I-ISEF for Industries｜Business Conference for Space Exploration

I-ISEF Program Time Schedule

MC
Soichi Noguchi

JAXA Astronaut

Misuzu Onuki

Space Business Consultant
CEO
Space Access
09:00-09:05

Opening｜Opening Remarks
Speaker
Toshiei Mizuochi

State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
09:05-09:10

For I-ISEF｜What Can Be Achieved Through Space Exploration?
Objective

Attendees to form a concrete picture of the space exploration industry

Speaker
Daisaku Hiraki

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Daisaku Hiraki

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Mr. Daisaku Hiraki was appointed as Japan’s Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry on August 7, 2017.
Mr. Hiraki was first elected to the House of Councillors in 2013. Prior to holding elected office, he worked for Citibank N.A., Booz & Company, and Sigmaxyz Inc.
Mr. Hiraki graduated from the University of Tokyo’s Faculty of Law in 1998. He completed a Master of Business Administration at the IESE Business School of Universidad de Navarra, Spain, in 2008.
He was born in Nagano Prefecture on October 16, 1974.
09:10-09:25

Highlight Presentation 1
Speaker
James H. Chilton

Senior Vice President
Boeing

James H. Chilton

Senior Vice President
Boeing

Jim Chilton is senior vice president of the Space and Missile Systems division of Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS). Chilton was appointed to this role in July 2017 as BDS announced a new operating structure to sharpen focus on key markets and move faster to meet customers’ needs. The Space and Missile Systems portfolio includes the International Space Station; government and commercial satellite systems; a range of missile defense and strategic deterrence systems including Ground-based Midcourse Defense, Missile Defense National Team, and the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) System; support to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory; the Boeing Starliner; NASA’s Space Launch System.and a variety of weapons programs for U.S. and allied military customers.
From October 2016 to the July 2017 restructuring of Boeing’s space and defense business, Chilton led Network & Space Systems (N&SS), which included much of the current Space and Missile Systems portfolio. Prior to that role, starting in 2013, he was vice president and general manager of Strategic Missile & Defense Systems within N&SS. Previously, Chilton served as vice president and program manager for Exploration Launch Systems and led Space Launch System (SLS), Boeing’s heavy lift launch vehicle program. Before SLS, Chilton served as program manager for the Checkout, Assembly and Payload Processing Services (CAPPS) contract at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. He led final assembly and testing of space shuttle and expendable launch vehicle payloads, including hardware destined for the International Space Station. Mr. Chilton is also a veteran of the US Space Shuttle program, serving in development, test, and launch operations assignments.
Chilton began his career with Boeing in 1984 as a turbo machinery development engineer at the Rocketdyne division in Canoga Park, Calif. He went on to hold a number of roles in engine test and launch operations. Chilton has served on many boards, including the board of directors for the National Children's Advocacy Center and the International Astronautical Federation industry relations committee.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Washington State University and a master’s degree in Space Technology from the Florida Institute of Technology. He also completed the systems acquisition course for general and flag officers at Defense Acquisition University and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s advanced management program.
09:25-10:40

Panel 1｜Socioeconomic Conditions, Innovations & Space Exploration in 2030
Objective

Discuss the value and need of the space exploration industry while discussing what the society should be like in the future.

Speakers
Panelist

Bruce B. Cahan, J.D.

Lecturer
Department of Management Science & Engineering
Stanford University

Bruce B. Cahan, J.D.

Lecturer
Department of Management Science & Engineering
Stanford University

Bruce Cahan is a Lecturer at Stanford University’s School of Engineering, a member of Stanford’s Center for Financial and Risk Analytics, a Distinguished Scholar at Stanford’s mediaX, and an active participant in Stanford’s Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX).
Bruce co-founded Stanford’s Sustainable Banking Initiative, and has researched, written and is designing innovative space finance, commodities market mechanisms and risk analytics tools..
Bruce Cahan has advised Fortune 1000 corporations and federal technology investors, negotiated billions in finance, merger and reorganization transactions, innovated investment strategies for sharing smarter open data, and redesigns banking, its impacts and safety.

Panelist

Peter Marquez

Partner
Andart Global

Peter Marquez

Partner
Andart Global

Peter Marquez is a Partner at Andart Global. In this role Peter provides space policy, strategy, management, and due diligence support to investors, governments, and industry.
Previously Peter served as the Vice President for Global Engagement at Planetary Resources and was responsible for outreach with governments and was instrumental in the development and passage of space resource laws.
Peter served at the White House in the National Security Council as the Director for Space Policy and was responsible for the development and execution of the space policies for Presidents Bush and Obama. Peter led the development of the 2010 U.S. National Space Policy. While at the White House, he began the U.S.-Japan strategic space dialogue initiative.
Peter held various positions in Office of the Secretary of Defense and the United States Air Force related to space programs and classified programs and operations.

Panelist

Kenichiro Mogi

Senior Researcher
Sony Computer Science Laboratories

Kenichiro Mogi

Senior Researcher
Sony Computer Science Laboratories

Ken Mogi conducts research into the origin of consciousness from the approach of cognitive neurosciences. The research themes covered include, but are not limited to, qualia, attention, decision-making, temporal perception, memory, body image, emotion. Efforts are made to construct a consistent model of consciousness from the cell to the brain, with emphasis on the role of sensory overflow as a constraint on the evolution of consciousness. In addition, such aspects of brain’s cognition as communication, creativity, and social interactions are investigated.

