Hélène is the managing director of the WTW Research Network, with 25 years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance industry. Together with her team of risk specialists, she curates a constantly evolving portfolio of research partnerships with academia and think tanks, and operationalises research into actionable insights to help clients understand and manage a wide range of risks (natural catastrophe, environmental, geopolitical, technology, emerging risks).
Eric Stallmer is the Executive Vice President for Government Affairs and Public Policy for Voyager Technologies. Before joining Voyager, he was the President of the Commercial Space Federation. Prior to CSF, Eric served as the Vice President of Government Relations at Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI). Eric served on both the DoD’s Defense Innovation Board, as well the The White House’s National Space Council Users’ Advisory Group (UAG) where he sat on the Executive Committee.
David Caponio is Senior Vice President of Product and Business Development at Vast developing the world’s first artificial gravity space station. Having worked for over two decades at notable space startups SpaceX, Virgin Orbit, Tyvak and US government space agencies, coupled with graduate engineering degrees from USAFA and Air Force Institute of Technology, David has been at the fore front of cutting-edge space development.
Paul Cremin, MBE, is Head of Spaceflight for the Department for Transport and responsible for leading the development of the UK’s commercial spaceflight legislation and regulations and the integration of UK launches into the international airspace and marine networks. He is responsible for providing the assurance to the Secretary of State that spaceflight activities taking place in the UK are safe. Previously Paul was responsible for developing the UK Governments strategy for civil Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems and Head of UK Aviation Safety. Paul was awarded MBE in 2016 from Her Majesty for his services to aviation safety.
Dr Aqeel Shamsul is the CEO and co-founder of Frontier Space, a UK Space Biotech startup that is industrialising space biotechnology to develop and manufacture new therapeutics and medicine in orbit. Aqeel completed his PhD at Cranfield University in 2022 in developing a miniaturised bio laboratory for space application, which he led and flew its first technology demonstration mission in the stratosphere. He spun out the technology from Cranfield University with a few alumni and commercialised it to perform high-throughput drug discovery and biomanufacturing in orbit. Since its incorporation, Frontier Space has won over GBP 1.3 million in grants and technology development contracts. Frontier Space has participated in UKSA LEO, GEO, and Fusion accelerator, alongside the prestigious Seraphim Space Accelerator, Mandala Space Ventures and European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre. He was named 2019 Emerging Space Leader by the International Astronautical Federation.
Jenna Rhodes-Tiwana is Senior Strategy Advisor at ispace inc., a lunar exploration company that was the first commercial company to launch to the Moon, and recently launched Europe’s first lunar rover. Prior to ispace, Jenna was a Management Consultant at Bain & Company working in Private Equity and Strategy, across the London and Tokyo offices. She has two Masters degrees – Aeronautics & Astronautics from the University of Southampton and Space Studies from the International Space University. Jenna is also a member of the SPACETIDE Foundation where she works to bridge the British and Japanese space sectors.