the programme

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WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2025

08:30 – Open doors & welcome coffee

 

09:30 – Welcome

  • Sanjay VIJENDRAN: Space Energy Insights
  • Sean MAHONEY: Space Frontier


09:45
– Opening keynotes

  • Paul WATKINSON: Independent international climate change expert I Former chief negotiator on climate for France
  • General Steven KWAST: CEO I SpaceBilt
  • Nick APPLEYARD: Head of business applications & solutions I European Space Agency

 

10:30 – Coffee break & networking

 

11:00Energy challenges : Today and into the future – When Energy Markets Escape Geography – Chaired by Marc VALES  

  • Marc BERTE: CEO I Overview Energy


11:15
Energy challenges : Today and into the future – Holistic Evaluation of the System Integration and Benefits of Space-Based Solar Power in Supporting Net-Zero – Chaired by Marc VALES

  • Danny PUDJIANTO:  Advanced Research Fellow, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering I Imperial College London

 
11:30 – Defence applications of Space-based Solar Power – Invited talk on SBSP for Defence – Chaired by Peter GARRETSON

  • Paul JAFFE : Author of Power Beaming – History, Theory, and Practice


11:45
 – Defence applications of Space-based Solar Power – Panel discussion – Chaired by Peter GARRETSON

  • Peter GARRETSON: Senior fellow in defence studies I American Foreign Policy Council
  • Paul JAFFE : Author of Power Beaming – History, Theory, and Practice
  • Pippa MELGREN : CEO I Geopolitica Institute


12:30 – Lunch break & networking + Live Power beaming demo by Virtus Solis

 

14:00Presentation and discussion Panel : Best of Commercial Space-Based Solar Power – Chaired by Srikanth RAVIPRASAD

  • Marc BERTE : CEO I Overview Energy
  • Colby CARRIER : DC head I Aetherflux
  • John BUCKNELL: CEO | Founder
  • Keval DATTANI: CEO / CTO and Founder I Space Power
  • Paolo PINO : CTO I Volta Space Technologies
  • Martin SOLTAU: CEO I Space Solar
  • Ally STONE: Chief Strategy Officer I Reflect Orbital


15:15
Demonstrations of Wireless Power Transmission – Relaying Solar Power to Earth – Chaired by Srikanth RAVIPRASAD

  • Paul JAFFE: Author of Power Beaming – History, Theory, and Practice


15:30 – Coffee break & networking


16:00
Socioeconomics – Path to Strategic Energy Sovereignty and Industrial Leadership – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU

  • Manassé BOKOLE : 3i3s-Africa Chairman / Nomadly founder


16:15
Socioeconomics – Africa’s Participation in the Space-Enhanced Future Global Energy Mix – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU

  • Kobina HUGHES: Egality Law

 

16:30 Environmental Impacts – How SBSP could effect astronomy and what can be done to mitigate that – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU

  • Piero BENVENUTI : Director I IAU Centre for the protection of dark and quiet sky


16:45
Communications – The Exo-Energy Race: Framing Space Based Energy and Infrastructure for the Public and Peer Powers – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU

  • Pippa MALMGREN : CEO I Geopolitica Institute


17:00
 –Policy & Governance – How Can Space Solar Power Avoid Megaproject Doom – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU

  • Bryan ZETLEN: Launch & payload operations manager I Virtus Solis


17:15
 –Policy & Governance – For the Good of All Mankind: When the Moral Imperative of the Outer Space Treaty Meets the Reality of Space-Based Solar Power – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU

  • Taylor WINKLEMAN : Adjunct Professor I Georgetown University

 

17:30 – Invited talk on Geopolitics of SBSP – Chaired by Angeliki KAPOGLOU

  • Peter GARRETSON: Senior fellow in defence studies I American Foreign Policy Council

 

17:45 – Cocktail reception

19:30 – End of day 1

THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2025

08:00 – Open doors & welcome coffee

09:00System concepts & Applications – Enabling Space-Based Energy: Power Beaming as the First Step Toward Space Solar Power – Chaired by Sean MAHONEY

  • Jeff WHITE : President I Reach Power

 

09:15System concepts & Applications – Virtus Solis’ Lucidus SBSP architecture as a distributed generation solution for all markets – Chaired by Sean MAHONEY

  • John BUCKNELL : CEO | Founder


09:30
System concepts & Applications – CASSIDI : Advancing SBSP for a sustainable futur – Chaired by Sean MAHONEY