Panelist

Yoichi Ochiai

CEO
Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc.

Yoichi Ochiai

CEO
Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc.

B.1987, PhD (Applied Computer Science / University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies in 2 years the fastest record), From 2015, joined University of Tsukuba, School of Library Information and Media Studies as Assistant Professor. He is the head of Digital Nature Laboratory. CEO of Pixie Dust Technologies.inc, From 2017, he work as Advisor to President of University of Tsukuba, Visiting Professor of Osaka University of Art,and Visiting Professor of Digital Hollywood University. On December in 2017, his startup, Pixie Dust Technologies.inc, founded Strategic Platform for Digital Nature in University of Tsukuba and appointed him as Director. Simultaneously, he became Associate Professor at University of Tsukuba.
Awarded in World Technology Award 2015 from the WTN in 2015, Prix Ars Electronica from Ars Electronica in 2016, STARTS Prize from EU, the Laval Virtual Award for the 4 consecutive year until 2017. In Japan, won the Good Design Award, Media Arts Festival of Agency for Cultural Affairs. Certified as genius programmer / super creator certification from IPA Japan, Prize of Innovative Technologies from the METI Japan 3 consecutive yearly, selected as Inno-vation from the MIAC Japan. Also,Awarded in Asia Digital Art Award, Best Paper Award in ACE, Springer, ACM Augmented Human, Chosen as Best Video by Newscientist in 2012, Best SIGGRAPH Paper selected by CG Channel in 2014.

Panelist

Kazuhiko Toyama

Managing Partner
Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.

Kazuhiko Toyama

Managing Partner
Industrial Growth Platform, Inc.

Kazuhiko Toyama has started his career with BCG and later became one of the founding members of Corporate Directions, Inc. (CDI), a Tokyo-based independent management consulting firm, eventually becoming its CEO. In 2003, he was appointed to lead Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (IRCJ), a government-backed restructuring fund, as COO. In 2007, when IRCJ was dissolved, he founded Industrial Growth Platform, Inc. (IGPI), which he currently runs as its CEO. He graduated from Faculty of Law of the University of Tokyo and holds an MBA from Stanford University. He has passed the Japanese National Bar Examination.
Vice Chairperson of KEIZAI DOYUKAI (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), Expert member of Council on Economic Fiscal Policy (MOF), Member of The Tax Commission (CAO), Member of the Council of Experts Concerning the Corporate Governance Code (FSA), Outside director of Panasonic Corporation and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc..

Panelist

Johann-Dietrich Woerner

Director General
European Space Agency (ESA)

Johann-Dietrich Woerner

Director General
European Space Agency (ESA)

Johann-Dietrich WOERNER has been the ESA Director General since 2015. He studied civil engineering at the Technical University (TU) Berlin and TU Darmstadt, and graduated in 1985.
In 1982, as part of his studies, he spent one year in Japan, investigating earthquake safety of nuclear power plants. In 1990, he was appointed as a professor of Civil Engineering TU Darmstadt, and took over as Head of the Test and Research Institute. He headed the university from 1995 to 2007 and succeeded in making it the first autonomous university of the Federal Republic of Germany. From 2007 to 2015,he served as Chair of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

Moderator

Takeshi Natsuno

Guest Professor
Graduate School of Media and Governance
Keio University

Takeshi Natsuno

Guest Professor
Graduate School of Media and Governance
Keio University

Takeshi Natsuno, Professor of Keio University, majors in Information Technology, network effect on industry, business and government policy.
Widely known as the ‘father of mobile Internet’, thanks to his achievement of founding i-mode mobile Internet service in 1999.
He is now on managements such as independent board members of IT-related corporations, including seven TSE (Tokyo Stock Exchange) companies.
He is nominated as member for many Government hosted committees, relating to the Internet and Industry policy.
He graduated from Waseda University in Japan with BA in economics (1988) and received MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (1995).
11:05-11:20

Highlight Presentation 2
Speaker
Mark N. Sirangelo

Executive Vice President
Sierra Nevada Corporation

Mark N. Sirangelo

Executive Vice President
Sierra Nevada Corporation

As a longtime, credible voice and global leader within the aerospace industry, Mark Sirangelo leads SNC’s Space Systems business area based in Louisville, Colorado. Sirangelo has helped to build and grow an SNC product portfolio including small satellites; space technologies that have enabled more than 450 planetary missions such as the Mars Curiosity Rover and New Horizons Pluto mission; rocket motors, including the motors that won the Ansari X-Prize; in-space life support and plant growth systems; and, perhaps most notably, he is responsible for developing the Dream Chaser® spacecraft, the only reusable, lifting-body, low-Earth orbit vehicle, capable of landing on commercial runways around the world. Recently selected for NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS2) contract, SNC’s Dream Chaser Cargo System will be providing cargo delivery, disposal and return services to the International Space Station through 2024.
SNC has been named one of the “World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Space” by Fast Company for its contributions to commercial spaceflight.

