Name: Off World Agenda
Start: 2026-09-23T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-24T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Space Center Houston

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Jane Robinson

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Welcome and Introductions

Our VP of Product Marketing, Ingrid Wantuch, kicks off the event with a welcome message.

12 pm

Welcome and Introductions

Our VP of Product Marketing, Ingrid Wantuch, kicks off the event with a welcome message.

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Agenda

September 23

9:00AM–10:00AM

Morning Networking

Grab your badge and join us for a light breakfast, coffee and networking

10:00AM–10:30AM

Opening Remarks

Jacqueline Feldscher, Managing Editor, Payload

10:30AM–11:00AM

Return to Sender: The Future of Space Logistics

Moderator: Douglas Gorman, Reporter, Payload
• Marchel Holle, Director, Civil Space, Varda
• Jason Dunn, Co-Founder & CEO, Outpost
• Brian Taylor, Founder & CEO, Lux Aeterna

11:00AM–11:30AM

The Off-World Datacenter (Powered by Sift)

Moderator: Jack Kuhr, Research Director, Payload Pro

• Austin Spiegel, Co-Founder & CEO, Sift

• Justin Fiaschetti, Co-Founder & CEO, Inversion

• Rob DeMilllo, Co-Founder & CEO, Sophia Space

11:30AM–12:00PM

From ISS to Industry: The Future of CLDs

Moderator: Jacqueline Feldscher, Managing Editor, Payload
• Caryn Schenewerk, Chief Policy Officer, Vast
• Marshall Smith, CEO, Starlab
• Jared Stout, Chief Strategy Officer, Axiom Space
• Randy Lillard, Orbital Reef Program Director, Blue Origin

12:00PM–1:30PM

Lunch

1:30PM–2:00PM

Rovers & Rotors: Redefining Planetary Exploration

Moderator: Victoria Woodburn, Reporter, Payload
• Jaret Matthews, Founder & CEO, ASTROLAB
• Will Pomerantz, Head of Space Ventures, AeroVironment, Inc.

• AJ Gemer, Cofounder and CTO, Lunar Outpost
• Havard Grip, Project Manager of SkyFall Helicopters, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

2:00PM–2:30PM

Orbit to Outpost: The End-to-End Commercial Stack for NASA's Moon Base (Powered by Vast)

Moderator: Loren Grush, Reporter, Bloomberg

• Colin Smith, Senior Vice President, Lunar Programs, Vast
• Paige Shaw, Business Development Lead, Civil Sector, Impulse Space
• Manny Shar, Senior Director of Growth, Astrolab

• William O'Hara, Moon Base Future Habitats Lead, The Aerospace Corporation

2:30PM–3:00PM

Powering Permanence: Nuclear Energy Beyond Earth

Moderator: Douglas Gorman, Reporter, Payload

• Bailey Reichelt, Founder & Partner, Aegis Space Law
• Tyler Bernstein, CEO & Co-Founder, Zeno Power
• Peter Cabauy, CEO & Founder, City Labs
• Kate Kelly, President, BWXT Advanced Technologies LLC

3:00PM–3:30PM

Break

3:30PM–4:00PM

Breaking Ground: Designing the Moon Base

Moderator: Jacqueline Feldscher, Reporter, Payload

• Carlos García-Galán, Moon Base Program Director, NASA

• Jason Kim, CEO, Firefly Aerospace
• John Thornton, Executive Vice President, Voyager Technologies
• Andrew Hazelton, Co-Founder, Interstellar Mapping

4:00PM–4:30PM

Backing the Bold: Investing in the Space Economy

Moderator: Victoria Woodburn, Reporter, Payload

• Taylor Jordan, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction, Director of the Office of Space Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Taylor Sargent, Partner, Industrious Ventures
• Alyssa Goessler Goodwin, Vice President, AE Industrial Partners

4:30PM–5:00PM

Break

5:00PM–5:30PM

A Fireside Chat with Jared Isaacman

Moderator: Jacqueline Feldscher, Reporter, Payload
• Jared Isaacman, Administrator, NASA

5:30PM–7:30PM

Cocktail Reception

Join us for networking, food and drinks in the Main Plaza

September 24

9:00AM–9:50AM

Morning Networking

Grab your badge and join us for a light breakfast, coffee and networking

9:50AM–10:00AM

Opening Remarks

10:00AM–10:30AM

Brick by Brick: Building Lunar Structures to Stay

Moderator: Douglas Gorman, Reporter, Payload

• William Hurd, Division President, ICON

• Ethan Barajas, Co-Founder & CEO, Icarus Robotics
• Sophie Amiton, Lunar Business Development Lead, Redwire
• Saleem Miyan, Co-Founder & CEO, Max Space

10:30AM–11:00AM

Safe Passage: Securing the Space Economy

Moderator: Victoria Woodburn, Reporter, Payload

• Zak Kirstein, Chief Revenue Officer, Northwood

• Kara Trohaugh, Director of Strategy, Force Structure, and Requirements (SF/S5) ,USSF
• Tom Lockhart, USSPACECOM (ret.)

11:00AM–11:30AM

Ground Control to Major… Problems (Powered by Lyntris)

Moderator: Jack Kuhr, Research Director, Payload Pro

• Josh Figuered, Lead, R&D Actuators & Mechanisms, Lyntris
• Madison Dye, VP of Business Development, C5ISR, Lyntris
• Matthew Barrett, Director of Programs, Space Mechanisms, Lyntris

11:30AM–12:00PM

Across Oceans, Beyond Worlds: International Collaboration In Space

Moderator: Victoria Woodburn, Reporter, Payload

• Avantika Gupta, Principal, Type One Ventures
• Elizabeth Kryst, CEO, ispace-US

• Keiichi Wada ,Director of the JAXA Washington D.C. Office, JAXA

12:00PM–1:00PM

Lunch

1:00PM–1:20PM

Fireside with Rocket Lab (Virtual)

Moderator: Douglas Gorman, Reporter, Payload
• Adam Spice, CFO, Rocket Lab

1:20PM–1:50PM

Open Lines, Clear Approaches for Cislunar Space Safety (Powered by The Aerospace Corp)

Moderator: Dr. Joseph Gangestad, Emerging Missions Flight Dynamics, The Aerospace Corporation
• Lt. Col. Scott Kelly, Acting Chief, Integrated Experiments & Evaluation Division, Air Force Research Laboratory

• Brice Howard, Director, Mission Solutions, Intuitive Machines

• Chris Ostrom, Orbital Debris Technical Authority, NASA

1:50PM–2:20PM

From Rocks to Riches: The Business of Space Mining

Moderator: Victoria Woodburn, Reporter, Payload

• Matt Gialich, CEO, AstroForge
• Ross Centers, CEO, Ethos Space
• Michelle Hanlon, Co-Founder, President & CEO, For All Moonkind

2:20PM–2:30PM

Flash Talk: Keeping Sane Off Earth

Moderator: Douglas Gorman, Reporter, Paylaod

• Sara Whiting, NASA

2:30PM–3:00PM

Thriving, Not Just Surviving: Building a Life Off World

Moderator: Douglas Gorman, Reporter, Paylaod
• Elizabeth Reynolds, Executive Director, Space Age Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) and Methuselah Foundation
• Borja Barbero, Scientist, Starbase Brewing

• Tim Kopra, Chief Human Exploration Officer & Astronaut, Voyager