12:30PM–12:50PM: A Fireside Chat with Satellogic
Moderator: Jack Kuhr, Research Director, Payload
Matthew Tirman, President, Satellogic
12:50PM–1:15PM: A Conversation with Equity Research (Powered by Bank of America)
Mariana Pérez Mora, Director, Bank of America Equity Research
1:15PM–1:45PM: A Fireside Chat with Firefly Aerospace
Moderator: Alan Tu, Portfolio Manager, WCM Investment Management
Jason Kim, CEO, Firefly Aerospace
2:00PM–2:30PM: A Conversation with Voyager Technologies
Moderator: Taylor Portman, Research Analyst, Janus Henderson
Tim Kopra, Chief Human Expoloration Officer, Voyager
Kevin Kulak, EVP of Capital Markets, Voyager
2:30PM–3:00PM: Demystifying Space Bio: What’s Keeping Startups from Getting Funded (Powered by WSGR)
Moderator: Curt Blake, Senior of Counsel, Wilson Sonsini
Nicole Wagner, Ph.D. CEO, Lambda Vision
Raphael Roettgen, CFA, Founder, E2MC
Sonal Pai, Investor, First Spark Ventures
- Katie King, PhD, CEO, BioOrbit
3:00PM–3:30PM: The Space Superiority Panel
Moderator: Christian Garcia General Partner Breakthrough Energy Ventures
Jeff Thornburg, CEO, Portal Space Systems
Will Bruey, CEO, Varda
Steve Kitay, SVP of Space Defense, True Anomaly
Colin Doughan, CEO, Gravitics
3:45PM–4:00PM: From Orbit to Grid — A Fireside Chat (Powered by Vast)
Moderator: Jim Bridenstine, 13th Administrator of NASA
Marc Berte, CEO, Overview Energy
4:00PM–4:30PM: A Conversation with Carlyle
Moderator: Mo Islam, CEO, Payload
Frank Finelli, Senior Advisor, Carlyle
4:30PM–5:00PM: Space Stations as DoW Platforms (Powered by Vast)
Moderator: Maj Gen (Ret) Roger Teague, Founding Partner, Elara Nova / Former Head of Space Acquisition, USAF
Jim Martz, SVP of Engineering, Vast
Dr. Claire Leon, Independent Space Consultant / Former Head of the Space Systems Integration Office, USSF
5:00PM–5:30PM: A Fireside Chat with Rocket Lab
Moderator: Mo Islam, CEO, Payload
Adam Spice, CFO, Rocket Lab
10:00AM–10:30AM: The Earth Observation Panel
Moderator: Sidney Brown, Investor, Lowercarbon Capital
David Langan, CEO, Umbra
- Eric Jensen, CEO, ICEYE US
- Jonny Dyer, CEO, Muon
10:30AM–11:00AM: The VC Panel
Moderator: Mo Islam, CEO, Payload
Liz Stein, Managing Director, USIT
Connor Love, Partner, Lightspeed
Delian Asparouhov, Partner, Founders Fund
11:00AM–11:30AM: The Orbital Carriers Panel (Powered by Gravitics)
Moderator: Mo Islam, CEO, Payload
Colin Doughan CEO Gravitics
- Dan Jablonsky, CEO, Ursa Major
- Scott Macklin, CTO, Gravitics
11:30AM–12:00PM: The Space Station Panel
Moderator: Jack Kuhr, Research Director, Payload
Dr. Jonathan Cirtain, CEO, Axiom
Max Haot, CEO, Vast
1:00PM–1:30PM: Inside the Dome
Moderator: JD Gainey, Former Commander USS HOPPER
- Dan Piemont, CEO, Long Wall
- Will Edwards, CEO, Firehawk
- Mike Dickey, Founding Partner, Elara Nova / Former USSF Chief Architect
1:30PM–2:00PM: The Connectivity Panel
Moderator: Morgan Beller, General Partner, NFX
Chris Taylor, CEO, Aalyria
John Gedmark, CEO, Astranis
Shey Sapripour, CEO, CesiumAstro
2:00PM–2:30PM: A Fireside Chat with SCEYE (Powered by SCEYE)
Moderator: Mo Islam, CEO, Payload
Mikkel Vestergaard, CEO, Sceye
2:45PM–3:15PM: The Infrastructure Panel
Moderator: Mo Islam, CEO, Payload
Ian Cinnamon, CEO, Apex
- Eric Romo, President & COO, Impulse
- Karan Kunjur, CEO, K2 Space
- Gokul Subramanian, SVP of Engineering, Anduril
3:15PM–3:30PM: A Fireside Chat with Hydrosat
Moderator: Jack Kuhr, Research Director, Payload
Vaughn Blake, Partner, Blue Bear Capital
Pieter Fossel, CEO, Hydrosat
3:30PM–4:00PM: The Growth Panel
Moderator: Jack Kuhr, Research Director, Payload
Emma Norchet, Senior Investor, T.Rowe Price
- Joe Sannicandro, Senior Analyst, Fidelity
- Alan Tu, Portfolio Manager, WCM Investment Management
4:00PM–4:30PM: Building Faster Than China: The New Manufacturing Playbook (Powered by Flow Engineering)
Moderator: Mo Islam, CEO, Payload
Pari Singh, CEO, Flow Engineering
Max Benassi, CTO, Apex Space