Sirangelo assumed his current role as head of SNC’s Space Systems business area in 2009, when SNC acquired SpaceDev Inc, where Sirangelo was chairman and CEO. He has been named among the Defense Industry’s Fast Track 50, Deloitte’s Fast Track 500, selected as a finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year, included in Inc. magazine’s Top 200 and was inducted into the NASA/Space Foundation’s Technology Hall of Fame. Currently, Sirangelo is chairman emeritus of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, a member of the board of governors of the Aerospace Industries Association, the founding and current chairman of eSpace, and the Center for Space Entrepreneurship, a nonprofit that supports STEM education and the development of entrepreneurial space companies. He has been inducted as an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and is a member of the Chancellor’s Advisory Board for the University of Colorado.

In addition to his service within the aerospace industry Sirangelo also serves as a board member and trustee of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The center has resolved over 100,000 missing children cases and has created such known programs as the Amber Alert and Code Adam. From 2012 through 2015 he served as the state of Colorado’s chief innovation officer, a position appointed directly by the Governor in order to promote innovation throughout the state. He currently serves as board member of the Colorado Energy Research Authority Board.

Sirangelo served his country proudly and with distinction as a U.S. Army officer and has a multi-faceted personal background which includes being a long-term licensed pilot. He holds a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Business Administration and doctorate degrees.
11:20-12:35

Panel 2｜Industrialization & Economic Effects of Lunar & Asteroid Development
Objective

Industry players and advocates to touch on the newest initiatives in space exploration, and discuss the present and future of the business.

Speakers
Panelist

Rob Chambers

Director
Human Spaceflight Strategy and Business Development
Space Systems Company
Lockheed Martin

Rob Chambers

Director
Human Spaceflight Strategy and Business Development
Space Systems Company
Lockheed Martin

Rob Chambers is the director of Human Spaceflight Strategy and Business Development for Lockheed Martin’s Corporation’s Space Systems Company.
In this role, he is focused on Lockheed Martin’s blueprint for deep space exploration, leveraging the company’s proven heritage in robotic and human spaceflight to extend humanity’s understanding of our solar system to answer fundamental questions about where we come from, where we’re going, and whether we’re alone in the universe.
Rob has been with Lockheed Martin since 1993 and has worked on a variety of Space Systems Company programs including Earth remote sensing satellites, the Space Shuttle, Orion, and deep space habitats.
Rob has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University. Throughout his career, Rob has led the development of guidance and controls subsystems, avionics, and flight software.

Panelist

Takeshi Hakamada

CEO & Founder
ispace

Takeshi Hakamada

CEO & Founder
ispace

Takeshi studied Aerospace Engineering and received his M.S. degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Enchanted by Star Wars movies at a young age, the dawn of the new commercial space industry and the success of non-governmental entities like the Ansari XPRIZE drew his attention and curiosity. Takeshi chose to enter the consulting industry after graduation, where he developed team management skills and led multiple successful cost reduction projects. Since 2010, he has led Team HAKUTO, competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE. In 2014, he contributed to meetings initiated by the Minister of State of Japan to discuss the new space industry.

Panelist

Agata Jozwicka-Perlant

Head of Prospects & International Development
Future Programmes
ArianeGroup

Agata Jozwicka-Perlant

Head of Prospects & International Development
Future Programmes
ArianeGroup

She joined the company in 2015 and is responsible for development of the international business and cooperation.
Prior to her current position for 5 years she was CEO of Astri Polska (daughter company of Airbus Defence&Space and Space Research Center in Poland). Earlier, Dr. Jozwicka-Perlant was working as senior analyst in Frost&Sullivan International advising clients in technology solutions, business models and strategic partnerships. From 2001-2008 she was also working at Warsaw University of Technology as researcher in the domain of optical measurement systems.
Dr. Jozwicka-Perlant holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Warsaw University of Technology. She has research experience from Poland, Germany and France. During her career she was a Foreign Trade Advisor for France, founder member and Member of the Board in the Polish Space Industry Association and Member of Photonics Working Group of ESA. During her research career she was also member of SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering.

Panelist

Mike Lewis

Chief Technology Officer
NanoRacks LLC

Panelist

Cesare Lobascio

Space Infrastructure Systems Innovation Lead and Expert Life Support & Habitability
Thales Alenia Space Italia

Cesare Lobascio

Space Infrastructure Systems Innovation Lead and Expert Life Support & Habitability
Thales Alenia Space Italia

Cesare Lobascio graduated in Nuclear Engineering at Politecnico di Torino (Italy) in 1987, and in Environmental Engineering at the University of California in Berkeley in 1993.
He has worked for 30 years at Thales Alenia Space in Italy in the fields of Space Environment and Life Support, with technical and management roles, for several International Space Station, Scientific Satellites and Space Exploration programs.
He is nominated Expert in “Life Support & Habitability”, teacher at Space Exploration Master school, author of more than 50 papers, and now leader for Space Infrastructures Systems Innovation.
Find me on LinkedIn and ResearchGate.

