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Space Foundation Announces Featured Speakers for Space Technology & Investment Forum 2016
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 2, 2016) – Building on the success of last year’s Space Technology & Investment Forum, the Space Foundation is expanding this by-invitation conference for 2016 to include more participants and more diverse moderators, speakers and panelists. Held in San Francisco, the Forum will showcase venture capitalists and institutional investors, with an expanded number of trending, innovative companies on the agenda.
Featured speakers include:
- Richard F. Ambrose, Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
- John Higginbotham, Chairman and CEO, Blue Ridge Networks
- Moriba Jah, Ph.D., Director of Space Object Behavioral Analysis, University of Arizona
- Matt O’Connell, CEO, OneWeb
- Richard Rocket, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, NewSpace Global
Participating companies include investors, as well as innovators:
Investors
- A3 by Airbus Group
- Bee Partners
- Bessemer Venture Partners
- IHI Inc.
- Lux Capital
- Qualcomm Ventures
- Seraphim Capital
Innovators
- Astro Digital
- In-Q-Tel
- Made in Space
- Phase Four
- Planet Labs
- Spaceknow
- Tethers Unlimited
- Zero2Infinity
The Space Technology & Investment Forum 2016 will be held at JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square, Aug. 16 and 17.
Watch for updates on the speakers and agenda at www.spacetechforum.com.
Co-sponsorship of the Space Technology & Investment Forum 2016 is provided by CASIS and Lockheed Martin.
About the Space Foundation
Founded in 1983, the Space Foundation is the foremost advocate for all sectors of space, and is a global, nonprofit leader in space awareness activities, educational programs and major industry events, including the annual Space Symposium, in support of its mission “to advance space-related endeavors to inspire, enable and propel humanity.” Space Foundation World Headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA, has a public Discovery Center, including El Pomar Space Gallery, Northrop Grumman Science Center featuring Science On a Sphere® and the Lockheed Martin Space Education Center. The Space Foundation has a Washington, D.C., office and field representatives in Houston and the Florida Space Coast. It publishes The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, and through its Space CertificationTM and Space Technology Hall of Fame® programs, recognizes space-based innovations that have been adapted to improve life on Earth. Visit www.SpaceFoundation.org, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter, Google+, Flickr and YouTube, and read our e-newsletter Space Watch.
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