Featured Plenary Speakers
Speakers will be continuously added as we approach the event. Check back regularly to view the latest additions to the program!
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026
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Don Sather,
The Aerospace Corporation
Special Topic: GSAW and Ground Evolution Over the Last 30+ Years
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Chris Bomhardt,
Right Ascension 231 LLC.
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Jonathan Morton,
Right Ascension 231 LLC.
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A Reference Architecture for an Open-Source, Cloud-Native Ground System
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Clay Hyink,
Kratos
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Chris Badgett,
Kratos
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Hybrid Ground space Architecture for Agile Space Operations
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Session 3: Interoperability and Acquisition
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Ryan Melton,
OpenC3 Inc.
A Case Study On The Evolution of Time Series Data Storage in COSMOS
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Vicente Navarro,
European Space Agency
Euclid Data Space: Digital Innovation in Space Science
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Robert Crombie,
The Aerospace Corporation
Developing a ‘Test Like You Fight’ Process for the Modern
Contested Space Environment
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Session 5: Ground System Resiliency
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Michael Worden,
RTX
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Randall Brooks,
RTX
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Zero Trust for Space Networks
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Will Klieber,
Software Engineering Institute
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Lori Flynn,
Software Engineering Institute
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Secure Code Faster at Lower Cost for Ground and Space Systems: Techniques for High-Accuracy Static-Analysis Adjudication using LLMs
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Scott Niebuhr,
The Aerospace Corporation
Protecting the Critical Space Infrastructure and Ecosystem with Recommendations for a Holistic Approach
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Session 6: Software Development and DevSecOps
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Michael “Lean” Dela Cruz,
USSF
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David Bart,
The Aerospace Corporation
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FORGE MDP OA-2 – Agile Success Story
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Ashley Hunter,
The Aerospace Corporation
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Supannika Mobasser,
The Aerospace Corporation
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Realigning Mission Assurance Towards DevSecOps Innovation
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Nadim Nakleh,
Lockheed Martin
Engineering Software Systems Without “Systems Engineering”
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Session 7: Technologies for Ground Modernization
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Cameron Jackson,
Sphinx Defense
TREx and AWS Ground Station: Enabling a New Ground Segment
for SDA T0 Launch 2 in 100 days or less
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Simon Fowler,
Archangel Lightworks Ltd
Initial steps to Optical Ground Station as a Service
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Etienne Deprit,
Two Six Technologies
AI-Driven Planning for Space Constellation
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Wednesday, February 25, 2026
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Session 12: Commercial Innovation
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Katarzyna Cichecka,
European Space Agency
Implementing Commercial Integration in ESA Ground Segment Services and Products: Risks, Dependencies, and Resilience
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Cameron Martus,
The Aerospace Corporation
Integration of Commercial SBEM Capabilities for the Weather Enterprise
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Juan A. Tejo Mora-Granados,
GMV
Delivering Mission Operations as a Service: Innovation in Practice
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Session 13: Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
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Jeffrey Arnold,
ERT
The ERT Ground Enterprise Mission Digital Twin (GEM-DT): Architecting a Unified MBSE Environment for Civil and National Security Dataflows Between Space and Ground Systems
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Andrew Bakke,
Teltrium Inc.
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Emily Bowman,
Teltrium Inc.
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Automated Requirements Analytics for NASA SCaN Models Using MBSE and Power Platform Integration
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Tuba Tanveer,
Right Ascension 231 LLC.
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Chet Joswig,
Jet Propulsion Lab/NASA
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Migrating an Existing Mission to JPL’s PlanDev Mission
Planning Tool
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