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Speakers_

Keynote Speakers

Commander Space Forces Group

Space Command

Chief of Space, Intelligence, National Security & Cyber Division (SINC)

Defence Science and Technology Group

Head

Australian Space Agency

Manager, Strategic Planning Division, Space Strategy Fund Department

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Australian Astronaut

Australian Space Agency

Special Government Employee

Defense Innovation Unit

Director, Joint Exercises and Training

US Space Command

Space Policy And Strategy Lead

Defense Innovation Unit

Acting Associate Administrator

NASA

Presenters and Panellists

Director, Regulatory Operations

Australian Space Agency

Director General Space Capability

Australian Defence Force

Director of Space Test Program and Head of Natinal Space Test Facility

ANU - National Space Test Facility

Director

Vignelles Space

Chief Executive Officer

Myriota

Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager, Home & Energy

RAA

Director

ELO2 and Roo-ver Mission

Founder & CEO

Egress Space

Space Safety & Mission Assurance Lead

Nova Systems

Senior Space Operations Assessor

Australian Space Agency

Partner

Deloitte

Director Space

South Australian Space Industry Centre

Director Space Capability

Australian Defence Force

Group Chief Operating Officer

Astroscale Holdings

Founder

SpaceBridge

General Manager, Office Of The Space Regulator

Australian Space Agency

General Manager, Space Policy

Australian Space Agency

Senior Meteorologist - Tropical Cyclones

Bureau of Meteorology

Chief Executive Officer

Space Industry Association of Australia

Executive Officer

The Andy Thomas Space Foundation

Executive Director

iLAuNCH Trailblazer

Regional Director Australia New Zealand

Lockheed Martin Space

Senior Systems Engineer

Nova Systems

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

Deneb Space

IPC Co-Chair

IAC 2025

Principal

Meteorite Global Consulting

Director, Civil Space Policy

Australian Space Agency

Director and Chief Innovation Officer

Skykraft

Space Program Lead

Defence, Science and Technology Group

Group Leader Space Autonomy

Defence Science and Technology Group

Non-Executive Director / Adjunct Professor at the College of Science and Engineering

SmartSat CRC / Flinders University

Senior Operations Scientist

SKAO

Chief Executive Officer

Saber Astronautics

Senior Research Engineer

Australian National Fabrication Facility

Manager, Australian Space Weather Forecasting Centre

Bureau of Meteorology

Associate Director Strategic Projects

ANU Institute For Space

Lecturer / Senior Research Fellow

United States Studies Centre

Space Research Program Director

CSIRO

Group Chief Executive Officer

Equatorial Launch Australia

CTO and Co-Founder

Hypersonix

Chief Operating Officer

iLAuNCH Trailblazer Program

Research And Industry Engagement Officer

Heavy Ion Accelerators

Industry Director

SmartSat CRC

Accelerator Scientist - Space Radiation Specialist

ANSTO

Chief Executive Officer

Robinson Aerospace Systems

Co-Founder and CEO

Fleet Space Technologies

Manager Asset Information

ElectraNet

Director, NRAS

Curtin University

Director

Astra Program - AYAA

Director Space Capability Strategy

Australian Defence Force

Head of Equities

National Reconstruction Fund

Managing Director

Karman Project

Chief Executive Officer

Neumann Space

Senior Engagement Officer - Regulatory Engagement Team, Office of the Space Regulator

Australian Space Agency

Chief Operating Officer

Stratoship

Senior Investor/ Venture Partner

VU VP Fund

Mission Design Lead

Saber Astronautics

Account Manager

Floodmapp

Board Member

The Andy Thomas Space Foundation

Board Member

The Andy Thomas Space Foundation

Space Mission Analyst

HEO

Head of Innovation Ecosystem

BHP

Chair

Australian Space Diversity Alliance

Director Of Community Engagement

Australian Space Agency

Acting Director, Laboratory and Human Tissues

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Director, IAC 2025 Sydney

Space Industry Association of Australia

Chief Executive Officer

Southern Launch

Chief Executive

Defence SA

Foundation Chair

The Andy Thomas Space Foundation

Senior Space System Engineer

Nova Systems

Chief Operating Officer

iLAuNCH Trailblazer

Aviation Industry Engagement Manager

Industry Skills Australia

Space Research Group Lead

CSIRO

Head of Satellite & Space

Optus

Satellite Systems Engineer

Warratah Seed/ The University of Sydney

Defence & National Security Lead

SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre

Executive Director

The Andy Thomas Space Foundation

Strategy & Business Development Lead for Space

Lockheed Martin Australia

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre

Deputy Director of the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS)

The University of Adelaide

Head of Instrumentation, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics

Australian National University

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Space Machines Company

Director Advanced Test and Training Environment

Air Warfare Centre

Director: Defence & Space Enterprise Partnerships Unit

University of South Australia

PNT Program Lead

QuantX

Senior Professor & EIS Assoc. Dean Of Research

University of Wollongong

Space Lead and Senior Systems Engineer

Shoal Group

Deputy Chief Engineer

Skykraft

Principal Planner in the State Disaster Coordination Centre

Queensland Police

Deputy Premier

South Australian Government

Entrepreneur-in-Residence

National Space Industry Hub

Director Satellite – Governance & Industry Engagement

Optus

Co-Director, Centre for Hypersonics

University of Queensland

Commanding Officer

1 Space Surveillance Unit

Optus Industry Fellow & Capability Database Coordinator

Space Industry Association of Australia

Join us in Adelaide for  the
18th Australian Space Forum

Harnessing National interests through space

15-16 july 2O25
Adelaide, south australia

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Proudly hosted by the Andy Thomas Space Foundation, 100% of the profit from the Australian Space Forum supports the delivery of annual space education and student engagement programs to inspire the next generation of pioneers in Australian space.

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CONTACT_

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Lot Fourteen, North Terrace
Adelaide, SA 5000

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