ABOUT THE FESTIVAL OF SPACE
Join us for the ASITII Festival of Space that will take place throughout November.
Throughout the festival you’ll get to hear from incredible speakers on the most intriguing topics in Space, including National Space Update, Space Licensing, Rocket Technology, Spaceport Australia, Space Tracking and Mission Control, Satellite Manufacture, Space Launch Environmental Standards, and Investing in Space.
Build your network, gain knowledge and meet like-minded people, business and policy experts, academic researchers and students interested in the growing Space industry both in Australia and Internationally.
CONFIRMED TOPICS
AI and Space Robotics
The Value of Data from Space
NetZero Spaceflight
Future of Work: YOUR Role in the Space Sector
NextGen Space
Mental Health & Humans in Space
Remote Operations & Investment
Space innovation and getting the most out of R&D tax consessions
Investing in Space
National Space Capabilities panel
Women in Space
+ more to be
announced!
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Catherine Ball
Associate Professor of Practice: Engineering, The Australian National University
Associate Professor Francis Bennet
Mission Specialist, The Australian National University Institute for Space
Bidushi Bhattacharya
CEO,
AstroHub
Professor Phil Bland
Director, Space Science and Technology Centre, Curtin University
Andy Bowyer
CEO,
Kleos Space
Stephen Carroll
Evolv3
Jason Crusan
Vice President – Technology, Woodside Energy
Chris Cubbage
Director & Executive Editor, MySecurity Media
Lloyd Damp
Chief Executive,
Southern Launch
Dr Malcolm Davis
Senior Analyst, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Linda Dawson
Deputy Director General – Industry, Science and Innovation, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Information WA
Julia Dickinson
Chief Engineer, Military Satellite Communications, Lockheed Martin
Martin Duursma
Partner, Main Sequence Ventures
David Flanagan
Chair,
Arose
Samuel Forbes
Director,
Fugro Spaarc
Michelle Gee
Chief Technology Officer, Innovation and Strategic Research at Defence Science and Technology Group
Dr Alice Gorman
Space Archaeologist,
Flinders University
Dr Catherine Grace
Assistant Director, South Australian Space Industry Centre
Gary Hale
Chief Security Officer (CSO) & Director, Defence & Space, Curtin University
Dr Benjamin Kaebe
Executive Director,
Space Industries
Mike Kalms
Defence & Space Industry Lead Partner, KPMG Australia
Peter Kerr
Coordinator, Defence and National Security, SmartSat CRC
Andy Koronios
CEO,
SmartSat CRC
Navinda Kottege
Principal Research Scientist & Group Leader, CSIRO Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group
Rob Kremer
Director,
Kinexus Australia
Todd McDonell
President, Global Government, Inmarsat
Julia Mitchell
Senior Spacecraft Systems Engineer, SITAEL Australia
Mark O’Hare
Director,
Positive Place
Dr Amy Parker
Satellite Operations & Data Manager, CSIRO
Tim Parsons
Executive Chair, SmartSat Aurora Space Cluster
Sumen Rai
Director, Defence Innovation Partnership
Dr Gordon Roesler
President,
Robots in Space LLC
Dr Carl Seubert
Chief Research Officer, SmartSat CRC
Muhammad Bilal Shaikh
Data Scientist, MySecurity Media
Rebecca Shrimpton
Head of Defence, Infrastructure and Space at Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
Rod Smith
STaR Shot Leader, Resilient Multi-mission STaR Shot – Defence Science and Technology Group
Dr Nick Stacy
Senior Principal Scientist, Space, Defence Science and Technology Group
Dr Cassandra Steer
Mission Specialist, Australian National University Institute of Space & Senior Lecturer, ANU College of Law
Mani Thiru
Space Industry Development at Amazon Web Services Asia Pacific
Paul Williams
CEO,
Black Arrow
Associate Professor Marta Yebra
Mission Specialist, The Australian National University Institute for Space & Director of the ANU Bushfire Initiative
James Yuen
Director – Space, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Information WA
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