Space to Inspire & Explore - Speakers
Human kind is driven to explore the unknown, address fundamental questions about our existence and place in the Universe, and continually push the frontiers of our knowledge and technological limits to find answers.
To do this to the best of our ability, a talented and diverse workforce is needed to work together to develop the big ideas, build world-class missions, and communicate our successes to inspire and attract the next generation of professionals from all walks of life.
PANEL SESSION
Day 2 at 11:45
Removing Innovation Barriers for Space: Space Test & Measurement Facilities
SPEAKERS: Space to Inspire & Explore
Space to Inspire & Explore panel session: What’s the Big Idea?
Chair: Caroline Harper
Space to Inspire & Explore: Deep Space Exploration Visions
Lancaster University
Caroline Harper, Head of Space Science,
PANELLIST: Deep Space Exploration Visions
PAUL ECCLESTON
Chief Engineer, RAL Space
PANELLIST: Deep Space Exploration Visions
Scientist, Royal Holloway
University of London
PANELLIST: Deep Space Exploration Visions
Chair: David Wilkinson
Space to Inspire & Explore panel session: A Workforce for Space: Are We Ready?
DAVID WILKINSON
General Manager, National
Space Academy
CHAIR: A Workforce for Space: Are We Ready?
Senior Strategist, Space
Systems, Airbus
PANELLIST: A Workforce for Space: Are We Ready?
Chair: Hugh Mortimer
Space to Inspire & Explore Panel Session: Inspirational Space: Arts & Creativity in Space
HUGH MORTIMER
Research Scientist, RAL Space
CHAIR: Inspirational Space:Arts & Creativity in Space
Head of Collections for Earth Science & Principal Curator of Meteorites, Natural History Museum
PANELLIST: Inspirational Space:
Arts & Creativity in Space
Chief Executive, Glasgow Science Centre
PANELLIST: Inspirational Space:Arts & Creativity in Space
LUKE JERRAM
Artist
PANELLIST: Inspirational Space:Arts & Creativity in Space
ANNA SITNIKOVA
Artist, Moon Gallery Project
PANELLIST: Inspirational Space:Arts & Creativity in Space
Chair: Andy Bennett
Space to Inspire & Explore Panel Session: Removing Innovation Barriers for Space: Space Test & Measurement Facilities
Knowledge Transfer Manager Space, KTN
CHAIR: Inspirational Space:Arts & Creativity in Space
Head of Manufacturing for
Space, Satellite Applications Catapult
CHAIR: Inspirational Space:Arts & Creativity in Space
Space Infrastructure Roadmap & Gap
Analysis, UK Space Agency
PANELLIST: Inspirational Space:
Arts & Creativity in Space
Chair: Christina Macleod
Space to Inspire & Explore Panel Session: Space for Everyone
CHRISTINA MACLEOD
Business Development and
Marketing Officer, SpaceForge
PANELLIST: Space for Everyone
NADIA REHMAN KHAN
Space Futurist
PANELLIST: Space for Everyone
CHILLE BERGSTROM
Aerospace Engineer, MIT
PANELLIST: Space for Everyone
ALEX BROWN
STEM Ambassador,
STEM UK
PANELLIST: Space for Everyone
Space Generation Advisory Council, National Contact point for Canada, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
PANELLIST: Space for Everyone
Chair: Rob Elliott
Space to Inspire & Explore Panel Session: Life Off Earth
ROB ELLIOTT
Head of Business Development, RAL Space
PANELLIST: Space for Everyone
DAVID PILE
Space Director UK, Europe, MENA
region, Northrop Grumman
PANELLIST: Space for Everyone
MASSIMO COMPARINI
SVP OEN,
Thales Alenia Space
PANELLIST: Space for Everyone
BERNARD FOING
Director of EuroMoon Mars and
Prof of Space and Planetary Sciences, ESA
PANELLIST: Space for Everyone
SARA MOTAGHIAN
PhD researcher and ExoMars PanCam Science Team
PANELLIST: Space for Everyone
Chair: Mini Saaj
Space to Inspire & Explore Panel Session: Robotics & Autonomy in Space
MINI SAAJ
Prof & Global Chair, Robotic Engineering, University of Lincoln
CHAIR: Robotics & Autonomy in Space
MARK SHILTON
Mark Shilton, Robotic Systems Engineer, Airbus
PANELLIST: Robotics & Autonomy in Space
DAVID KENYON
David Kenyon, Managing Director UK, MDA
PANELLIST: Robotics & Autonomy in Space
JOHN VRYBLEVSKIS
Planetary Engineering Specialist, TAS UK
PANELLIST: Robotics & Autonomy in Space
Space to Inspire & Explore Panel Session: Taking a Lead Role in Resolving Sector Skills
NIGEL BANNISTER
Senior Scientist, University of Leicester
PANELLIST: Taking a Lead Role in Resolving Sector Skills
JOHN HANLEY
Vice Chair, UKspace & Vice President, CGI
PANELLIST: Taking a Lead Role in Resolving Sector Skills
Skills Lead, UK Space Agency
PANELLIST: Taking a Lead Role in Resolving Sector Skills
JOHN REMEDIOS
Director, NCEO
PANELLIST: Taking a Lead Role in Resolving Sector Skills
EMMA EGGING
CEO Founder, Jon Egging Trust
PANELLIST: Taking a Lead Role in Resolving Sector Skills
GP CAPT ED WATKIN
Deputy Head of Space Support, MOD - UK Space Command (Workforce)
PANELLIST: Taking a Lead Role in Resolving Sector Skills
Chair: Catherine Heymans
Space to Inspire & Explore Panel Session: The Decade of Mega Space Science & Astronomy Discovery
CATHERINE HEYMANS
Astronomer Royal for Scotland
CHAIR: The Decade of Mega Space Science & Astronomy Discovery
PHILIP DIAMOND
Director General, Square Kilometre Array Office
PANELLIST: The Decade of Mega Space Science & Astronomy Discovery
GILLIAN WRIGHT
Director, Astronomy Technology Centre
PANELLIST: The Decade of Mega Space Science & Astronomy Discovery
NIC WALTON
Scientist, University of Cambridge
PANELLIST: The Decade of Mega Space Science & Astronomy Discovery
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