Shawna Pandya is a physician, aquanaut, scientist-astronaut candidate with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS), skydiver, pilot-in-training, VP Immersive Medicine with Luxsonic Technologies, and Director of IIAS’ Space Medicine Group. She is also a…

Dr. Byron F. Knight is a United States Department of Defense Intelligence Senior Leader, currently serving as the Chief Engineer in the Advanced Systems and Technology (AS&T) Directorate at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in…

Dr. Thomas H. Zurbuchen, also known as 'Dr. Z' in the space community, is a professor and leader of Space Programs at ETH Zurich. As NASA's head of science from 2016 to 2022, he oversaw…

Melanie Stricklan is the inaugural Executive Director of Space Workforce 2030 (SW2030), a pioneering alliance that unites the world’s top space companies with the shared goal of inspiring, preparing, and employing a more dynamic and…

Dr. Michael “Orbit” Nayak (Maj, USAF) joined DARPA as a program manager in May 2022. At DARPA, he is interested in inventive ways to apply techniques from the disciplines of astrophysics and planetary science to…

Sho Nakanose is the Founder and CEO of GITAI, the world's leading space robotics startup. He aims to provide safe and affordable labor in space, reducing operational costs to one-hundredth of the current levels. In…

Matt is the Managing Director of three of the top venture accelerators in the country: Techstars LA (in partnership with JPMorgan), Techstars Healthcare (in partnership with Cedars-Sinai, UnitedHealthcare, UCIrvine Health, and Point32Health), and Techstars Space…