Celebrating the U.S. Space Force and Charting its Future: Agenda and Speakers

Dr. John J. Hamre, President and CEO and Langone Chair in American Leadership, CSIS

Robert Lightfoot, President, Lockheed Martin Space

Congressman (ret.) Jim Cooper, Former Ranking Member, House Armed Services Committee Strategic Forces Subcommittee

Steve Kitay, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy and Microsoft Senior Director, Strategic Ventures

Matt O’Kane, Branch Chief for Intelligence Programs, White House Office of Management and Budget

Moderator:

Todd Harrison, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Additional speakers to be announced

Hon. Frank Calvelli, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, U.S. Air Force

Lieutenant General Doug Schiess, Commander, U.S. Space Forces – Space, U.S. Space Force and Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander, U.S. Space Command

Robert Lightfoot, President, Lockheed Martin Space

Tony Frazier, Chief Executive Officer, LeoLabs

Moderator:

Mandy Vaughn, CEO and Founder, GXO, Inc.

Captain Jonathan Novak, Chief Engineer, 3rd Space Operations Squadron, U.S. Space Force

Technical Sergeant Dakota Rodriguez, 53rd Space Operations Detachment Alpha, U.S. Space Force

Cadet Nicole Crouse, National Commander, i5 Space

Hilary Cohen, Director of Operations, HEO USA

Moderator:

Clayton Swope, Deputy Director, Aerospace Security Project