9:00

Opening Remarks from the Chair

9:10

KEYNOTE ADDRESS | Australian Space Agency

• A look at the current position of the Australian space sector and Australian Space Agency
• Advances in Australia’s space Industry
• The future for space in Australia

Chris Hewett, General Manager, Strategy and Industry Growth, Australian Space Agency

9:40

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Operations in a Contested Space Domain

• The fundamentals of Space Control
• Development of Defence space capability
• Defence and Industry working together for assured access to space

Air Commodore Phil Gordon, Director General Air Defence and Space, Royal Australian Air Force

10:05

KEYNOTE ADDRESS| An Insight into the Defence Space Domain Review

• The evolving nature of space operations
• Future strategy and direction
• Growing dependance and involvement in space

Air Commodore Nick Hogan, Director General – Space Domain Review, Royal Australian Air Force

10:30

Morning Tea & Networking Break

11:00

Sovereignty, Resilience and Schedule Assurance in Defence space acquisition

David Ball, Regional Director, Lockheed Martin Australia Space

11:20

ROUNDTABLE | Collaborative engagement across Defence, Industry and Government to advance Australia’s developing space sector

• Space Force capability
• Military hardware, AI & cyber developments
• Local SME and Prime involvement

Air Commodore Phil Gordon, Director General Air Defence and Space, Royal Australian Air Force
Kate Louis, Head of Defence & Industry Policy, AI Group
Noel Borgas, Campaign Manager, Lockheed Martin Australia

12:00

Address from L3Harris

Brad Bolstad, President, Space Superiority and Geospatial Space and Airborne Systems, L3Harris

12:25

Space Based Data Relay as Space Infrastructure

• Real time connectivity for satellites in all orbits
• High bandwidth laser communications
• Improved security and resilience

Glen Tindall, CEO Communications Systems, EOS

12:45

Lunch

13:40

Australia’s place in global space – a commercial perspective

• Austrade’s role in promoting trade and investment in the Australian space sector
• The global space industry (trends, geopolitics and geoeconomics)
• Commercial space matters – to Australia and to defence
• Why Australia, Why Now?

Rebecca Shrimpton, Head – Defence, Space & Infrastructure, Austrade

14:05

ROUNDTABLE | Space technologies of the future – A look at research and developments from the Primes

• Latest developments in space capability
• How are Primes engaging with local industry and SME’s
• Systems and satellites of the future

Martin Rowse, JP9102 Campaign Lead and Key Account Manager Space, Airbus Australasia
Dr Jason Armstrong, Senior Manager of the Brisbane Boeing Research & Technology Centre
Matt Dawson, Director Space, Thales Australia and New Zealand

14:50

Space is contested – what’s the future for the ADF and space operations

• The growing counterspace threat and shaping ‘Space Power’ thought
• The importance of resilient space capabilities – augmentation, disaggregation and reconstitution – in a ‘Space Force’ era
• The role of Australia’s commercial space sector – how can we build sovereign space capabilities, and the importance of responsive sovereign space launch

Malcolm Davis, Senior Analyst, ASPI

15:10

Afternoon Tea & Networking Break

15:40

Gilmour Space Technologies advancements and operations

Adam Gilmour, CEO & Founder, Gilmour Space Technologies

16:05

ROUNDTABLE | The Australian Space Race: Activities of local Space Industry

• An insight into fascinating developments amongst Australia’s burgeoning space start-ups
• How are SME’s getting involved with government and Primes on large projects?
• Local industry’s contribution to space capability

Scott Wallis, Founder & Chief of Space, Equatorial Launch Australia
Naomi Mathers, General Manager, Geospatial Intelligence

16:50

Welcome to Networking Drinks

Todd McDonell, President – Global Government, Inmarsat

17:00

End of Conference & Networking Drinks