Conference Program

Open Doors & Welcome Coffee

Welcome

👤 Sanjay Vijendran (Space Energy Insights) • Sean Mahoney (Space Frontier)

Opening Keynotes

👤 Paul Watkinson • General Steven Kwast • Nick Appleyard

Independent international climate change expert and former chief negotiator on climate for France, CEO of SpaceBilt, and Head of Business Applications & Solutions at ESA.

Coffee Break & Networking

Energy Challenges: When Energy Markets Escape Geography

👤 Marc Berte (Overview Energy)

Chaired by Marc Vales

Holistic Evaluation of SBSP in Supporting Net-Zero

👤 Danny Pudjianto (Imperial College London)

System integration and benefits analysis. Chaired by Marc Vales.

Defence Applications: Invited Talk on SBSP for Defence

👤 Paul Jaffe

Author of Power Beaming – History, Theory, and Practice. Chaired by Peter Garretson.

Defence Applications: Panel Discussion

👤 Peter Garretson (AFPC) • Paul Jaffe • Pippa Malmgren (Geopolitica Institute)

Chaired by Peter Garretson

Lunch Break & Networking + Live Power Beaming Demo by Virtus Solis

Best of Commercial Space-Based Solar Power Panel

👤 Marc Berte • Colby Carrier (Aetherflux) • John Bucknell • Keval Dattani (Space Power) • Paolo Pino (Volta Space) • Martin Soltau (Space Solar) • Ally Stone (Reflect Orbital)

Chaired by Srikanth Raviprasad

Demonstrations of Wireless Power Transmission

👤 Paul Jaffe

Relaying Solar Power to Earth. Chaired by Srikanth Raviprasad.

Coffee Break & Networking

Socioeconomics: Path to Strategic Energy Sovereignty

👤 Manassé Bokole (3i3s-Africa / Nomadly)

Chaired by Angeliki Kapoglou

Africa's Participation in Space-Enhanced Global Energy Mix

👤 Kobina Hughes (Egality Law)

Chaired by Angeliki Kapoglou

Environmental Impacts: SBSP Effects on Astronomy

👤 Piero Benvenuti (IAU Centre)

Mitigation strategies for dark sky protection. Chaired by Angeliki Kapoglou.

Communications: The Exo-Energy Race

👤 Pippa Malmgren (Geopolitica Institute)

Framing space-based energy for public and peer powers. Chaired by Angeliki Kapoglou.

Policy & Governance: Avoiding Megaproject Doom

👤 Bryan Zetlan (Virtus Solis)

Chaired by Angeliki Kapoglou

For the Good of All Mankind: OST Meets SBSP Reality

👤 Taylor Winkleman (Georgetown University)

Chaired by Angeliki Kapoglou

Invited Talk on Geopolitics of SBSP

👤 Peter Garretson (AFPC)

Chaired by Angeliki Kapoglou

Cocktail Reception

End of Day 1

Open Doors & Welcome Coffee

Enabling Space-Based Energy: Power Beaming as First Step

👤 Jeff White (Reach Power)

Chaired by Sean Mahoney

Virtus Solis' Lucidus SBSP Architecture

👤 John Bucknell

Distributed generation solution for all markets. Chaired by Sean Mahoney.

CASSIDI: Advancing SBSP for a Sustainable Future

👤 David Homfray (Space Solar)

Chaired by Sean Mahoney

Orbital Grid for Global Lunar Night Survival

👤 Paolo Pino (Volta Space Technologies)

Status towards commercialization. Chaired by Sean Mahoney.

Wireless Power Transmission for Lunar Colonisation

👤 Anna Mauro (ORiS)

Chaired by Sean Mahoney

TerraSpark: Lighting the Path to Viable Space-Based Energy

👤 Jasper Deprez (TerraSpark)

Chaired by Sean Mahoney

Coffee Break & Networking

Economics & Financing: Investing in SBSP

👤 Phil LaRochelle (Breakthrough Energy Ventures)

Chaired by Matthias Laug

Invited Talk on Economics of SBSP

👤 Ely Sandler (Harvard Kennedy School)

Chaired by Matthias Laug

Economics & Financing Panel Discussion

👤 Mathieu Costes (Airbus Ventures) • Bernard Ihnatowicz (PWC UK) • Phil LaRochelle (BEV) • Sylvain Makaya (New Alpha) • Philip Thomas (ESA)

Chaired by Matthias Laug

Lunch Break & Networking

Building the Ecosystem: Infrastructure, Logistics, Construction

👤 Jim Keravala (OffWorld)

Chaired by Marc Vales

Life-Cycle Assessments for Space Solar Power

👤 Jackson Schnabel (Space Frontier Foundation)

Celestial Power's Terrestrial Footprint. Chaired by Marc Vales.