Panelist

Tom Ochinero

Senior Director, Commercial Sales
SpaceX

Tom Ochinero

Senior Director, Commercial Sales
SpaceX

Tom Ochinero manages SpaceX’s international commercial sales efforts in Asia and Europe. In this role, he focuses on sales and business development while deepening SpaceX’s relationships with satellite operators, manufacturers, space agencies, and private astronauts in the region. Prior to assuming his current responsibility at SpaceX, Tom served as CEO at Structural Mechanics Corporation in Los Angeles and as a Sales Trader for Goldman Sachs in Tokyo.

Tom has published numerous technical papers on aerospace composite structures and is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He holds a Doctorate in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Tech, a MS in Material Science and BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester, and is a Stanford Certified Project Manager.

Panelist

Ko Ogasawara

Vice President & Director
General Manager
Business Development Department
Space Systems Division
Integrated Defense & Space Systems
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Ko Ogasawara

Vice President & Director
General Manager
Business Development Department
Space Systems Division
Integrated Defense & Space Systems
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Dr. Ko Ogasawara is General Manager, Space Systems Division, and Vice President & Director responsible for business development of all of space business at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI).
He obtained a Master of Engineering degree from Kyoto University in 1988. He started to work at Nagoya Aerospace Systems, MHI, as a structure engineer for Japanese primary launch vehicles, N-II, H-I and H-II,and Japanese Experimental Module, “KIBO”, of International Space Station.
Since 1990, he had been engaged in the HOPE-X (Japanese mini Space Shuttle) program for 10 years. During this period, he took a lead in aerothermodynamic design to accomplish the Japanese first re-entry experiments that were called Orbital Reentry Experiment, OREX, in 1994, and Hypersonic Flight Experiment, HYFLEX, in 1996. Finally, he was assigned to assistant program manager of the HOPE-X program.
In 2000, he took doctoral degree related to hypersonic aerothermodynamics from Mie Univ.
In 2008, he was assigned to manager of launch vehicle performance analysis section of Space Systems Engineering Department.
Since 2011, as deputy director of Systems Engineering Department, he had directed all MHI’s space programs from engineering point of view.
He has been Vice President & General Manager, Business Development Department, Space Systems Division, Integrated Defense & Space Systems, since April 2014.

Moderator

Chad Anderson

CEO
Space Angels

Chad Anderson

CEO
Space Angels

Chad Anderson is CEO of Space Angels and Managing Partner of Space Angels Venture Fund, the world's leading source of capital for space startups, where he has invested millions of dollars into new commercial space ventures. He is also Non-Executive Director of the UK Space Catapult where he supports the national strategy to grow the space sector in the country.
Prior to his current roles, Anderson enjoyed a successful career at JP Morgan Chase where he managed a $50 billion real estate portfolio through the Great Recession. Anderson holds an MBA from the University of Oxford.
12:35-14:10

Lunch And Networking
Sponsor Lunch Session A

Speakers
Panelist

Mark Mulqueen

Program Manager
International Space Station
Space and Missile Systems
Boeing

Mark Mulqueen

Program Manager
International Space Station
Space and Missile Systems
Boeing

Mark Mulqueen is the program manager for the International Space Station (ISS) program, leading overall integration and operations of NASA’s orbiting laboratory. The ISS is the largest, most complex international scientific and engineering program in history. Mulqueen is responsible for providing sustaining engineering, expanding on-station scientific and technical research, and implementing vehicle enhancements.
Prior to this role, Mulqueen served as deputy program manager for the Commercial Crew Program that is building Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft to take crews from United States soil to the ISS and other low Earth orbit destinations. Mulqueen’s previous positions include ISS deputy program manager; ISS Vehicle Program director; ISS Mechanical, Structural Extra-Vehicle Activity and Robotics director; Mechanical Design associate director; and ISS Power Module deputy director.
Mulqueen joined Boeing in 1985 as a structural engineer on the Rockwell North American B-1B Bomber program. He has received NASA’s Distinguished Public Service Medal and a Rotary NASA Stellar Award for Space Achievement.
Mulqueen has a Bachelor of Science degree in structural engineering from California Polytechnic University-Pomona, a Master of Science degree in applied mechanics from California State University-Northridge, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.

Panelist

Cesare Lobascio

Space Infrastructure Systems Innovation Lead and Expert Life Support & Habitability
Thales Alenia Space Italia

Cesare Lobascio

Cesare Lobascio graduated in Nuclear Engineering at Politecnico di Torino (Italy) in 1987, and in Environmental Engineering at the University of California in Berkeley in 1993.
He has worked for 30 years at Thales Alenia Space in Italy in the fields of Space Environment and Life Support, with technical and management roles, for several International Space Station, Scientific Satellites and Space Exploration programs.
He is nominated Expert in “Life Support & Habitability”, teacher at Space Exploration Master school, author of more than 50 papers, and now leader for Space Infrastructures Systems Innovation.
Find me on LinkedIn and ResearchGate.
Sponsor Lunch Session B

Outlook for Commercial Applications in the Low Earth Orbit and ISS with Looking at Space Exploration

