Agenda for AI+ Space
December 2-3, 2025
Speakers for AI+ Space
Congressman Mike Haridopolos
Chairman, Space & Aeronautics Subcommittee
General Jay Raymond
U.S. Space Force (ret.)
Bill Nelson
14th NASA Administrator
Dr. Shimrit Tirosh Maman
Chair, Israeli Space Agency
Ylli Bajraktari
President & CEO, SCSP
Col Brian Chatman
USSF, Commander, Space Launch Delta 45
Col James T. Horne III
USSF, Commander, Space Launch Delta 30
Dan Smoot
CEO, Vantor
Will Marshall
Co‑Founder & CEO, Planet Labs
Jeanne Meserve
Host, SCSP’s NatSecTech Podcast; Award‑Winning Journalist
Bruce Frostr
Vice President of Intelligence, Rhombus Power
Carissa Christensen
Founder & CEO, BryceTech
Christine Fox
Senior Advisor, APL, John Hopkins University
Brandon Daniels
CEO, Exiger
Jonny Dyer
CEO, Muon Space
Marc Berte
CEO, Founder Overview Energy Inc.
Kevin O’Connell
Founder & CEO, Space Economy Rising
Chris Taylor
CEO, Aalyria
Winston Beauchamp
Vice President, Intelligence Systems, Boeing
Daniel Faber
CEO, OrbitFab
Audrey Schaffer
Vice President, Strategy & Policy, Slingshot
Eric Smith
Space Ignite Director & AI Lead, Lockheed Martin
Holmes Liao
Senior Advisor, Taiwan Space Agency (TASA)
Charity Weeden
Former NASA Associate Administrator, OTPS
Billy Mitchell
DefenseScoop
Dr. Steve Chien
Co‑Head, AI Group, JPL/Caltech (JPL/NASA)
John Paul Parker
Senior Advisor on Space to VPOTUS (2017–2018)
Mark Kirasich
VP of U.S. Operations, Exploration Company
Stephen Indyk
Director of Space Systems (Honeybee Robotics)
Audrey Decker
POLITICO
Steven Overly
Host of POLITICO Tech
Laura Winter
Defense & Aerospace Report
Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta
Vice Chair of Aerospace Medicine, UCF
Dean Cheng
Fellow, GW Space Policy Institute
PJ Maykish
Vice President, Strategy
Jenilee Keefe Singer
Senior Director of Government Affairs
William “Chip” Usher
Senior Director for Intelligence
Martijn Rasser
Senior Director for Economy
Megan Hainline
United States Air Force Fellow
Abigail Remler
Director for Future Technology Platforms
Libby Lange
Director for Intelligence
James Ryseff
Director for Defense
Channing Lee
Associate Director for Foreign Policy
Kian Molani
Associate Director for Defense