Meet Our Speakers

Speakers

Jeffry Handal

Principal Solutions Engineer at Cisco Systems

Jill Gostin

2026 IEEE President-Elect

Jessica Bian

CTO of RAS Fusion

Rod Pyle

Ad Astra Editor-in-Chief, Author, Host of “This Week in Space”

Neeli Prasad

CEO & Co-Founder of SmartAvatar B.V.

William Bartholomew

Director of Public Policy of Microsoft

John McDonald

Founder & CEO, JDM Associates, LLC IEEE-HKN Governor At-Large

Burt Dicht

National Space Society (NSS) Managing Director of Membership and Office Manager at the Kennedy Space Center

Dr. Azadeh Yadollahi

Senior Scientist, KITE | Toronto Rehab | University Health Network