July 9, 2025 - Russell Senate Office Building
12:30PM: Check-in 1:00PM: Welcome Remarks from our Chair, Brad Cheetham, introduces Clay Mowry 1:15PM: Keynote by Clay Mowry, CEO of AIAA, Keynote on the global context and all the players, other constellations, other Moon plans. 1:30PM: Lunar Panel: Jump-Starting the Lunar Economy Mr. Brett Alexander, Future Space Leaders Board Member – Moderator Marchel Holle, ispace US Ms. Rachel (Ray) Allensworth, Firefly Aerospace Brad Cheetham, Advanced Space Ms. Indra Hornsby, Interlune
2:20PM: Brent Blevins, Subcommittee Staff Director at U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
2:30PM: BREAK
3:00PM: Keynote Speaker - Air Marshal Paul Godfrey UK space command. Special asst to the CSO, Space Force (confirmed) followed by Fireside Chat with Debra Facktor
3:30PM: Policy Panel: From Transition to Transformation: Lessons from Past Inflection Points in U.S. Space Policy
From Transition to Transformation: Lessons from Past Inflection Points in U.S. Space Policy This panel explores how the U.S. space sector adapted to major programmatic and funding shifts with a focus on the post-Shuttle period. Panelists discuss how those experiences can inform our response to current disruptions. From NASA’s role in catalyzing commercial markets to the emergence of state-level innovation ecosystems such as Space Florida and the Texas Space Commission, the panel examines how institutional agility and policy creativity helped reshape the industry.
Moderator: Rich Dalbello David Cavossa, Commercial Space Federation Shawn Barnes, Vice Chairman, Space Force Association Jack Kiraly, Planetary Society Steve Jacques, Executive Director, NSSA
4:30PM: Jared Stout, Chief Global Policy Officer, Axiom Space, to give a mission brief on AX-4.