Returning in 2026

Project Manager, Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy – NASA AMES Research Center

Chief, Intelligent Systems Division – NASA Ames Research Center

Managing Director – The Karman Project

Regional Director, Australia and New Zealand – Lockheed Martin Space

Global Engagement Manager, Space (Technology and Defence) – Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade); Chair – Austrade Gender Equity Network

Australian Astronaut & Director of Space Technology – Australian Space Agency

Head of Space – UK Department for Business and Trade

Managing Director – Agriwest

Manager, Civil Program Office – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Senior Director – Private Sector Programs at the Secure World Foundation

Partner and Chairman – Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability

Director of Entrepreneurship – WestTech Fest / Curtin University

VP New Energy Growth & Solutions – Woodside Energy; Former NASA Director of Advanced Exploration Systems Division; Former NASA Chief Technologist for Space Operations

Board Member – Defence Council of Victoria and Aviation Aerospace Australia; Chair – Australian Space Diversity Alliance; Head of Government Affairs –Virgin Australia

Deputy Director General – WA Government, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Minister for Emergency Services; Innovation and the Digital Economy; Science; Medical Research; Minister Assisting the Minister for State and Industry Development, Jobs and Trade

Executive Dean, School of Engineering – Edith Cowan University

Executive Director – Australian Centre for Space Governance

Climate / Space Tech Evangelist – Data Oasis – Oxford Space Initiative

CEO – NGIS

Head of Intelligent Asset Technology - Woodside Energy

Director – Fugro SpAARC (Australian Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Control Complex)

Application Engineer – LEAP Australia

Deputy Director General – JAXA's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)

Deputy Director General – SIA India

Senior Consultant, Aeronautics, Space & Defence Industry – Capgemini Invent

Director, National Resilience & Security (NRAS) – Curtin University

Head of Exploration Geophysics – Curtin University

CEO – Saber Astronautics

Program Manager, Small Spacecraft Technology Program – NASA Ames Research Center

Former Chief Operating Officer – NASA JPL; Strategic Advisor – SmartSat CRC; Distinguished Professor – Monash University, Melbourne

Planetary Scientist – Curtin Univeristy

Space and Defence Sector Lead – National Office of Cyber Security, Australian Department of Home Affairs

Head of Operations – Aurizn

Director – Resources and Space – AROSE

Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder – Starbound Space Solutions

General Manager – Synspective

Assistant Director – National Office of Cyber Security, Australian Department of Home Affairs

Senior Counselor for International Relations – JAXA; Advisor to Senior Vice President

CEO & Managing Director – SmartSat CRC

Medical Consultant and Air Ambulance Flight Team - Health New Zealand

Principal Research Geoscientist – CSIRO Mineral Resources

Chief Geoscientist & Chief Technologist – Mining – IMDEX

Professor – Department of Human Centred Computing, Dean of Indigenous Engagement, Faculty of IT – Monash University

Space and Defence Lead – FrontierSI Australia

Supervisor – Office of International Cooperation, Taiwan Space Agency (TASA)

Co-founder – Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC)

Systems Engineer, Trial Manager – Nova Systems

Senior Earth Observation Specialist – SmartSat CRC

PhD candidate – Freeman Air and Space Institute, Defence Studies Department, King’s College London

Space Systems Director – Fugro SpAARC (Australian Space Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Control Complex)

Chief Meteorologist for Space Launch & Recovery – Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Vice President Sales – Unseenlabs

Former Robotics Group Lead and Research Scientist – NASA, Former Program Manager – DARPA

Deputy Head, School of Earth and Planetary Science – Curtin University

Director – ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, University of Western Australia

Chair of the National Committee for Space Engineering – Engineers Australia

CSO – WARPSPACE Inc. (CEO of US subsidiary)

Lead in Space Technology – World Economic Forum (WEF)

U.S. Consul General

President & CEO – Axelspace

Astrophysicist & Head of the International Space Centre – The University of Western Australia

Director of Championing Space – UK Space Agency

Head of KSAT Asia & Representative Director – KSAT (Kongsberg Satellite Services) Japan

Head of the Australian Space Agency

Deputy Project Manager – AROSE Lunar Trailblazer Rover, Fugro SpAARC

First named Canadian female commercial astronaut; Physician & Director – International Institute for Astronautical Sciences Space Medicine Group

Co-Founder & CEO – Retrospect Labs

MD – Lunar Ascent, Non Executive Director – Space Industry Association of Australia, Node Coordinator – SmartSat CRC

Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology – Philippines Space Agency

Partner – Stirling & Rose

CEO and CTO – ThothX Group

Head of Global Strategic Partnerships – Axelspace

Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder – LatConnect 60

President – SIA-India; Chairman & MD – Ananth Technologies Ltd

CEO – Mapizy

Senior Strategy Advisor – iSpace

Trade and Investment Adviser, Space Sector Team – UK Department for Business and Trade

Founding Partner – E2MC

Chair – First Nations X; Chair – Quantum Australia

CEO – Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre (Aus3C)

Director, Strategic Initiatives for Earth and Planetary Sciences – Curtin University

Principal Research Fellow – International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) – International Space Centre, The University of Western Australia

Portfolio Manager, Autonomous & Intelligence Systems – Nova Systems

Hackett Professor of Agriculture, Chair and Director – The University of Western Australia Institute of Agriculture

Cyber Security and Resilience Lead for Space – National Office of Cyber Security, Australian Department of Home Affairs

CTO - Digital Content Analysis Technology (D-CAT)

General Manager – Microsoft Azure Services; Board Representative – Space-ISAC

Chair – Australian Centre for Space Governance

Director – US Geological Survey National Innovation Center, US Department of the Interior

Executive Director – Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (CIRA), Curtin University; Australian SKA Coordination Committee independent member

Chief Executive Officer – The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME)

CEO – Solafune

Partner – Beyond Earth Technologies

Senior Advisor – BryceTech

Astronaut and Chief Technology Officer, Asia-Pacific Region – AXIOM Space

Vice President for Membership (Western Australia Division) – United Nations Association of Australia

Head of Security – Fugro SpAARC

German Reserve Astronaut, Former Fighter Pilot – German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Executive Director, Innovation and Emerging Industries – Western Australian Government, Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation