

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
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?
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
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
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

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
Chair: Mini Saaj
Space to Inspire & Explore Panel Session: Robotics & Autonomy in Space
Space to Inspire & Explore Panel Session: 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

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

GILLIAN WRIGHT
Director, Astronomy Technology Centre
PANELLIST: The Decade of Mega Space Science & Astronomy Discovery