Speakers
- Panelist
  
  Christian Maender
  
  Director
  In-Space Manufacturing and Research
  Axiom Space, LLC
  
  Christian Maender
  
  Director
  In-Space Manufacturing and Research
  Axiom Space, LLC
  
  Christian Maender serves as the Director of In-Space Manufacturing and Research at Axiom Space, which is focused on building the world’s first commercial space station and fostering humanity’s expansion off the planet. Christian has over 17 years of human spaceflight experience with key leadership roles in planning, design, technical integration and execution of microgravity research and technology demonstrations on the International Space Station (ISS). He has extensive history working with a variety of customers implementing diverse strategies to expand the commercialization of the ISS and bring commercial in-space research and manufacturing services into the ISS National Lab. Christian earned his B.S.E and M.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University.
- Panelist
  
  Carlo Mirra
  
  Director
  Space Products Sales
  AIRBUS DS, Bremen - Germany
  
  Carlo Mirra
  
  Director
  Space Products Sales
  AIRBUS DS, Bremen - Germany
  
  Carlo Mirra is the US companies KAM and is responsible for the B2B sales of the On-Orbit Services and Exploration Business Line of Airbus Defence and Space since October 2015.
  Before taking this position he was responsible for ISS Increment Integration and Management, within the Industrial Operator Contract (IOT) awarded by ESA to Airbus DS, as prime contractor.
  Before joining Astrium (now Airbus DS) in April 2003, Carlo Mirra was Director of space Infrastructure Sales for SPACEHAB Inc.
  He has 28 years' experience in the fields of manned space missions preparation and implementation, industrial projects development, space opportunities marketing and sales, space contracts management, business plan development and commercial risk assessment.
  He has managed European space operations in several ESA missions with NASA and Roscosmos.
  Carlo Mirra is an Italian citizen; he holds a doctor degree from the Polytechnic of Naples(Italy) in Aeronautical Engineering and a post graduate diploma in re-entry fluiddynamics at the Von Karman Institute in Brussels (Belgium). He is married and has a daughter and a son.
- Moderator
  
  Dr. Naohiro Sato
  
  Manager
  Space System Innovation Group
  Japan Manned Space Systems
  
  Dr. Naohiro Sato
  
  Manager
  Space System Innovation Group
  Japan Manned Space Systems
  
  Naohiro Sato studied Aerospace Engineering and received Ph.D. at Tokyo Univ. Sato joined in Japan Manned Systems Corporation (JAMSS) in 1997 and was engaged in the launch of 'KIBO'(JEM) astronaut training. He was certified as one of the first JAXA astronaut training instructors in 2001. In the JEM launch and assembly mission, he was in charge of astronaut training as a lead instructor, and also supported astronauts as JCOM (JAXA astronaut communicator) from the Tsukuba Space Center control room. From 2009, he was in charge of simulation for flight controllers of 'KOUNOTORI' (HTV). As a manager of the Program Management group of JEM at the International Space Station (ISS) since 2013, he supported JAXA's mission planning and support for program negotiation with NASA.
  Currently looking at post ISS era, Naohiro Sato is engaged in developing new business in manned low earth orbit (LEO) activities.
14:10-14:25

Y-ISEF Report｜Views Of Young Professionals

Objective

Potential future leaders to present their ideas and recommendations to the space exploration industry.

Speakers

Y-ISEF winning team
14:25-15:55

Panel 3｜Prospects of Space Exploration & Other Industries
Objective

Exchange opinions on the values and challenges of space exploration businesses from the standpoint of other industries, as well as on the possibility of collaboration between space exploration enterprises with regards to the suggestions proposed.

Speakers
Panelist

Akira Fukabori

AVATAR Program Director
Digital Design Lab
ANA HOLDINGS INC.

Akira Fukabori

AVATAR Program Director
Digital Design Lab
ANA HOLDINGS INC.

Akira has a vision to leverage the strengths of airlines to further connect the world. He belongs to ANA's Digital Design lab and is a prize developer behind the ANA AVATAR XPRIZE concept which won top honors at the XPRIZE Visioneers 2016 Summit. His Blue Wing business model, which is a partnership model that bridges for-profit and non-profit organizations, was the grand prize concept of the Tokyo-based 2010 Global Agenda Seminar program. This earned Akira an invitation to the 2011 World Economic Forum.
Akira is a serial intrapreneur who has helped to launch multiple initiatives within ANA.

Panelist

Junichi Hosoi

Manager
Shiseido Global Innovation Center

Junichi Hosoi

Manager
Shiseido Global Innovation Center

After finishing the doctor course at University of Tokyo, I spent 7 years at NIH and CBRC of MGH/Harvard in USA.
Then I have been working on the physiological regulation of skin immune functions at Shiseido.

Panelist

John C. Mankins

Vice President
Moon Village Association

John C. Mankins

Vice President
Moon Village Association

John C. Mankins is President of Artemis Innovation Management Solutions LLC and of Mankins Space Technology, Inc. He is Vice President of the Board for the Moon Village Association, and a member of the Board for the National Space Society and SPACE Canada. Mankins was formerly Chief Technologist for Human Exploration and Development of Space at NASA HQ. His 25-year career at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ranged from flight projects and space mission operations, to systems-level innovation and technology management. He planned, proposed, and managed the Exploration Systems Research & Technology program with a $4B+ budget ($850M/yr) and is recognized as the leading expert in the field of space solar power. Building on the 1970s 'technology readiness level' scale, he published the first detailed definitions of the TRLs in 1995, and created the Integrated Technology Readiness and Risk Assessment. Mankins holds B.S. (Harvey Mudd College) and M.S. (UCLA) degrees in Physics and an MBA in Public Policy Analysis (The Drucker School). He is a member of the International Academy of Astronautics. He received the NASA Exceptional Technology Achievement Medal and the National Space Society “Space Pioneer” Award. He lives on a family Ranch on the California Central Coast.

