Elaine Tan
Director
Mission Space
Elaine Tan has over 25 years of experience in the space sector, having spent over a decade working for Space Agencies on commercial activities and international partnerships before joining industry to lead newspace companies on business development and strategy within the quickly evolving policy & regulatory landscape. She holds a Trium Global Executive MBA (HEC Paris, LSE, NYU), a Juris Doctor (Osgoode Hall Law School) & (Adv)LLMs (Leiden University, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas), in addition to a BSc in Envt Sciences & Geophysics. Before joining the Mission Space team, Elaine advised the EC and UN Office for Outer Space Affairs on earth observation and intergovernmental activities related to sustainable development and disaster risk reduction, which emphasised the need for safe and long-term sustainable use of space to ensure the security and resilience of critical infrastructure sustaining life on earth.
Mission Space
PANEL: BEYOND THE SIGNAL: SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE RISK OF COORDINATION FAILURE ACROSS THE DATA TO DECISION-MAKING SUPPLY CHAIN
This panel will explore the cascading risks posed by space weather and debris to our critical infrastructure in the New Space Economy. Using Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) systems as a key example. While PNT vulnerabilities highlight the immediate
