UNISPACE+50 Symposium Presentations
MONDAY, 18 June 2018
| Opening Panel: "Past, Present and Future of the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
Moderator: Martin Nesirky, United Nations Information Service |
| Simonetta Di Pippo, Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
| Peter Jankowitsch, President, International Academy of Astronautics |
| David Kendall, Outgoing Chair, Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space |
| Rosa Maria Ramírez de Arellano y Haro, Incoming Chair, Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space |
| John Roth, Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Sierra Nevada Corporation |
| Kai-Uwe Schrogl, President, International Institute of Space Law |
| "Space and Industries" Panel
Moderator: Jorge Del Rio Vera, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
| Francois Denner, Managing Director, SCS Aerospace Group |
| Sebastian Fritsch, CEO and Co-Founder, Green Spin |
| Emiliano Kargieman, CEO and Founder, Satellogic |
| Will Marshall, CEO and Co-Founder, Planet Labs |
| Nobu Okada, Founder and CEO, Astroscale |
| Jason Zhou, CEO and Founder, China HEAD Aerospace |
| "Space for Women" Panel
Moderator: Markus Woltran, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
| Cyndia Collins Arsenault, President and Co-founder, Secure World Foundation |
| Andrej Benedejčič, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN, OSCE and Other International Organizations |
| Pascale Ehrenfreund, CEO, German Aerospace Centre |
| Patrizia Caraveo, Director, IASF-INAF Università degli studi di Pavia |
| Ersilia Vaudo, Chief Diversity Office, European Space Agency |
TUESDAY, 19 June 2018
| "Space and Civil Society" Panel
Moderator: Ian Freeman, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
| Jens Danzeglocke, Executive Secretariat, German Aerospace Centre |
| Namira Salim, Founder, Space Trust |
| Kuan Wei Chen, Executive Director, Centre for Research in Air and Space Law McGill University |
| Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger, Senior Lecturer, Technical University Vienna |
| Michael K Simpson, Executive Director, Secure World Foundation |
| "Space and Youth" Panel
"Moderator: Ayami Kojima, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs" |
| Clementine Decoopman, Executive Director, Space Generation Advisory Council |
| Hamda Al Shehhi, Space Technology Engineer, UAE Space Agency |
| Scott Kelly, United Nations Champion for Space |
| John Njoroge Kimani, National Coordinator, Kenya National Space Secretariat |
| Christian Koeberl, Director, Natural History Museum Vienna |
| Kaori Sasaki Manager, JAXA, Space Education Center |
| "Heads of Space Agencies" Panel
Moderator: Simonetta Di Pippo, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
| Opening Remarks - Simonetta Di Pippo, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs |
| Opening Remarks - Klaus-Peter Willsch, Representative of Global Parliamentarians |
| Regional Representation |
| Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO) - Mr. Li Xinjun, Secretary General |
| European GNSS Agency (GSA) - Mr. Carlo Des Dorides, Executive Director |
| European Space Agency (ESA) - Mr. Jan Woerner, Director General |
| National Space Agencies |
| Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) - Mr. Klaus Pseiner, Director of FFG and Head of Delegation to ESA |
| Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) - Mr. José Raimundo Braga Coelho, President |
| Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) - Mr. Juan Carlos Cortés, Director of European Programmes, Space and Technological Returns |
| Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) - Mr. Jean-Pascal Le Franc, Director of Planning, International Relations and Quality |
| China National Space Administration (CNSA) - Mr. Tian Yulong, Secretary General |
| German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Mr. Walther Pelzer, Head of the DLR Space Administration |
| Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) - Mr. Kailasavadivoo Sivan, Chairman |
| Israel Space Agency (ISA) - Mr. Avi Blasberger, Director General |
| Italian Space Agency (ASI) - Mr. Roberto Battiston, President |
| Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) - Mr. Hiroshi Yamakawa, President |
| Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) - Mr. Lee Sang-ryul, Vice-President |
| Mexican Space Agency (AEM) - Mr. Francisco Javier Mendieta Jiménez, Director General |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - Mr. Jim Green, Chief Scientist |
| Norwegian Space Centre (NSC) - Mr. Christian Hauglie-Hanssen, Director General |
| Paraguay Space Agency (AEP) - Mr. Liduvino Vielman Díaz, President |
| Peru Space Agency (CONIDA) - Mr. Carlos David Caballero León, Institutional Head |
| Polish Space Agency (POLSA) - Mr. Grzegorz Brona, President |
| Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) - Mr. Marius-Ioan Piso, President |
| Roscosmos - Mr. Dmitry Rogozin, Director General |
| South African National Space Agency (SANSA) - Mr. Valanathan Munsami, Chief Executive Officer |
| Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) - Mr. Qaiser Anees Khurram, Chairman |
| State Space Agency of Ukraine (SSAU) - Mr. Pavlo Degtiarenko, Chairman |
| Swiss Space Office (SSO) - Mr. Renato Krpoun, Head |
| TUBITAK - Mr. Orkun Hasekioglu, Vice-President |
| United Arab Emirates Space Agency - Mr. Mohammed Al Ahbabi, Director General |
| United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA) - Ms. Alice Bunn, Director of Policy |