Panelist

Hajime Onojima

Senior General Manager
Smart City Promotion Department
Technical Division
Obayashi Corporation

Hajime Onojima

Senior General Manager
Smart City Promotion Department
Technical Division
Obayashi Corporation

Professional Engineer of Japan (Environmental Engineering)
Ph. D. (Waseda Univ.)

Born in Kobe on 1961.
Graduated from Construction Engineering, Waseda University and joined to Obayashi Corporation on 1985.
Research Manager of Frontier Technology Department, Technical Research Institute, Visiting Researcher of National Research Center of Finland, VTT, Manager of Mechanical and Electrical Technology Department, Vice Site Director of Re-development Project of Technical Research Institute
General Manager of Division Head Office on 2011, General Manager of Environmental Solution Department on 2013, then recent position from 2015.
Specialist on Building Environmental Engineering, most of the work is related to energy saving of building and Mechanical and Electrical system.

Panelist

Andrew Rush

President & CEO
Made In Space

Andrew Rush

President & CEO
Made In Space

Andrew Rush is President & CEO of Silicon Valley-based Made In Space, Inc. He oversees the operations, business development, and strategy of Made In Space (MIS) as it continues to push boundaries of manufacturing technology in space, at sea, and in other extreme environments for government, commercial and defense customers.

Andrew served as general counsel during MIS’s startup phase and became CEO in 2015. His vision of an interplanetary existence for humanity guides MIS to drive forward offerings that enable life and work in space. As the first manufacturing company to operate in space, MIS is uniquely positioned to unlock the tremendous potential of the space economy by creating the tools, infrastructure and equipment necessary for humankind to build among the stars.

Previously, Andrew worked in the intellectual property, business and ground crew/launch prep organizations at Masten Space Systems. Before becoming an attorney, he was a research assistant in a Solid State Physics Laboratory at the University of North Florida (UNF). He currently serves on the Physics Advisory Group at UNF.
Andrew holds a B.S. in physics from UNF and a J.D. from Stetson University. He is also a recipient of the Young Alumni Achievement Award from UNF.

Panelist

Tetsuya Sakuo

First-class registered architect
Member of the Board Managing Director
Misawa Homes Co., Ltd.

Tetsuya Sakuo

First-class registered architect
Member of the Board Managing Director
Misawa Homes Co., Ltd.

Tetsuya Sakuo has pursued developing prefabricated homes ever since he joined Misawa Homes.
In 1998, Misawa Homes developed the worlds' first mass-produced “Zero Energy Home”, and won the Good Design Gold Award, and also Nikkei Earth Environment Technology Prize.
Currently , he is in charge of product development, technology, design, construction, international business and Antarctic project.
He is aiming for the further development of housing technology.

■Career
1981.6－ Joined Misawa Homes
2006.6－ 2012.5 Executive officer
2012.6－ 2014.5 Managing executive officer
2014.6－ Member of the Board Managing Director

■License
First-class registered architect

Panelist

Junichi Sugahara

Director & Executive Officer
Spiber Inc.

Junichi Sugahara

Director & Executive Officer
Spiber Inc.

Sugahara founded Spiber at 2007 with his colleagues to realize practical use of structural proteins (such as spider silk protein) as an industrial material. Since then, he has been in charge of Research & Development. He received a B.S. (2007), an M.S. (2009) and a Ph.D. (2011) in computational biology from Keio University.

Panelist

Kimitaka Watanabe

Senior Specialist
R&D Group
TOMY Company, Ltd.

Kimitaka Watanabe

Senior Specialist
R&D Group
TOMY Company, Ltd.

1984 Graduated from Doshisha University of Department of mechanical engineering
1984 Joined Seikosha Company, Ltd.(now SEIKO CLOCK) Clock engineer
1996 Joined Hasbro Japan R&D, Marketing Director
1999 Joined TOMY Company, Ltd. Toy R&D
2008 Received METI ‘s Award for i-Sobot.
2016 Research at JAXA Innovation Hub (Small insect type robot)

Moderator

Takaaki Umezawa

Japan Chairman
A.T. Kearney

Takaaki Umezawa

Japan Chairman
A.T. Kearney

Tak Umezawa has advised leading corporations in Japan and the US. Areas of expertise include strategy, innovation, marketing and organization.

As outside director, he serves the boards of GLOBIS Corporation and Cool Japan Fund, a public-private partnership fund which helps develop Japanese creative industries. He sits on government committees on topics such as Cool Japan, design, innovation, and taxation.

He leads the "NEXTOKYO Project," a future-vision project for Tokyo by leading experts in urban planning, design, art, sports, media, law and business.
16:20-17:35

Panel 4｜Policy Measures for the Expansion of Space Exploration Businesses
Objective

Discuss policies and measures to develop space exploration businesses by governments and national agencies, roles between the public and private sectors, and challenges/solutions for industrial promotion.

