Rafal Modrzewski is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of ICEYE. ICEYE is launching and operating a constellation of small radar imaging satellites, providing access to timely and reliable Earth observation data. ICEYE is the first company that has successfully miniaturized a SAR satellite, making it possible to launch more units to reliably image any location on Earth, every few hours, every day.

Dr. Motoyuki Arai began his career working at a US-based consulting firm in Tokyo, Japan for 5 years to support more than 15 global companies to design new business and technology strategies, to formulate corporate governance and to build the internal controls necessary to run global companies.

Fabien Jordan is widely recognized for his work on Switzerland’s first satellite, SwissCube, a highly successful educational mission initially projected to have a one-year lifespan. But that remains functional in orbit today, an impressive eleven years post-launch. Fabien’s engineering and management expertise also spans technical work for several scientific instruments of the ESA ExoMars rover mission while serving as Technical Manager at the Space Exploration Institute in Neuchatel.

Eric Laliberté is Director General, Space Utilization for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).  In this position, he is accountable for the overall planning, direction and general management of the Space Utilization Branch of the CSA, whose mandate is the end-to-end implementation of the Earth Observation, Satellite Communications and Space environment elements of the Canadian Space Program.

Mr. Laliberté joined the CSA in 2001 where he held various positions the most recent being Director of Space Exploration Projects and Director General of Space Science and Technology.

Damien Garot is a space executive with more than 20 years of experience in business and investment.

He worked 11 years for Eutelsat as the director of Corporate Development. He has signed the first partnership between Facebook and the space industry, to bring satellite broadband to Africa. He also managed organic and external investment opportunities for a total of $2.7Bn validated by Eutelsat’s Board.

Mr. Bill Carlin has a long and successful track record in the global satellite and wireless communications markets in a variety of leadership/executive roles, including several years consulting on satellite and wireless network expansions in Latin America and Africa. Bill previously served as CEO or GM of several wireless and satellite network infrastructure in the US and Canada.

Mikhail Kokorich is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience establishing and operating large and small companies in a wide range of industries including the manufacturing,services and wholesale, and retail trade sectors. Mr. Kokorich holds an Executive MBA in Business from The Moscow School of Management Skolkovo, as well as degrees in Finance and Physics from Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management. He has also completed the Executive Program at Stanford University.

Martin Kits van Heyningen is one of KVH’s founders and has led the company since 1982, now holding the positions of president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board. He has overseen KVH’s growth from an entrepreneurial startup that began operations in the Kits van Heyningen family basement into a strong public company with more than 600 employees in offices around the world.

Maria Lundqvist is a Finance Advisor at the Innovation Finance Advisory (IFA) at the European Investment Bank (EIB), where she is a part of a specialised team helping to improve bankability of innovative projects, and to provide market intelligence in horizontal strategic studies related to access-to-finance challenges in RDI sectors. 
Maria’s area of expertise is within innovation and the digital economy, with a particular focus on deep tech; AI, quantum, HPC, cybersecurity, etc.; and space technologies – with a cross-cutting focus on climate and sustainability.   

Mr. Gelerman is a visionary, an innovative engineer and businessman with over 40 years of experience.  In 1988, Mr. Gelerman founded SpaceBridge Inc. (formerly known as Advantech Wireless Inc.), serving as President and CEO for the last 31 years.  He has steered the company from a small start-up to becoming a dominant global player in the satellite ground communication business, both in radio frequency and networking.  In 2018, after the divestiture of the radio frequency business, Mr.