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Nick Appleyard
Existing Markets
Day Chair
Head of Space Solutions
European Space Agency
Future Markets
Day Chair
Mark Drinkwater
Head, Earth & Mission Science Division
European Space Agency
Security
Day Chair
Holger Krag
Head of Space Safety Programme Office
European Space Agency
Existing Markets | 25th February 2025
Nick Appleyard
Head of Space Solutions
European Space Agency
Alain Gavin
Chief Investment Officer, Managing Partner
Psion Partners
Asimina Syriou
Business Applications & Partnerships
The European Space Agency
Patrick Sheehan
Managing Partner and Founder
ETF Partners
Ruth Bretts
Deputy Head of Space
Department of Business and Trade
Xavi Lobao
Head Future Programmes Division, Telecommunications Department
European Space Agency
Judy Lai-Norling
COO
Carbon Mapper
Nayen Pankhania
Investment & Strategic Finance Director
Satellite Applications Catapult
Bob Gibbs
Senior Advisor
NASA
Christian Keogh
Senior Associate
DLA Piper
Bogdan Gogulan
CEO and Managing Partner
NewSpace Capital
Tim Deaver
Vice President Strategic Solutions and USG BD and Sales
Mynaric
Robert Brüll
CEO and Managing Partner
FibreCoat
Eric Hewitson
Head of Communications
Wyld Networks Limited
Geoff Busswell
Company Director
Telespazio
Andres Catelo Garcia
Satcom Services Solution Manager
Airbus Defence and Space
George Ye
Co-Founder and Managing Director
UBIPOS UK LTD
Marco Gomez-Jenkins
CEO
Super-Sharp Space Systems Ltd
Barry Leeson
Founder
AS23.Space
Will Cadell
Founder & CEO
Sparkgeo
Future Markets | 26th February 2025
Mark Drinkwater
Head, Earth & Mission Science Division
European Space Agency
David Pollington
Head of Research
Bloc Ventures
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Mike Collet
Managing Partner
Promus Ventures
Jeff Crusey
Partner
7percent Ventures
Steve Rader
Program Manager of NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) and the NASA Tournament Lab(NTL)
NASA
Katherine Courtney
Chair
Global Network On Sustainability In Space
Veronica La Regina
International Advisor
Inter-American Development Bank
Rob Desborough
General Partner
Seraphim Space
Anatolii Papulov
CEO and Founder
NewOrbit Space
Harry Morgan
Principal
7percent Ventures
Amin Chabi
Founder and CEO
Lúnasa Space
Jacob Geer
UK Managing Director
Orbit Fab
Adam Baker
Senior Manager
Magdrive
Andrew Faiola
Commercial Vice President
Astroscale
Gaurav Bajaj
Co-Founder
Little Place Labs
Arthur Cunningham
Product Engineer
NanoAvionics
James Conning
Applications Lead
Craft Prospect
Security | 27th February 2025
Holger Krag
Head of Space Safety Programme Office
European Space Agency
Matt Bull
In-Orbit Regulation Lead
UK Space Agency
Joshua Broom
Head of Space
Department of Business and Trade
Mark Helliker
Innovation Partner – South East Region
Defense and Security Accelerator (DASA)
Matej Poliaček
ISS Columbus Flight Director
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Richard Kivel
Managing Director
GraySpace Capital
Shaun Lamb
Deputy Head Capability & Force Development
UK Space Command
Cameron Margetts
Founder and CEO
The Orbital Locker
2024 Speakers
Upstream Day | 26th March 2024
Luca del Monte
Head of Commercialisation Department
European Space Agency
Donna Shafer
Associate Center Director - Johnson Space Center
NASA
George Freeman
Member of Parliament for Mid Norfolk
House of Commons
Peter Guthrie
Head of Space
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Gemma Wilson
Harwell Cluster Development Manager
Harwell Space Cluster
Tobias Lin
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
National Space Capabilities Lead Space Directorate
Pierre Festal
Partner
Promus Ventures
Gail Eastaugh
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Cornwall Space Cluster
Rebecca Huffee
Space Cluster Manager
Space West
Simone Hartless
Head of Cluster Growth
Satellite Applications Catapult Ltd
Rob Desborough
Managing Partner, and CEO Seraphim Accelerator
Seraphim Space
Mohsen Al Awadhi
Director of Space Missions Department
UAE Space Agency
Moritz von Klot
Investment Team
Earlybird Venture Capital
Jerry Yang
General Partner
HCVC
Nick Shave
Managing Director
Astroscale
Joanne Wheeler
Director
Alden Legal
Piera Di Vito
Φ-lab Invest Officer
European Space Agency
Timo Karakashev
CEO and Founder
Cosmonauts
Julie Black
Director, Missions and Capabilities
UK Space Agency
Tomas Navarro
Future Projects Engineer
European Space Agency
Paul Williams
Executive Director
Black Arrow Space Technologies
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