Speakers
Panelist

Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi

Director General
United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA)

Mohammed Nasser Al Ahbabi

Director General
United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA)

H.E Dr. Mohamed Nasser Al Ahbabi has been appointed as Director General of the UAE Space Agency after having the responsibility of designing and creating the agency.
He obtained his first Degree in the USA, then his MSc and PhD in the United Kingdom within the Information and Communication Technologies domain where he has published more than 20 scientific papers.
Dr Ahbabi has contributed and led numerous strategic projects in the ICT domain towards the benefit of the UAE government. He has also led a UAE Armed Forces Think Tank Project within the Centre of Excellence. His role embedded advising the military and government at a strategic level on emerging concepts and technologies in the area of smart defense, cyber warfare and space developments.
He was the head of YAHSAT MilSatCom and other Space Projects. He has an active role in ITU-R, UN Space working groups and ICT professional associations.
Dr Ahbabi is also a key speaker in a number of international conferences in the area of Smart Defense, mil-Space, Cybersecurity, and Smart governments. He is also a board member of YahSat Company, UAEU Council and of the UAE ICT fund.
In his role as the Director General of the UAE Space Agency, he leads a team of 50 that manages the UAE’s space sector. He is responsible for realizing the agency’s goals of growing this Sector. He recommends the National Space Strategy and related laws, policies, and regulations to the government. He promotes and supports Industrial and R&D space projects. Dr. Al Ahbabi is also responsible for establishing and maintaining international relationships and partnerships, coordinating with national concerned authorities and providing guidance to non-government space sector organizations.

Panelist

Robert Battiston

President
Italian Space Agency (ASI)

Robert Battiston

President
Italian Space Agency (ASI)

CURRICULUM VITAE OF PROFESSOR ROBERTO BATTISTON
Roberto Battiston is born at Trento in 1956, married with Maria, father of four.
Laurea degree at Scuola Normale of Pisa (1979). Doctorate University of Paris IX, Orsay, (1982).
Chair of General Physics at the Engineering Faculty of the Perugia University, Faculty of Engineering, (1992 - 2012).
Chair of General Physics at the Physics Department or the Trento University (2012- ).
Laurea honoris causa Universtiy of Bucharest (2000)
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (2017)
Vladimir Syromyatnikov Award (2017)
He has worked for over 30 years in international collaborations in the field of experimental physics and fundamental interactions: Strong interactions, Electroweak interaction physics, Search for antimatter and dark matter in Cosmic Rays.
Founder of a research group in Perugia active, since the beginning of '90's, in the field of frontier detectors and technologies to be used in fundamental physics research ground based and space based. In 1994 he founded SERMS (Laboratory for the Study of the Effects of the Radiation on Special Materials), devoted to the characterization of materials and devices to be used in space conditions.
Deputy spokesperson for the AMS experiment, the first fundamental physics experiment approved on the International Space Station, already successfully flown during the STS91 Shuttle flight in June 1998 (2007- ) and installed on the ISS in 2011.
Italian Coordinator for a Network of University Laboratories to develop scientific payloads for space applications (2001-2002 and 2003-2004 and 2006-2007).
Italian PI for the LIMADOU, to develop and energetic particle payload for the Chinese CSES satellite (2011-2014) to be launched in 2017
Coordinator of the SR2S EU project (2013-15) to develop active shielding techniques for interplanetary flights
Member of CEPR, the governmental committee advising the Minister of Research and University (2014-2015)
President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) (2014-)
Vice President of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAF) (2014-2017)
Author of more than 420 papers published on international scientific journals.
Organizer of several workshops devoted to space science and to advanced technologies (Trento 1999, Elba 2002, Washington 2003, Bejijng 2006, CERN 2012).

Committee memberships:
During 6 years Scientific Coordinator in the First Scientific Committee of INFN.
Member of the Scientific Council of IRST (Trento) (1995).
Member of the ASI Scientific Committee (1997-1999).
Member of the Scientific Council of IFC Milano (1998-2002).
Member of the ESA Fundamental Physics Advisory Group (1999 - )
Member of the Joint Space Science Advisory Group (JSSAG) from MIUR (2001)
Director of the Perugia INFN Section and member of the National INFN Directorate(2001-2008).
Member of the INAF Board of Directors (2004-2007)
President of INFN National Committee on Astroparticle Physics (2009-14)
Member of the Committee of Expert on Research Policy (CEPR) (2013-14)
President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) (2014-…)

Panelist

P.G. Diwakar

Scientific Secretary
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

P.G. Diwakar

Scientific Secretary
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)

P. G. Diwakar, a Distinguished Scientist, is involved in planning of India’s space programs, as the Scientific Secretary of ISRO.
A technocrat in geospatial technology utilisation, he spearheaded creation of Bhuvan – an unified geospatial platform for ISRO’s satellite data and services.
He is with ISRO for 33 years and served in key roles in earth observations and disaster management support.
With doctorate in Participatory Geomatics, he received many national and International Awards for innovative use of geospatial technologies and published 70 research articles in digital image processing and software solutions in societal applications of space technology.

