Speakers

Stacie Williams

Chief Science Officer

US Space Force

Brig Gen Kristin Panzenhagen

Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisitions and Integration
US Space Force

Maj Gen Christopher S. Povak
Deputy Director
National Reconnaissance Office

Deanna Ryals

Director of Space International Affairs
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force

Brian Joyal

CEO, Veridiam

Mark J. Lewis

CEO, Purdue Applied Research Institute

Col Joe Guzman

US Army, (Ret.)

Founder, Space Cowboy Active Debris Remediation

Holly C. Murphy

Program Sr. Director

Experimental Systems Group

Boeing Space Mission Systems

Maj Robert A. Perez-Alemany

US Army

Space Operations Project Manager

Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

Space Development Agency (SDA)

Mariel Borowitz

Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Georgia Institute of Technology

Victoria Samson

Chief Director, Space Security and Stability

Secure World Foundation

Lindsay Millard

Senior Staff

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Lucy Flesch

Frederick L. Hovde Dean, College of Science

Purdue University

Sam Visner

Technical Fellow, Aerospace Corporation

Chair, Board of Directors, Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center

John Vickers

Director, Digital Twin Core Facility
Louisiana State University

Tahara Dawkins

Director of Policy
Astroscale U.S

Derek Tournear

Director of Space Innovation
Auburn University

David Nartker

Spacecraft Propulsion Consultant
SAIC

Travis Langster

Founder, CEO
Tora Consulting

Sorin Matei

Founding Executive Director, FORCES
Purdue University

Paul “Rusty” Thomas

CEO
EnduroSat USA

Dan Dumbacher

Professor of Engineering Practice
Purdue University

Todd Stevens

Vice President, Mission Strategies and Advanced Capabilities
Strike, Deterrence and Missile Defense
Lockheed Martin Space

Mahhad Nayyer

PhD Candidate, Astrodynamics
Purdue

John Blaxland

Director ANU North America Liaison Office

Carolin Frueh

Harold DeGroff Associate Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Purdue

Michael Sori

Associate Professor, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Purdue

Rob Mitrevski

President, Golden Dome Strategy and Integration
L3Harris Technologies

Anca Agachi

Co-Lead, Alliances Portfolio, National Security Research Division
Defense Policy Analyst, RAND

Charity Weeden

Nonresident Senior Fellow
Atlantic Council GeoTech Center

Col Wooyoul Lee

Air and Space Attaché
Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Washington DC

Keiichi Wada

Director, Washington, D.C. Office

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Gregory Henning

Debris & Disposal Manager, Space Object Risk Department

The Aerospace Corporation

Roberto Baldoni

Senior Advisor for Technology and Cybersecurity Policy
Embassy of Italy, US

Lee Rubenstein

Chief Training and Education Officer, Chair of Tech Diplomacy Academy,
Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

Doug Crowe

NSTXL Vice President
Space Enterprise Consortium (SpEC)

Hon. Douglas L. “Doug” Lamborn

Former U.S. Representative

(Colorado’s 5th Congressional District, 2007–2025)

Dr. Ajay “AJ” P. Malshe

R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of

Mechanical Engineering; Director, Manufacturing and Materials Research

Laboratories; Co-Director, eXcellence in Manufacturing and Operations

Steven Collicott

Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue