This portion of programming is open to press. Please direct all media inquiries to press@uschamber.com.

 

8:00 - 8:30 a.m. – Breakfast/Networking

 

8:30 - 8:35 a.m. – Welcome Remarks

John Neal, Executive Director, Space Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

 

8:35 - 9:05 a.m. – Fireside Chat

Dr. Derek Tournear, Director, Space Development Agency

Moderated by: Sita Sonty, Chief Executive Officer, Space Tango

 

9:05 - 9:20 a.m. – Contracts & Capital: Harmonizing the Playlists of the USG and Industry

Moderated by: Chris Quilty, President Quilty Space

Justin Cadman, Co-CEO Quilty Space

Janice Starzyk, Deputy Director, Department of Commerce, Office of Space Commerce 

 

9:20 - 10:05 a.m. – Panel Discussion: “Risks and Opportunity - Financing the Space Industrial Base”

Moderated by: Tom Gillespie, Managing Partner, In-Q-Tel   

• Nicole Conner – Partner, Airbus Ventures 

• Kirk Konert, Managing Director, AE Industrial Partners 

• Rob Scheige – Senior Vice-President, Willis Towers Watson Global Inspace 

• Andrey Yoffe – Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets  

• Christopher Harris – Global Head of Aerospace, Defense and Government Services 

 

10:05 - 10:25 a.m. – Networking Break

 

10:25 - 10:30 a.m. – Reconvene with Keynote introduction

 

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. – Keynote Remarks “Understanding Demand Signals from the U.S. Government”

Charles Beames, Executive Chairman of York Space Systems, Spider Oak, Inc., and the Small Satellite Alliance   

 

10:45 - 11:30 a.m. – Panel Discussion: “The U.S. Government as a Business Partner and Customer”

Moderated by: Dave Gauthier, Chief Strategy Officer, GXO, Inc.  

• Dr. John Huth, Director for Space/Counterspace, DIA, and Chair of the IC Commercial Space Council 

• Mary Lynne Dittmar, Vice-President of Government and External Affairs 

• Matt Desch, CEO Iridium  

• Lynwood Bishop, CEO MapLarge  

• Dan Jablonsky, Board Member, Maxar  

• Dan Ceperley, CEO, LeoLabs

 

This portion of programming is under Chatham House Rule and closed to press. Please direct all media inquiries to press@uschamber.com.

 

11:35 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. – Fireside Chat Introduction

Dan Ceperley, CEO, LeoLabs

 

11:40 a.m. – 12:10 p.m – Fireside Chat: “A Conversation with Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, Hon. Dr. John F. Plumb”

Moderated by: Sarah Mineiro, Senior Associate, CSIS, Aerospace Security Project

 

12:10 – 12:25 p.m. – Grab Lunches and Proceed to Breakout Sessions

 

12:25 – 1:25 p.m. – Breakout Sessions

Led by financial professionals and industry leaders, these lunchtime breakout sessions will explore the role of different investment philosophies across the financial services industry in various commercial space sectors. They will discuss investment incentives, highlight current financial expectations, and brainstorm potential financial instruments that could improve the rate of growth/success in the space economy.

 

• Track 1 – Venture & Growth Capital & the Space Industry - Hosted by:
  • Hosted by Justin Cadman, Quilty Space 
• Track 2 – M&A Banking & the Space Industry - Hosted by:
  • Karl Schmidt, Managing Director, Kipp DeSanto
  • Adam Marks, SVP Corporate Development, LightRidge Solutions 
• Track 3 – Federal Funding/Non-Dilutive Capital (Credit & Incentives) as applied to private space infrastructure companies – Hosted by:
  • Kirsten Bartok Touw, Managing Partner, New Vista Capital
• Track 4 – Federal Acquisition Policy and the Space Industrial Base
  • Keith Webster, President, Defense and Aerospace Council and Federal Acquisition Council, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

 

1:25 - 2:05 p.m. – Panel Discussion:  “How Policy Shapes the Space Industrial Base”

Moderated by: Todd Harrison, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

• Mr. Christopher Lehman, Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Office of Strategic Capital, DoD  

• Stephen “Bucky” Butow, Director, Space Portfolio, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) 

• Audrey Schaffer, CSIS, Senior Associate, Aerospace Security Project 

 

2:05 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. – Keynote Introduction by AE Industrial Partners

 

2:10- 2:30 p.m. – Keynote Remarks

Major General Stephen Purdy, Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, U.S. Space Force

 

2:30 - 3:30 p.m. - Networking Reception