Panelist

Pascale Ehrenfreund

Chair of the Executive Board
German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Pascale Ehrenfreund

Chair of the Executive Board
German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Pascale Ehrenfreund is the Chair of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). She is also a Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs at the Space Policy Institute in Washington DC. Since two decades she contributed as Project Scientist, Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator and Teamleader to ESA and NASA astronomy and planetary missions as well as experiments in low Earth orbit and on the International Space Station. From 2013-2015 she was President of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). Pascale Ehrenfreund holds a Master degree in Molecular Biology, a PhD in Astrophysics, and a Master degree in Management & Leadership. The asteroid "9826 Ehrenfreund 2114 T-3" bears her name.

Panelist

Mario Grotz

Director General for Research, Intellectual Property and New Technologies
Ministry of the Economy, Luxembourg

Mario Grotz

Director General for Research, Intellectual Property and New Technologies
Ministry of the Economy, Luxembourg

Mario Grotz is the Director General for Research, Intellectual Property and New Technologies, responsible in particular for the development of technology-based sectors in Luxembourg (e.g. cleantech, biotech, ICT, space). His team is in charge of the definition and implementation of the spaceresources.lu initiative, promoting the peaceful exploration and sustainable utilization of space resources.
Mario Grotz started his career working for the Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Craft, where he acted as an advisor to SME’s in areas concerning business creation and business management. In 2001, he joined the Ministry of Economy where his main focus was on the evaluation of R&D projects or programs implemented by the private sector. From 2009-2012, he was appointed Head of Directorate for Infrastructures and Technology.

Panelist

Robert M. Lightfoot Jr.

Acting Administrator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Robert M. Lightfoot Jr.

Acting Administrator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. became NASA’s Acting Administrator effective January 20, 2017. His permanent title is Associate Administrator, which is NASA’s highest-ranking civil servant. He was previously Director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama.
Mr. Lightfoot began his NASA career at MSFC in 1989 as a test engineer and Program Manager for the space shuttle main engine technology test bed program.
Mr. Lightfoot is a graduate of the mechanical engineering program from the University of Alabama and he serves on the University of Alabama Mechanical Engineering Advisory Board. In 2010, he was inducted into the State of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame.

Panelist

Silvio Sandrone

Vice President
Advanced Projects and Products
Airbus Defence and Space

Silvio Sandrone

Vice President
Advanced Projects and Products
Airbus Defence and Space

Silvio recently re-joined Airbus Space Systems team to lead the Advanced Projects and Products business, covering both space and Earth applications. Prior to this, he was in Ariane Group since its creation in 2015, in order to streamline the Ariane industrial chain around a few key risk-sharing partnerships. In his previous position he was in charge of developing new launcher programmes and business for Airbus Defence and Space, both in Europe and internationally – among which Ariane 6 and ADELINE.

In his life before Airbus, Silvio worked for EUMETSAT, Vega, Arianespace and ThalesAlenia Space, living in locales as different as Turin, Bremen, Paris, Strasbourg, Darmstadt and French Guiana.

Silvio completed the Corso in Scienze Aerospaziali with Politecnico, Turin, in 1990, and the Master of Space Studies with the International Space University (ISU), Strasbourg, in 1998.

An EU citizen (French and Italian), married with three daughters and based in Bremen, Germany, Silvio is thrilled by the opportunities offered by Humankind’s expansion into space and he sure wants to help make it happen.

Panelist

Hiroshi Yamakawa

Member of the Committee on National Space Policy

Hiroshi Yamakawa

Member of the Committee on National Space Policy

Dr. Hiroshi Yamakawa is a professor of space engineering at Kyoto University since 2006. He graduated in 1988 and received Ph. D in 1993 from the University of Tokyo. He became an assistant professor and an associate professor at ISAS from 1993 to 2003, followed by an associate professorship at JAXA between 2003 and 2006. He served as a study manager and a project manager of the Euro-Japan collaborative BepiColombo mission to Mercury from 2000 through 2006. He was a visiting scientist at NASA JPL from 1997-1998, and at ESA ESTEC in 2002. Dr. Hiroshi Yamakawa is a member of the Committee on National Space Policy, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, since 2012. He was appointed Secretary General of the secretariat of the Strategic Headquarters for Space Policy in the Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of Japan between 2010 and 2012.

Moderator

Sunami Atsushi

Vice President, Professor
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Sunami Atsushi

Vice President, Professor
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Education and career
Professor Sunami holds BSFS from Georgetown University. He obtained MIA and PhD in Political Science from Columbia University. He is currently Professor, and Vice President at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan. He is serving as Special Advisor, Cabinet Office responsible for Science and Technology and Innovation and President and Executive Director, the Ocean Policy Research Institute , the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.
Before joining GRIPS, he was a Fellow at Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry established by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan between 2001 and 2003. He also worked as a researcher in the Department of Policy Research at Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. from 1989 to 1991.
17:35-17:40

Remarks
Speaker
Kenneth Hodgkins

Director
Office of Space and Advanced Technology
U.S. Department of State
17:40-17:45

Remarks
Speaker
Daniel L. Dumbacher

Executive Director
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
17:45-17:50

Closing｜Closing Remarks
Speaker
Jiro Akama

State Minister of Cabinet Office