APRIL 28, 2025
Check-In
- ID verification and badge distribution
ICEBREAKER
APRIL 29, 2025
Check-In
- ID verification and badge distribution
WELCOME
- Colonel Sylvain DEBARRE
NATO Space COE Director
INTRODUCTION
- Professor Anu OJHA
Director – International, ESA, Education, Communications and Parliamentary Engagement UK Space Agency
Master of Ceremony
OPENING REMARKS
- Admiral Pierre VANDIER (Virtual)
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) - TBD
FRAMEWORK NATION ADDRESS
- General Jérôme BELLANGER
Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force
KEYNOTE: Integration of Space in NATO Operations
- TBD
KEYNOTE: Space Threat Brief
- General Stephen N. WHITING
US Space Commander
KEYNOTE: NATO Allied Command Operations’ (ACO) perspective on Space – Space as a Key Domain in the Multi-Domain Operations (MDO)
- Air Marshal Johnny STRINGER
NATO Deputy Commander Allied Air Command
Coffee Break & Networking, INDUSTRY SPONSOR BOOTH VISIT
PANEL 1: Space as the Keystone of Multi-Domain Operations (MDO)
Moderator: Lieutenant Colonel Johannes WIEDEMANN, Division Head Doctrine & Standardization of the NATO Space COE
- Brigadier General Marc LOBEL, Assistant Chief of Staff Strategic Development of Forces at SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe)
- Colonel Tolga ÇINAR, Turkish Air Force Space Commander
- Brigadier General Heinz Volker SAMMANS, Head of Joint Air Power and Space Staff Element, NATO HQ
- Colonel Anna GUNN-GOLKIN, Plans and Policy Advisor at the US Military Delegation to NATO
- Colonel Daniele DONATI, Chief of the Space Policy Office within the Italian Defence General Staff
Standing Buffet Networking / VIP lunch
INDUSTRY PRESENTATIONS
- Contributions by
Two “Supernova” Sponsors
KEYNOTE: NATO Allied Command Transformation’s (ACT) Perspective on Space
- Vice Admiral Jeffrey W. HUGHES
NATO ACT-Deputy Chief of Staff, Capability Development
KEYNOTE: Interoperability in the Space Domain
- Major General Devin R. PEPPER
NATO ACT-Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategic Plans and Policy
Coffee Break & Networking, INDUSTRY SPONSOR BOOTH VISIT
PANEL 2: Interoperability as a Deterrent in the Space Domain
Moderator: Squadron Leader Emily SHIELDS, Deputy division head concept development and experimentation of the NATO Space COE
- Major General Paul TEDMAN, Commander UK Space Command
- Major General Philippe ADAM, Commander French Space Command
- Major General Michael TRAUT, German Space Component Commander
- Major General Isaac Manuel CRESPO ZARAGOZA, Air and Space Force, Space Commander
- TBD
INDUSTRY PRESENTATIONS
- Contributions by
Two “Supernova” Sponsors
INDUSTRY TOUR
Networking Dinner
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APRIL 30, 2025
Check-In
- ID verification and badge distribution
KEYNOTE: NATO Space Policy: Key Updates and Strategic Directions
- Mr. Francois Marie GOUGEON
Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, NATO HQ
KEYNOTE: Harnessing Industry’s Role in Implementing the Space Domain within NATO Operations
- TBD
KEYNOTE: Industry integration in Space operations
- Lieutenant General André STEUR
Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force
INDUSTRY PRESENTATIONS
- Contributions by
Two “Supernova” Sponsors
Coffee Break & Networking, INDUSTRY SPONSOR BOOTH VISIT
PANEL 3: Engaging Industry to Achieve Military Goals
Moderator: Lieutenant Colonel Cédric SAUVION, Staff officer division concept development and experimentation of the NATO Space COE
- Brigadier general Marcin GORKA, Director of Department of Innovation, Minister of National Defence’s Plenipotentiary for Space
- Mr. Ron NULKES, Chair, NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG)
- Mr. Bruce McClintock, Lead of the RAND Space Enterprise Initiative, senior policy researcher, professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School
- TBD
- TBD
CLOSING REMARKS
- Colonel Sylvain DEBARRE
NATO Space COE Director
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SPONSORs
A number of partners aligned with our missions are sponsoring the Conference at different levels. You can meet them during the event.