Manager

ViaSat

Douglas DePeppe

Principal, i2 Information Security

Co-founder, Western Cyber Exchange

Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula, USAF, Ret.

President

The Deptula Group

Matthew J. Desch

Chief Executive Officer

Iridium Communications

Jean-Jacques Dordain

Director General

The European Space Agency (ESA)

Col. Jörg Dronia

Branch Chief, Strategic Planning Air/Space/Cyber

German Air Force

Gen. Howell Estes, III, USAF, Ret.

President

Howell Estes & Associates, Inc.

Juliana Feldhacker

SMART Scholar

Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado at Boulder

ADM Mark P. Fitzgerald, USN, Ret.

President

Aragosto Global, LLC

Col. Thomas French, USAF

Deputy Director, Space Protection Program

Air Force Space Command

Gp. Capt. Adrian S. Frost, OBE

United Kingdom Senior Military

United States Cyber Command

Michael C. Gass

President & Chief Executive Officer

United Launch Alliance (ULA)

Peter G. George

President

General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions

John Gilligan

President

Gilligan Group

Samer Halawi

Chief Executive Officer

Thuraya

Steven K. Hawkins

Vice President, Information Security Solutions

Raytheon Company

Joe Heagerty

Business Development Director, Security & Information Operations Business Unit, Cyber Solutions Division

Northrop Grumman Information Systems

Yasushi Horikawa, Ph.D.

Chairman

United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

Lt. Gen. John E. Hyten, USAF

Vice Commander

Air Force Space Command

Tomotaka Inoue

Counsellor, Office of National Space Policy

Cabinet Office of Japan

Susan J. Irwin

President

Euroconsult USA Inc.

Andrea Jaime Albalat

Executive Director

Space Generation Advisory Council

COL James H. Jenkins, III, USA

Deputy Commander for Operations

U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT )

CMSgt. Linus Jordan, USAF

Command Chief Master Sergeant

Air Force Space Command

Steven M. Kaufman

Partner

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Gen. C. Robert "Bob" Kehler, USAF

Commander

U.S. Strategic Command

Jim Kohlenberger

President

JK Strategies

Hideshi Kozawa

Executive Advisor to the President for International Cooperation and New Business

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Maj. Kevin S. Kuciapinski, USAF, Ph.D.

Chief, Applied Engineering Colorado Site Engineering & Research Facility Aerospace Data Facility

National Reconnaissance Office

Gen. Lance W. Lord, USAF, Ret.

Former Commander

Air Force Space Command

Douglas L. Loverro - Participating via Video

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy

Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)

Taber MacCallum

Chief Technology Officer

Inspiration Mars Foundation

James (Jim) Maser

President

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne

The Honorable Patrick Meehan (R-PA)

Chairman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, House Committee on Homeland Security

U.S. House of Representatives

Frank Morring Jr.

Senior Editor/space

Aviation Week & Space Technology

Daniel (Dan) Mosqueda

Director, Air Force Programs

Universities Space Research Association

Clayton Mowry

President

Arianespace, Inc.

Janet Nickloy

Chairman, Hosted Payload Alliance

Director, Aerospace Mission Solutions, Harris Corporation

George C. Nield, Ph.D.

Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation

Federal Aviation Administration

Ger Nieuwpoort, Ph.D.

Director

Netherlands Space Office

Antonio Nucci, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer

Narus

Henry (Trey) A. Obering, III

Senior Vice President

Booz Allen Hamilton

William V. Parker

Special Advisor - International Affairs

Space Foundation

Rupert Pearce

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director

Inmarsat

Jane Poynter

President

Paragon Space Development Corporation

Elliot H. Pulham

Chief Executive Officer

Space Foundation

Stephen C. Ringler

Fusion Forum Manager

Space Generation Advisory Council

Frank A. Rose

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Space and Defense Policy

U.S. Department of State

Linda P. Rosen, Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

Change the Equation

The Honorable C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger (D-MD)

Ranking Member

U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Kay Sears

President

Intelsat General

Ronald M. Sega, Ph.D

Vice President and Enterprise Executive for Energy and the Environment

Colorado State University and The Ohio State University

Scott J. Seymour

President and Chief Executive Officer

GenCorp

Gen. William L. Shelton, USAF

Commander

Air Force Space Command

Gwynne Shotwell

President

SpaceX

James (Jim) S. Simpson

Vice President of Business Development

Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems

Michael K. Simpson, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Secure World Foundation

Frank Slazer

Vice President -Space Systems

Aerospace Industries Association

Robert D. Strain

President

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Kazuto Suzuki, Ph.D.

Professor of International Political Economy

Hokkaido University

Jeffrey R. Tarr

Chief Executive Officer

DigitalGlobe

Brig. Gen. Roger W. Teague, USAF

Director, Strategic Plans, Programs and Analyses

Air Force Space Command

Dennis A. Tito

Chairman

Inspiration Mars Foundation

Maj. Gen. Suzanne M. Vautrinot, USAF - Participating via Video

Commander, 24th Air Force

Commander, Air Force Network Operations

James W. Wade, Ph. D.

Vice President, Corporate Mission Assurance

Raytheon Company

The Honorable Robert S. Walker

Executive Chairman

Wexler & Walker

Kenneth E. Washington, Ph.D.

Vice President, Advanced Technology Center

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

Sigourney Weaver

Actor

Maj. Gen. Jack Weinstein, USAF

Director of Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations

Air Force Space Command

Maj. Gen. Martin Whelan, USAF

Director of Requirements

Headquarters Air Force Space Command

Elizabeth Wilems Clark

Vice President, IT & Chief Information Officer

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

Steve Winterfeld

Chief Technology Officer

TASC Inc.

Johann-Dietrich Wörner

Chairman of the Executive Board

German Aerospace Center (DLR)