Sanders

Stewart is Executive Vice President (EVP) of Technology at SES with responsibility for the O3b mPOWER program development, ensuring all technical and commercial aspects are aligned to ensure the business case is fully realised to the benefit of SES’s customers.

Pham

Philippe Pham leads the Earth Observation, Navigation and Science (ENS) Programme Line within Space Systems. Present in four European countries covering 1.1 billion Euros of revenues and with more than 1000 employees, this unit has a wide spectrum of skills to address all the institutional and commercial challenges of Earth Observation, Navigation, Space Science and Robotic exploration.

Tisserant

> Engineer from Ecole Polytechnique and Télécom Paris Tech

> CEO of Kinéis since 2019

> Strategic project manager at CLS just before, starting 2017, in charge of the Kinéis project

> Deputy director of the Office of the Secretary of State for Digital and innovation for almost 2 years

> Financial positions in directing the budget of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (management of the French media and digital sector’s budget)

> COO at Always Innovating (hardware development start-up based in San Francisco)

Nader

Gustavo Nader is the head of Strategy at Thales InFlyt Experience. With over 25 years of broad international experience in the wireless and satellite connectivity industries, Gustavo offers a blend of unique in-depth technology expertise, business development and strategy knowledge. He is widely recognized for his ability to communicate complex technology concepts and translate them into business opportunities.

Van Den Driessche

Thomas Van den Driessche holds a Master’s degree in electronics and marketing from the University of Ghent. Thomas started out as a Product Manager in the broadcast and AV market and was awarded several times by leading organizations such as NAB, Infocomm and Vanguard.

Chi

Johnson

Chris Johnson is President of Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc. (BSSI), the world’s leading manufacturer of commercial communications satellites.  BSSI is a Boeing Space and Launch subsidiary that oversees the strategy, integration and execution of Boeing’s commercial satellite business. In this role, Johnson is responsible for general management of all Boeing commercial satellites, ground systems and services contracts.

Gardefjord

SSC is a leading global provider of satellite ground network services, spacecraft operations & engineering services and launch services with annual revenues of 100 million euros and 500 employees in 10 countries.

Gardefjord began his career as an analyst/programmer at the Dow Chemical Company where he became IT manager for the Nordic countries. He spent nearly two decades with the Nordic based
WM-data Group Plc (Nasdaq OMX Nordic), 2003 assuming the role
of CEO WM-data Sweden.

Jablonsky

Daniel L. Jablonsky was appointed to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of Maxar Technologies and to the Company’s Board of Directors on January 13, 2019.

Previously, Mr. Jablonsky had served as President of DigitalGlobe since October 2017, when the company became part of Maxar Technologies. He joined DigitalGlobe in 2012 as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, and also held the role of General Manager, International Defense & Intelligence from 2015 to 2017.

Vande Ryse

Dirk Vande Ryse is the Director of the Situational Awareness and Monitoring Division at Frontex, which contributes to the provision of reliable and comprehensive situational awareness. In this role he oversees the mobilisation and fusion of a wide range of sources of information, incl. geospatial data, and encourages the application of innovative approaches towards the collection of actionable intelligence, with a view of reducing the vulnerability of the external EU borders.

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