  • David HOMFRAY: CTO I Space Solar

 

09:45System concepts & Applications –  An Orbital Grid to Enable Global and Affordable Lunar Night Survival: Status Towards Commercialization – Chaired by Sean MAHONEY

  • Paolo PINO : CEO I Volta Space Technologies

 

10:00System concepts & Applications –  Wireless Power Transmission: a new frontier for lunar colonisation development – Chaired by Sean MAHONEY

  • Anna MAURO : CTO I ORiS

 

10:15System concepts & Applications – TerraSpark: Lighting the path to viable space-based energy – Chaired by Sean MAHONEY

  • Jasper DEPREZ : Terraspark

 

10:30 – Coffee break & networking

 

11:00Economics and Financing – Investing in SBSP – Chaired by Matthias LAUG

  • Phil LAROCHELLE : Partner I Breakthrough Energy Ventures

 

11:15Economics and Financing – Invited talk on Economics of SBSP – Chaired by Matthias LAUG

  • Ely SANDLER : Fellow I Harvard Kennedy School

 
11:30 – Economics and Financing – Panel discussion – Chaired by Matthias LAUG

  • Mathieu COSTES: Partner I Airbus Ventures
  • Bernard IHNATOWICZ: Senior manager I PWC UK
  • Phil LAROCHELLE: Partner I Breakthrough Energy Ventures
  • Sylvain MAKAYA: Managing partner I New Alpha Asset Management
  • Philip THOMAS: ScaleUP programme manager I European Space Agency


12:30 – Lunch break & networking 


14:00
General topics of interest – Building the Ecosystem for Space-Based Solar Power: Infrastructure, Logistics, and Construction – Chaired by Marc VALES

  • Jim KERAVALA : CEO I Offworld

14:15General topics of interest – Celestial Power’s Terrestrial Footprint: An Overview of Life-Cycle Assessments for Space Solar Power – Chaired by Marc VALES

  • Jackson SCHNABEL : Intern I Space Frontier Foundation


14:30
Enabling Technologies # 1 – In-Space Manufactured Solar Arrays: A Scalable Path to Space-Based Solar Power – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN

  • Antonio PEDIVELLANO: Director of deployables I D-CUBED


14:45
Enabling Technologies # 1 – HSTAR SPACE – Enabling global access to the Space-Based Solar Power Market – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN

  • Olivier LEBRETHON: DG & CTO I HStar Space


15:00
Enabling Technologies # 1 – Insights into Calibration Methods for Large-Scale Phased Arrays: Comprehensive Experimental Results for Solar Power Satellites – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN

  • Damien GONFO: Aerospace engineering reasearcher I Union pour la Promotion de la Propulsion Photonique (U3P)


15:15
Demonstration concepts and missions – Demonstrating a 600-Watt Retrodirective Cross-Helix Power Beaming System: Are We Now Ready for Space-Based Solar Power ? – Chaired by Marc VALES

  • Neil BUCHANAN : Associate Professor I Queen’s University Belfast

15:30(SPACE)2 – Synergistic Predictive Analytical Control Environment using Sensible Programmable Analyzable Control Envelopes

  • Gary BARNHARD : 

15:45 – Coffee break & networking


16:15
 – Why isn’t Space Solar Power a thing yet?: An engagement- Facilitated by Sean MAHONEY and Srikanth RAVIPRASAD, Space Frontier Foundation

17:15 – End of day 2

FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2025

08:00 – Open doors & welcome coffee

08:00 – Workshop on “International space power policy & standards institute”  – Bryan ZETLAN & Gary BARNHARD – AZUR room


09:00
Orbital Reflectors – Sunlight Redirection for Enhanced Solar Energy Production: Reflect Orbital’s Commercial Constellation Approach – Chaired by Robert GORDON

  • Ally STONE: Chief strategy officer I Reflect Orbital


09:15
Orbital Reflectors – Orbiting Solar Reflectors for Lunar Exploration – Chaired by Robert GORDON

  • Onur CELIK : Assistant professor I TU Delft


09:30
Orbital Reflectors – Delivering clean energy services using orbiting solar reflectors: architectures, technologies and economics – Chaired by Robert GORDON

  • Colin MCINNES : University of Glasgow


09:45
Orbital Reflectors – The dynamics and control of orbiting solar reflectors – Chaired by Robert GORDON

