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We are proud to have hosted a lineup of incredible key industry speakers and panellists at our previous conferences.
At IPSEC 2024, we gathered an exceptional lineup of over 100 speakers and panellists from around the world including key industry players, NASA delegates, government officials, CEOs, educators, researchers and more.
100+ speakers at IPSEC 2024
Speakers are listed in alphabetical order by surname


Caleb Adams
Project Manager, Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy – NASA AMES Research Center


Dave Alfano
Chief, Intelligent Systems Division – NASA Ames Research Center


Hannah Ashford
Managing Director – The Karman Project


David Ball
Regional Director, Australia and New Zealand – Lockheed Martin Space


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


Katherine Bennell-Pegg
Australian Astronaut & Director of Space Technology – Australian Space Agency

Joshua Broom
Head of Space – UK Department for Business and Trade


Troy Castlemain
Managing Director – Agriwest


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


Ian Christensen
Senior Director – Private Sector Programs at the Secure World Foundation

Davis Cook
Partner and Chairman – Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability


Danelle Cross
Director of Entrepreneurship – WestTech Fest / Curtin University



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


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


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


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


Paulo de Souza
Executive Dean, School of Engineering – Edith Cowan University


Dr Aleksandar Deejay
Executive Director – Australian Centre for Space Governance


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


Paul Farrell
CEO – NGIS


Shawn Fernando
Head of Intelligent Asset Technology - Woodside Energy


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


Bennett Frerck
Application Engineer – LEAP Australia

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

Rajeev Gambhir
Deputy Director General – SIA India

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


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


Professor Brett Harris
Head of Exploration Geophysics – Curtin University


Jason Held
CEO – Saber Astronautics


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


Lt Gen USAF (Ret) Larry James
Former Chief Operating Officer – NASA JPL; Strategic Advisor – SmartSat CRC; Distinguished Professor – Monash University, Melbourne


Dr Eriita Jones
Planetary Scientist – Curtin Univeristy


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


Rafael Kargren
Head of Operations – Aurizn


Michelle Keegan
Director – Resources and Space – AROSE


Shaun Kenyon
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder – Starbound Space Solutions

Vincent Kessler
General Manager – Synspective


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

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


Professor Andy Koronios
CEO & Managing Director – SmartSat CRC

Ekaterina Kostioukhina
Medical Consultant and Air Ambulance Flight Team - Health New Zealand


Dr Carsten Laukamp
Principal Research Geoscientist – CSIRO Mineral Resources


Dave Lawie
Chief Geoscientist & Chief Technologist – Mining – IMDEX


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


Dr Jia-Urnn Lee
Space and Defence Lead – FrontierSI Australia

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

Andrey Lopantsev
Co-founder – Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC)


Erin Madden
Systems Engineer, Trial Manager – Nova Systems


Fabrice Marre
Senior Earth Observation Specialist – SmartSat CRC

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



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

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

Olivier Michel
Vice President Sales – Unseenlabs



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


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


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


Peter Moar
Chair of the National Committee for Space Engineering – Engineers Australia

Hirokazu Mori
CSO – WARPSPACE Inc. (CEO of US subsidiary)

Hazuki Mori
Lead in Space Technology – World Economic Forum (WEF)


Siriana Nair
U.S. Consul General

Yuya Nakamura
President & CEO – Axelspace


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

Professor Anu Ojha OBE
Director of Championing Space – UK Space Agency

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


Enrico Palermo
Head of the Australian Space Agency


Dr Siddharth Pandey
Deputy Project Manager – AROSE Lunar Trailblazer Rover, Fugro SpAARC

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


Jason Pang
Co-Founder & CEO – Retrospect Labs


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

Dr Gay Jane Perez
Deputy Director General for Space Science and Technology – Philippines Space Agency


Schellie-Jayne Price
Partner – Stirling & Rose

Brendan (Ben) Quine
CEO and CTO – ThothX Group

Kunal Raina
Head of Global Strategic Partnerships – Axelspace


Rueben Rajasingam
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder – LatConnect 60

Dr Subba Rao Pavuluri
President – SIA-India; Chairman & MD – Ananth Technologies Ltd


Dr Mehdi Ravanbakhsh
CEO – Mapizy

Jenna Rhodes-Tiwana
Senior Strategy Advisor – iSpace

James Ridley-Jones
Trade and Investment Adviser, Space Sector Team – UK Department for Business and Trade


Air Vice-Marshal (Ret’d) Catherine Roberts AO CSC


Raphael Roettgen
Founding Partner – E2MC


Peter Rossdeutscher
Chair – First Nations X; Chair – Quantum Australia


Matt Salier
CEO – Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre (Aus3C)


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


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


Jon Sciortino
Portfolio Manager, Autonomous & Intelligence Systems – Nova Systems


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


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

Dr Moira Smith
CTO - Digital Content Analysis Technology (D-CAT)


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


Cassandra Steer
Chair – Australian Centre for Space Governance


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


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


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

Ren Uechi
CEO – Solafune

Alexandra Vidyuk
Partner – Beyond Earth Technologies


Aude Vignelles
Senior Advisor – BryceTech

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


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


Gareth Willis
Head of Security – Fugro SpAARC

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


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


David Matrai
Committee Chair – Indo-Pacific Space & Earth Conference; Joint Managing Director – MySecurity Media / Australia in Space


Chris Cubbage
Director & Executive Editor – MySecurity Media / Australia in Space

Jessica Bainbridge
General Manager, Industry Engagement – MySecurity Media / Australia in Space