Third Edition of Spacebound Conference Looks Promising

The third edition of industry association Space Canada’s Spacebound Conference is set to run for three days starting Monday, September 23^rd and the current lineup of speakers and panelists promises to deliver an event worth attending.

The format hasn’t changed this year, with the first day late afternoon Space Canada Parliamentary Reception open to all registered participants. This reception will feature a special guest speaker, Canada’s first moon-bound astronaut, Col. Jeremy Hansen.

The format for the following two days includes morning and afternoon keynote sessions followed by “Panels, Fireside Chats, and Special Guests.” Each day ends with a reception. The conference is once again being held at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa.

Astronaut Jeremy Hansen takes a selfie with one of the participants at the Space Bound 'Day on the Hill' reception' — *Astronaut Jeremy Hansen takes a selfie with one of the participants at the Spacebound 2022 ‘Day on the Hill’ reception’. Credit: SpaceQ.*

Leaders, special guests and panelists

The current list of leaders, special guests and panelists incudes.

International guests include:

David L. Cohen, U.S. Ambassador to Canada
Dr. Alex MacDonald, Chief Economist – NASA (Though Dr. MacDonald is Canadian)
Drew Feustel, former NASA Astronaut & EVP of Strategy at CSMC

Canadian government officials include:

Hon. Harjit Sajjan, Minister of Emergency Preparedness, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada, and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada
Hon. John McKay, Member of Parliament & Chair of the Standing Committee on National Defence
B.Gen. Chris Horner, Commander, 3 Canadian Space Division & Joint Force Space Component
Lisa Campbell, President, Canadian Space Agency
Shazmin Kanji, Chief Economist, Canadian Space Agency
Col. Jeremy Hansen, Astronaut, Canadian Space Agency

Industry, non-profit, media and others include:

Marc Garneau, former astronaut, naval officer, Canadian Space Agency president and cabinet minister
Mike Greenley, CEO, MDA Space
Nathan de Ruiter, Partner, NovaSpace
Vina Nadjibulla, VP Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
Dr. Jessica West, Senior Researcher, Project Ploughshares
Aaron Shull, Managing Director & General Counsel – CIGI
Evan Solomon, Publisher, GZERO Media
Michael Serapio, Anchor & Reporter – CPAC
Vassy Kapelos, Chief Political Correspondent, CTV

SpaceQ journalist James Careless and Editor-in-Chief Marc Boucher will be in attendance to cover the event.