  • Iain MOORE: University of Glasgow


10:00
Orbital Reflectors – Panel discussion – Chaired by Vaibhav Somaji ANUSE

  • Onur CELIK: TU Delft
  • Colin MCINNES: University of Glasgow
  • Ally STONE: Chief Strategy Officer I Reflect Orbital


10:30 – Coffee break & networking


11:00
Orbital Data Centres – ASCEND – A space cloud to ease the data center conundrum – Chaired by Yves DURAND

  • Pascal SAINT-GEORGES: Thales Alenia Space


11:15
Orbital Data Centres – Demonstrating terrestrial-grade GPU compute in space: Starcloud’s first mission – Chaired by Yves DURAND

  • Philip JOHNSTON : CEO I Starcloud


11:30
Orbital Data Centres – Panel discussion – Chaired by Yves DURAND

  • Jason ASPIOTIS : Global director of in-space data and security I Axiom Space
  • William BIRCH : Strategic account director space I Satellite Applications Catapult 
  • Philip JOHNSTON : CTO I Starcloud
  • Bruno LAFITTE: International consultant lighting and data centres I ADEME
  • Alison LOWNDES :NViDIA
  • Pascal SAINT-GEORGES: CTO I Thales Alenia Space
  • Marc VALES: Senior vice president I Dassault Aviation

12:30 – Lunch break & networking

 

13:30Enabling Technologies # 2 – Mission enablement and enhancement via space-to-space power beaming – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN

  • Andrew RUSH: CEO I Starcatcher


13:45
Enabling Technologies # 2 – A multifunctional anti-reflection coating for space solar cover glass – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN

  • Adam LAW: Research associate I Loughborough University


14:00
Enabling Technologies # 2 – Transparent Antennae and Water Metasurfaces for Environmentally Robust GRS – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN

  • Yuvam BHATEJA: Research fellow I Politecnico di Milano


14:15
Enabling Technologies # 2 – Joining Hands for Power Delivery: Space-Based Solar Power as a Market Driver for Development of In-Space Assembly Infrastructure – Chaired by Sanjay VIJENDRAN

  • Aya AHMAD: Intern I Space Frontier Foundation


14:30
Carbon credits market – Panel discussion – Chaired by Vijay IYER

  • Rayeh ELIAN : Student I Georgetown University
  • Katie KORTBEIN: Student I Georgetown University
  • Alexa LERNER: Student I Georgetown University
  • Monica NGUYEN: Student I Georgetown University
  • Lily SCHNEIDER: Student I Georgetown University


16:00
 – Closing keynote

  • Françoise BRUNETEAUX: Regional Councillor, Région Sud – Chair of the Digital Economy Committee. Deputy Mayor for Environment, City of Cannes

 

16:15 – 3i3s-Europa presentation 

  • François HENRY : Chief of Staff I 3i3s

16:25 – Wrap-up

  • Sanjay VIJENDRAN: Space Energy Insights
  • Sean MAHONEY: Space Frontier


16:45 – End of day 3

ALSO, DISCOVER OUR LIST OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE ONSITE DURING THE EVENT
Poster Title Author Affiliation
A Significant Update to the Hyper-Modular Approach to Space Solar Power: SPS-ALPHA Mark-IV John Mankins Artemis Innovation Management Solutions LLC
Space-based solar power tech tree: Mapping the technology behind the promise Matthew Allcock NeoWatt
Powering the Next Frontier: How Space-Based Solar Power Can Catalyze a Sustainable Commercial Space Economy Seth Elliot Virtus Solis
Bridging the Sky: Microwave-to-Laser Energy Conversion for High-Altitude Power Transfer Amit Kumar Baghel UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO
Structural design and testing strategies for ultra-lightweight orbiting solar reflectors Litesh N. Sulbhewar University of Glasglow
A Strategic PESTLE Feasibility Analysis of Space-Based Solar Power Ori Bloch Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technion
Electron Beam Welding Tool For Cost-Effective In-Orbit Assembly Of Energy-From-Space Infrastructure Guillaume Mohara ArcSpace
Efficient High-Power RF-DC Conversion for Wireless Space-Based Solar Power Transfer Applications Helena Ribeiro Universidade de Aveiro
Licensing, liabilities and lasers: legal questions posed by space-based solar power Saul Blankstone Private
(SPACE)2 - Synergistic Predictive Analytical Control Environment using Sensible Programmable Analyzable Control Envelopes Gary Barnhard XISP Inc.

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