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2023 Speakers

Steven Fisher
Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) for SKYNET 6, UKStratCom, MoD

Barry Austin
Satcom Head, Defence Digital, MoD

Gez Draycott
Vice President, Solutions Engineering, SES

Todd McDonell
President Global Government, Inmarsat

Antonio Franchi
Senior telecommunications executive specialised in satellite and 5G/6G systems, European Space Agency

Ian Annett
Deputy Chief Executive for Programme Delivery, UK Space Agency

Rebecca Evernden
Director for Space, Department of Science, Innovation & Technology

Ralph Wilkins
Innovation Partner - London, Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA), MoD

Henny Sands
Head of Telecommunications Delivery, UKSA


Toral Patel
Milsatcom & Comsatcom Specialist, PA Consulting


Viney Dhiri
UK Head of Business Development, D-Orbit


Chris Lyon
Head of Tech and Innovation, RE:ACT


Chris Moore CBE
Vice President Defence & Security & Chief Information Security Officer, OneWeb

Paul Wells
Space and Satcoms Specialist, PA Consulting

Elizabeth Quintana
Principal Policy Advisor (Space), Ofcom

Paul Febvre
Satellite Applications, Catapult

Richard Drake
Chief Technology Officer, Babcock

Martin Sweeting
CEO, SSTL

Stuart Martin
CEO, Satellite Applications Catapult

Daniel Askew
Project Coordinator, Communications Services-Satcoms, NATO

Ludwig Biller
Manager, Public Sector, Aerospace & Defense, PwC Strategy & Germany

David Dean
Senior Principal Engineer, Dstl

Gerry McQuaid
Director Telecoms and Internet Security, Networks and Communications, Ofcom

Michael O'Callaghan
Head of Future Programmes, Airbus Defence and Space UK

Sam Stait
Senior Cyber Security Consultant Arcnumis – Member of Wales Space Cluster

Barbara Ghinelli
Director, Harwell Campus Business Development and Clusters UKRI-STFC

Joanna Hart
Space Partnership Director, STFC