Speakers
Full list of speakers to be announced soon
Stay tuned – we look forward to announcing our final lineup of incredible key industry speakers and panellists.
Last year’s conference in 2023 had 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. We are expecting the same calibre of speakers this year so stay tuned for upcoming speaker announcements.
If you are interested in speaking at this year’s conference, please get in touch below.
Confirmed speakers for IPSEC 2024
Speakers are listed in alphabetical order by surname. More speakers to be announced soon.
Caleb Adams
Project Manager, Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy – NASA AMES Research Center
Hannah Ashford
Managing Director – The Karman Project
Katherine Bennell-Pegg
Australian Astronaut & Director of Space Technology – Australian Space Agency
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
Former NASA Director of Advanced Exploration Systems Division; Former NASA Chief Technologist for Space Operations; VP New Energy Growth & Solutions – Woodside Energy
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 (ECU)
Laura Edwards
Climate / Space Tech Evangelist – Data Oasis – Oxford Space Initiative
Paul Farrell
CEO – NGIS
Shawn Fernando
Head of Intelligent Asset Technology - Woodside Energy
Bennett Frerck
Application Engineer – LEAP Australia
Dr Masaki Fujimoto
Deputy Director General – JAXA's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)
Aman Gupta
Senior Consultant, Aeronautics, Space & Defence Industry – Capgemini Invent
Gary Hale
Director, National Resilience & Security (NRAS) – Curtin University
Jason Held
CEO – Saber Astronautics
Roger Hunter
Program Manager, Small Spacecraft Technology Program – NASA Ames Research Center
Lt. Gen. Larry D. James USAF (Ret.)
Strategic Advisor – SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre; Distinguished Professor – Monash University; Former Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Rafael Kargren
Business Development Manager, Enterprise – Aurizn
Michelle Keegan
Director – Resources and Space – AROSE
Ronald Keen
Senior Advisor (Space) – National Risk Management Center (NRMC), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Shaun Kenyon
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder – Starbound Space Solutions
Vincent Kessler
General Manager – Synspective
Serena King
Assistant Director, National Office of Cyber Security – Department of Home Affairs
Dr Kate Kitagawa
Senior Counselor for International Relations – JAXA; Advisor to Senior Vice President
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
Andrey Lopantsev
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer – Asteroid Mining Company
Erin Madden
Systems Engineer, Trial Manager – Nova Systems
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)
Katarina Miljkovic OAM
Deputy Head, School of Earth and Planetary Science – Curtin University
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
Danail Obreschkow
Astrophysicist & Head of the International Space Centre – UWA
Professor Anu Ojha OBE
Director of Championing Space – UK Space Agency
Graham Page
Head of Agronomy & Technical Services – Elders Rural Services
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
Tim Parsons
MD – Lunar Ascent, Non Executive Director – Space Industry Association of Australia, Node Coordinator – SmartSat CRC
Anwesha Pathak
Assistant Director –
Lovely Professional University
Børre Pedersen
Sales Director, Earth Observation – Kongsberg Satellite Services
Brendan (Ben) Quine
CEO and CTO – ThothX Group
Arvind Ramana
Director, Space Programs, National Space Capabilities, Technology and Programs Branch – Australian Space Agency
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 & Trade
Raphael Roettgen
General Partner – E2MC
Peter Rossdeutscher
Co-Chair – First Nations X
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 – University of Western Australia
Jon Sciortino
Portfolio Manager, Autonomous & Intelligence Systems – Nova Systems
Professor Kadambot Siddique AM
Hackett Professor of Agriculture, Chair and Director – UWA Institute of Agriculture
Moira Smith
CTO - Digital Content Analysis Technology (D-CAT)
Angel Smith
GM Solutions Enablement – Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector (Space-ISAC)
Cassandra Steer
Deputy Director, Mission Specialists – Australian National University Institute for Space (InSpace)
Jonathan Stock
Director – US Geological Survey National Innovation Center, US Department of the Interior
Shawn Usman
CEO, Astrophysicist & Founder – Rhea Space Activity
Alexandra Vidyuk
Founder – Space Ambition
Aude Vignelles
Senior Executive – BRYCE Technologies
Koichi Wakata
Astronaut and Chief Technology Officer, Asia-Pacific Region – AXIOM Space
Scott Wallis
Founder and Chair – Terram Astra
Gareth Willis
Security Manager – Fugro
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
Chair & 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
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