*Preliminary programme currently in preparation. Only the names of confirmed speakers are listed at this stage
08:00 – Welcome coffee
09:30 – Welcome & Keynote speeches
10:30 – Coffee break & networking
11:00 – Energy challenges : Today and into the future – Keynote
11:15 – Energy challenges : Today and into the future – Keynote
11:30 – Energy challenges : Today and into the future – Holistic Evaluation of the System Integration and Benefits of Space-Based Solar Power in Supporting Net-Zero
11:45 – Energy challenges : Today and into the future – panel discussion
12:30 – Lunch break & networking + Live Power beaming demo by Space Solar Ltd.
14:00 – Best of Commercial Space-Based Solar Power
15:00 – Commercialisation – Space-Based Solar Power 2025 – Updated Survey of Private Initiatives
15:15 – Demonstrations of Wireless Power Transmission – Relaying Solar Power to Earth
15 :30 – Coffee break & networking
16:00 – Socioeconomics – Space Solar Power for Africa
16:15 – Socioeconomics – Africa’s Participation in the Space-Enhanced Future Global Energy Mix
16:30 – Safety & Environmental Impacts – Environmental impacts of SBSP
16:45 – Safety & Environmental Impacts – How SBSP could effect astronomy and what can be done to mitigate that
17:00 –Policy & Governance – Overcoming Hurdles for Acceptance of Space Based Solar Power in Government
17:15 –Policy & Governance – How Can Space Solar Power Avoid Megaproject Doom
17:30 – Talk on Geopolitics of SBSP
17:50 – Sponsor pitches
18:00 – End of day 1 & cocktail reception
09:00 – Opening keynote
09:15 – Enabling Space-Based Energy: Power Beaming as the First Step Toward Space Solar Power
09:25 – Virtus Solis’ Lucidus SBSP architecture as a distributed generation solution for all markets
09:35 – Advancing Space-Based Solar Power for a Sustainable Futur
09:45 – An Orbital Grid to Enable Global and Affordable Lunar Night Survival: Status Towards Commercialization
10:00 – TerraSpark: Lighting the Path to Viable Space-Based Energy
10:30 – Coffee break & networking
11:00 – Economics and Financing – Invited talk
11:15 – Economics and Financing – Invited talk
11:30 – Economics and Financing – Bitcoin Mining in Space: Monetizing Stranded Orbital Energy
11:45 – Economics and Financing – Panel of investors discussion on financing SBSP development
12:30 – Lunch break & networking + Live Power beaming demo by Suncubes
14:00 – Fireside Chat
14:30 – Enabling Technologies – Space Tools and Building Blocks for Scalable, Practical, and Cost-Effective In-Space Construction
14:45 – Enabling Technologies – Enabling global access to the Space-Based Solar Power Market
15:00 – Enabling Technologies – Joining Hands for Power Delivery: Space-Based Solar Power as a Market Driver for Development of In-Space Assembly Infrastructure
15:15 – Enabling Technologies – Very High Power Future Systems
14:30 – Enabling Technologies – A Multifunctional Anti-reflection Coating for Space Solar Cover Glass
14:45 – Enabling Technologies – Transparent Antennae and Water Metasurfaces for Environmentally Robust GRS
15:00 – Enabling Technologies – Insights into Calibration Methods for Large-Scale Phased Arrays: Comprehensive Experimental Results for Solar Power Satellites
15:15 – Enabling Technologies – Ultrathin TMD space solar cells with multifunctional radiation shielding demonstrating high specific power and radiation resilience
15:30 – Coffee break & networking
16:00 – General topics of interest – Building the Ecosystem for Space-Based Solar Power: Infrastructure, Logistics, and Construction
16:15 – General topics of interest – Celestial Power’s Terrestrial Footprint: An Overview of Life-Cycle Assessments for Space Solar Power
16:00 – General topics of interest – Executive Summary Report from a 2024-2025 International Systems and Technology Assessment of Space Solar Power: Technical Solutions, Financial Prospects and Carbon Impacts
16:15 – General topics of interest – For the Good of All Mankind: When the Moral Imperative of the Outer Space Treaty Meets the Reality of Space-Based Solar Power
16:30 : 2 parallel tracks :
Track 1 : Startup pitchathon to investors
Track 2 : Student pitches on innovative uses of Energy from Space
17:30 – End of day 2
08:00 – Welcome coffee
09:00 – Orbital Reflectors – Sunlight Redirection for Enhanced Solar Energy Production : Reflect Orbital’s Commercial Constellation Approach
09:15 – Orbital Reflectors – Orbiting Solar Reflectors for Lunar Exploration
09:30 – Orbital Reflectors – Delivering clean energy services using orbiting solar reflectors: architectures, technologies and economics
09:45 – Orbital Reflectors – The Dynamics and Control of Orbiting Solar Reflectors
10:00 – Orbital Reflectors – Panel discussion
10:30 – Coffee break & networking
11:00 – Orbital Data Centres – A Space Cloud to ease the Data Center Conundrum
11:15 – Orbital Data Centres – Demonstrating Terrestrial-Grade GPU Compute in Space: Starcloud’s First Mission
11:30 – Orbital Data Centres – Panel discussion
11:00 – Carbon Credits Market – A Triple-Win Approach: Leveraging Carbon Markets to Fund Transnational SBSP
11:15 – Carbon Credits Market – Next Steps: The Science Policy Considerations of Space-Based Solar Power
11:30 – Carbon Credits Market – Panel discussion
12:30 – Lunch break & networking + Live Power beaming demo by Virtus Solis
15:30 – Coffee break & networking
16:00 – Keynote & wrap up
16:30 – End of day 3
| 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 |
| Decentrally coordinated, modular swarms of homogenous robotic assembly agents for the in-space assembly of space-based solar infrastructure. | Harrison Jenkins | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 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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