In-Space Manufactured Solar Arrays

👤 Antonio Pedivellano (D-CUBED)

A scalable path to SBSP. Chaired by Sanjay Vijendran.

HSTAR SPACE: Enabling Global SBSP Market Access

👤 Olivier Lebrethon (HStar Space)

Chaired by Sanjay Vijendran

Calibration Methods for Large-Scale Phased Arrays

👤 Damien Gonfo (U3P)

Experimental results for solar power satellites. Chaired by Sanjay Vijendran.

600-Watt Retrodirective Cross-Helix Power Beaming Demo

👤 Neil Buchanan (Queen's University Belfast)

Are we ready for SBSP? Chaired by Marc Vales.

(SPACE)²: Synergistic Predictive Analytical Control

👤 Gary Barnhard

Programmable analyzable control envelopes

Coffee Break & Networking

Why Isn't Space Solar Power a Thing Yet?

👤 Sean Mahoney • Srikanth Raviprasad

An engagement facilitated by Space Frontier Foundation

End of Day 2

Open Doors & Welcome Coffee

Workshop: International Space Power Policy & Standards

👤 Bryan Zetlan • Gary Barnhard

AZUR room

Sunlight Redirection for Enhanced Solar Energy

👤 Ally Stone (Reflect Orbital)

Commercial constellation approach. Chaired by Robert Gordon.

Orbiting Solar Reflectors for Lunar Exploration

👤 Onur Celik (TU Delft)

Chaired by Robert Gordon

Clean Energy Services Using Orbiting Solar Reflectors

👤 Colin McInnes (University of Glasgow)

Architectures, technologies and economics. Chaired by Robert Gordon.

Dynamics and Control of Orbiting Solar Reflectors

👤 Iain Moore (University of Glasgow)

Chaired by Robert Gordon

Orbital Reflectors Panel Discussion

👤 Onur Celik (TU Delft) • Colin McInnes (Glasgow) • Ally Stone (Reflect Orbital)

Chaired by Vaibhav Somaji Anuse

Coffee Break & Networking

ASCEND: A Space Cloud to Ease Data Center Conundrum

👤 Pascal Saint-Georges (Thales Alenia Space)

Chaired by Yves Durand

Demonstrating Terrestrial-Grade GPU Compute in Space

👤 Philip Johnston (Starcloud)

Starcloud's first mission. Chaired by Yves Durand.

Orbital Data Centres Panel Discussion

👤 Jason Aspiotis (Axiom) • William Birch (Satellite Apps) • Philip Johnston (Starcloud) • Bruno Lafitte (ADEME) • Alison Lowndes (NVIDIA) • Pascal Saint-Georges (Thales) • Marc Vales (Dassault)

Chaired by Yves Durand

Lunch Break & Networking

Mission Enhancement via Space-to-Space Power Beaming

👤 Andrew Rush (StarCatcher)

Chaired by Sanjay Vijendran

Multifunctional Anti-Reflection Coating for Solar Glass

👤 Adam Law (Loughborough University)

Chaired by Sanjay Vijendran

Transparent Antennae & Water Metasurfaces for GRS

👤 Yuvam Bhateja (Politecnico di Milano)

Environmentally robust ground receiving stations. Chaired by Sanjay Vijendran.

SBSP as Market Driver for In-Space Assembly

👤 Aya Ahmad (Space Frontier Foundation)

Joining hands for power delivery. Chaired by Sanjay Vijendran.

Carbon Credits Market Panel Discussion

👤 Rayeh Elian (Georgetown) • Katie Kortbein (Georgetown) • Alexa Lerner (Georgetown) • Monica Nguyen (Georgetown) • Lily Schneider (Georgetown)

Chaired by Vijay Iyer

Closing Keynote

👤 Françoise Bruneteaux

Regional Councillor, Région Sud – Chair of Digital Economy Committee. Deputy Mayor for Environment, City of Cannes.

3i3s-Europa Presentation

👤 François Henry (3i3s)

Wrap-up

👤 Sanjay Vijendran (Space Energy Insights) • Sean Mahoney (Space Frontier)

End of Day 3