Speakers | 4th International Summit on Aerospace, Space Science and Mechanical Engineering

Plenary Speakers

Eviana Alice Breuss

Founder and CEO
Tengena

Eva Blaisdell

Co-Founder & Visionary
Copernic Space

Sohair Salam Saber

President of The Hague Institute for Global Justice

Jennifer Chang

CMO-GM of Connectivity Business
Creative5

Franco Paoletti

Founder & CEO - Global Education Arts & Research

Geoffrey E. Thwaites

President & Director
KOJO PT

Vladimir Pletser

Director Space Training Operations
Titans Space Industries
Nautexe Global

Oscar Lara Rapp

Founder & CEO
Apbey

Tilmann Gabriel

Founding Vice Chancellor
African Aviation & Aerospace University

Moutaman Mirghani

Institute of Space Research and Aerospace

Bernard Foing

CEO and Founder of LUNEX

Piet Kommers

Professor of UNESCO Learning Technologies

Hongwei Wu

Head of the Energy and Sustainable Manufacturing (ENSM) Research Group

Cameron Ikin

Director of the Australian Caprion Spatial Agency

Gabriel Barceló Rico-Avello

Chairman of Dinámica Fundación

Keynote Speakers

Giulia Salmaso

Marketing Officer
ITA Houston Italian Trade Agency

Monica Politano

ARTES Space Segment at European Space Agency

Bart Kemper

Principal Engineer, Kemper Engineering Services, LLC logo

Wolfgang Bosch

Graz University of Technology

Olga Shvetsova

Korea University of Technology and Education

Florin Popescu

Carol I National Defense University

Abdeluahad Bellat

ENSAMR- High National School Of Arts and Crafts Rabat

Girinath Anandhan

CEO - CosmoBuzz Limited

Rami Ayoob

CEO & Founder, Spark Information Technology
Founder, Astro Tech Hub

Hanshen Li

Electric Power Planning & Engineering Institute

Fabrizio Croccolo

University De Pau Et Des Pays De L'adour
France

Slavik Avagyan

National Polytechnic University of Armenia

Francisco Bulnes

IINAMEI InvestigaciÃ³n Internacional Avanzada en MatemÃ¡ticas e IngenierÃa A.C.

Adil Khan

Xi'an Eurasia University

Invited Speakers

Krys Blackwood

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
USA

Katja Grunfeld

Research Assistant - Project Manager-Institute of Air Law, Space Law and Cyber Law
University of Cologne

Gulseren Sakarya

General Directorate of Health Services Mars On Earth Project (MoEP)

Berfin Deniz Cabuk

Public International Law and Space Law
Utrecht University

Berfin Deniz Cabuk is a PhD Candidate in Public International Law at the Department of International and European Law, specializing in Space Law, International Security Law, and International Humanitarian Law. Her doctoral research examines the legal challenges associated with the development and deployment of Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapons within the frameworks of Space Law, International Law, and International Humanitarian Law. Berfin is a Research Associate in the Planet Stewards Project, a timely interdisciplinary global initiative addressing the sustainability challenges of evolving Earthâ€“Space systems, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University. She is also affiliated with the Research Platform on Peace, Security and Human Rights at Utrecht University. In addition, she serves as a legal expert in two working groups of COST Action CA2311â€”Futures-oriented Governance of Outer Space (FOGOS): Communication & Policy Engagement and Space Futures & Peace. vvvvBerfin graduated as the top student of the Faculty of Law at Kadir Has University in 2021, earning her LL.B. summa cum laude. In 2023, she completed her first Masterâ€™s degree in Public Law with a focus on International Law at the same institution, receiving high honors. In 2024, she completed the Masterâ€™s Program in Public International Law with a specialization in Conflict and Security at Utrecht University. She is also a licensed attorney registered with the Istanbul Bar Association. Throughout her academic path, she has contributed as a research assistant to various projects on international law, international security law, and space law. She is particularly driven by questions at the intersection of space law, space security, and space sustainability, especially in the context of emerging military technologies. Currently, she is coaching Utrecht Universityâ€™s Public International Law Masterâ€™s students for the 2026 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition."