The plenary session will bring together leading voices from academia and the space industry to help shape both the intellectual and practical direction of discussion on the Space Economy. Whether you already have an active research or teaching agenda in this area, or are simply curious to learn more, you are very welcome to join the plenary and thematic roundtables, subject to availability. Registration is required.
Keynote Speakers
Clay Mowry - CEO, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Prof. Christopher Tucci - President-Elect, Academy of Management (AOM)
Academic Panelists
Prof. Kathleen Eisenhardt - Stanford University
Prof. Ron Adner - Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Prof. Matthew Weinzierl - Harvard Business School
Industry Panelists
Heriberto Saldivar - Head of Strategy, European Space Agency
Dr. Lucie Low - Chief Science Officer, Axiom Space
Brad Handerson - Chief Commercial Officer, Starlab Space
Ryan Reel - Vice President, Outpost Space
Sanjeev Gordhan - General Partner, Type One Ventures
Luis Zea - Chief Scientist, Starlab Space
Additional representatives are also being confirmed from Vast and NASA.
📍 PDW: Space Economy: Consolidating a Research Agenda
🗓 August 1, 2026 | 2:00–5:30 PM
📌 Loews Hotel, Philadelphia, USA
🔗 Register: https://lnkd.in/e3czZT4R
📩 Questions: Mehdi.montakhabi@said.oxford.edu
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Mehdi Montakhabi
Associate Scholar
University of Oxford | Saïd Business School
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