About the Event
At this year’s event, Redwire will once again transform its booth (#1373) into a stage to host impactful Tech Talks featuring expert insights focused on the priorities of today’s space and defense communities. See the full agenda below:
Tuesday, April 14
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Beyond the Hype: Practical Adoption of AI for Space Business Operations
- Moderator: David Brand, Managing Director, Protiviti
- Chris Edmunds, Chief Financial Officer, Redwire
- Darren Ma, CFO, Firefly Aerospace (invited)
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Compute Above the Clouds: Powering Data Centers in Space
- Moderated by: Kevin Hawkins, Head of Partnerships, New York Stock Exchange
- Al Tadros, CTO, Redwire
- Simone D’Amico, Chief Science Officer, EraDrive
- Fahad Khan, Director of AI Foundations, Northrop Grumman
- Philip Johnston, Founder & CEO, Starcloud
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Biotech Beyond Gravity: The Next Frontier of Human Health and Market Innovation
- Moderated by: Crystal Shen, Regional Head, Capital Markets, New York Stock Exchange
- Mike Gold, President, Redwire Space
- Cat Jameson, Director, UC San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute and Founder, Aspera Biomedicines
- Mike Roberts, Chief Scientist, ISS National Lab
- Mark Greeley, President & CEO, Paragon Space
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
From Lunar Flyby to Moon Base, What’s Next?
- Jackie Wattles, Writer, CNN Space & Science
- Carlos Garcia-Galan, Program Executive, Moon Base, NASA
- Mike Gold, President, Redwire Space
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
SFA Spacepower Podcast
- Host and SFA Founder Bill “Hippie” Woolf
- Dr. Andrew ‘Andy’ Williams, Deputy Technology Executive Officer for Space at the Air Force Research Laboratory
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Winning the Data Advantage: Optical Links in Contested and Congested Space
Hosted by SpaceNews
Wednesday, April 15
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
SFA Spacepower Podcast
- Host and SFA Founder Bill “Hippie” Woolf
- Matt Magaña, SFA Board of Directors and President, Defense & National Security at Voyager Technologies
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Aerospace Corporation: Nexus Podcast on Very Low Earth Orbit
- Moderator: Parker Wishik, Space Communications, Strategies and Partnerships, Aerospace Corporation
- Spence Wise, Senior Vice President, Business Development, Redwire Space
- Seth Lacy, Senior Scientist for Space Mobility and Precision Maneuver, Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Material Command, Kirtland AFB
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Advancing Lunar Surface Activities: Technologies and Partnerships to Move Faster
- Moderated by: Jacqueline Feldscher, Payload
- Mike Gold, President, Redwire Space
- Elizabeth Kryst, CEO, ispace US
- Dave Cavossa, President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Spaceship Smackdown Debate
- Judge: Jeff Foust, Senior Staff Writer, SpaceNews
- Mike Gold, President, Redwire Space
- Travis Taylor, Scientist, Professional Engineer, and a Science Fiction Writer
- Benjamin “Alvin” Drew, Director for NASA Space Sustainability and Retired NASA Shuttle Astronaut
- Sirisha Bandla, Commercial Astronaut, Chief of Staff, Outpost
Thursday, April 16
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Weaponized Podcast
- Jeremy Corbell, Host
- Rod Roddenberry, American television producer and CEO, Roddenberry Entertainment
- Mike Gold, President, Redwire Space
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
SFA Spacepower Podcast
- Host and SFA Founder Bill “Hippie” Woolf
- Col. Alison Gonzales, Director of Staff for the Office of the Chief of Human Capital, STARCOM
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Weaponized Podcast
- Host: Jeremy Corbell
- RADM (Ret.) Timothy Gallaudet
- Mike Gold, President, Redwire Space




