Program & Schedule

SGx2024 | Agenda

MARCH 18, 2024

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | Registration

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM | Welcome Coffee Sponsored by

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM | Opening Remarks • Bradley Cheetham, Chairman, Future Space Leaders Foundation (FSLF) • Hamza Hameed, Chair, SGAC • Jeff Hill, Executive Chairman, SATELLITE 2024

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM | Launching Careers: Making the Leap into the Space Workforce • Anthony Yuen (Moderator), Consultant, McKinsey & Company • Carissa Christensen, CEO, BryceTech • Raycho Raychev, Founder & CEO, EnduroSat • Jennifer Rodgers, Chief Architect, Payload & Ground Systems Division, Northrop Grumman

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM | Young Professional/Student Lightning Talks

11:15 AM – 12:15 PM | Career Fair & Speed Networking

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM | Break for Lunch (Extended Time for Career Fair Conversations)

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM | Keynote • Thomas Sinn, CEO, DCUBED

1:45 PM – 3:45 PM | Workshop

3:45 PM – 4:00 PM | Coffee Break Sponsored by

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM | Young Professional/Student Lightning Talks

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM | Space 4 Good: Harnessing the Power of Space for Positive Change • Sarah Schellpfeffer (Moderator), Sector Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Space Systems Sector, Northrop Grumman • Jessie Pechmann, Global GIS Manager, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team • Yvonne Ivey-Parker, Senior Lead Technologist, Booz Allen , Lockheed Martin Space • Julie Zoller, Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, Amazon Project Kuiper

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM | SATELLITE Opening Reception 7:00 – 9:00 PM | SGx Reception

MARCH 19, 2024

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | SATELLITE Opening Keynote

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | SATELLITE Opening General Session

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Welcome Coffee/Art Showcase Sponsored by

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Introductory Keynote

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Young Professional/Student Lightning Talks

11:45 AM – 12:15 PM | Career Fair

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM | Break for Lunch

1:15 PM – 2:15 PM | Space Beyond STEM: Exploring the Multidimensional Space Workforce • Kelli Kedis Ogborn (Moderator), VP, Space Commerce and Entrepreneurship, Space Foundation • Sonya Gavankar McKay, Director of Digital Strategy Axiom • AJ Link, Adjunct Professor, Space Law, Howard University • Lauren Ward, Video Producer, NASA

2:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Workshop Cont.

3:30 PM – 4:30 PM | Championing Change: Practical Steps for Driving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) • Ginny Randall (Moderator), Leadership & Career Coach, Ginny Randall Coaching • Bridget Chatman, Chair, Women in Aerospace (WIA) • Billy Gallagher, Senior Robotics Engineer, Johns Hopkins University APL • Nik Lassiter, Agency DEIA Program Manager, Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity, NASA

4:30 PM – 4:40 PM | Featured Presentation Blue Origin Club for the Future • Leo Teeney, Lunar Flight Operations Engineer, Blue Origin

4:40 PM – 4:50 PM | Student Talk Taylor Hampson Student, Georgia Institute of Technology Sponsored by

4:55 PM – 5:25 PM | Young Professional/Student Lightning Talks

5:25 PM – 5:30 PM | SGx Closing Remarks