10 th AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORUM 25 NOVEMBER 2020

Supported by the: 10th AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORUM PREMIER’S WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2020 JOIN THE CONVERSATION: #SASPACEFORUM Facilitated by: WELCOME Carolyn Miller, Managing Director @SASIC_Aus The Honeycomb Effect South Australian Centre Session recordings will be posted on our YouTube Channel: South Australian Space Industry Centre IT IS MY PLEASURE TO ’s space industry is underpinned by important research WELCOME YOU TO THE 10TH and partnerships between industry AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORUM. and academia. Earlier this year, the Defence Science and Technology While 2020 has provided our world with Group announced their partnership with many challenges, the South Australian industry and academia through the CRC, Government is pleased to be able to host proposing an ambitious research program such a significant event for our national aimed at delivering enhanced capability space industry. to the ’s This year began with the opening communications. of both the Our collaboration with international headquarters and the SmartSat space partners remains key to our Cooperative Research Centre (CRC). success. Australia has had the pleasure Since then we have seen construction of working with the Japan Aerospace of the $6 million national Mission Control Exploration Agency (JAXA) to prepare for Centre and Space Discovery Centre the momentous return of the Hayabusa II commence at , located in the to Earth. We are immensely proud that heart of the CBD. the Woomera Range Complex, located In September, entered in the South Australian outback, will serve the history books when Australia’s first as the re-entry location for the capsule in privately owned successfully December 2020. launched a payload to the edge of space. The opportunities for Australia in The launch of the T-Minus Engineering Dart space are endless. As we emerge post- rocket with DEWC Systems payload, COVID-19, we must ensure our momentum from the Southern Launch Koonibba in this sector is not lost. If we grab these Rocket Test Range, marked the start of opportunities with both hands, we will new era of space launches from Australia, ensure a bright future for all Australians. CONTENTS bringing with it exciting opportunities not I would like to thank our sponsors, only for the state, but the nation. speakers and the all the fantastic space The ’s investment organisations for their support and in space over the past 12 months has commitment to this important event in 03 PREMIER’S WELCOME 10 SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES seen a number of innovative small to the face of these unprecedented times. medium enterprises receive funding from We trust the 10th Australian Space Forum 05 ABOUT SASIC 25 EXHIBITOR PROFILES the Next Generation Technologies Fund will provide a great platform for networking and Defence Innovation Hub contracts. and ideas generation for this exciting and 07 FORUM SCHEDULE 54 OUR SPONSORS The development of a strong and globally rapidly developing industry. competitive space industry is vital to our national interest and the grants awarded to South Australian companies demonstrates our state’s support of the Australian Space Agency’s goal of tripling the size of the Hon Steven Marshall MP space sector by 2030. Premier of South Australia 2 10TH AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORUM 25 NOVEMBER 2020 3 DOWNLOAD THE ABOUT SASIC AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORUM APP

Now is a pivotal time to engage with the The space industry will also continue space sector in Australia, particularly in the to contribute to the development of other SEARCH FOR vibrant space economy emerging in South priority sectors for South Australia, including “AUSTRALIAN SPACE Australia. Home to over 80 space-related defence, agriculture, mining and tourism, organisations, research organisations and and services for the community such as FORUM” WITHIN educational institutes, South Australia is health and education. SASIC remains THE APP STORE committed to further growing the local committed to exploiting disruption, industry, building on the state’s proud harnessing innovation, and leveraging - Join the Q+A history of space activity. strong support to strengthen our space -Connect with participants Established in 2017 by the South industry. - Follow the activity feed Australian Government, the South For more information - plus more! Australian Space Industry Centre (SASIC) please contact SASIC via: was created to drive space industry innovation, research and entrepreneurial SASIC.SA.GOV.AU development. SASIC is supporting the state’s emerging T +61 8 8463 7140 space industry by providing annual funding E [email protected] OR ON YOUR DESKTOP to grow jobs and build South Australia’s Darin Lovett SPACEFORUM20.ENTEGYAPP.COM.AU space ecosystem through the Space Director, Space Innovation Fund. The Fund is responsible South Australian Space Industry Centre for invigorating South Australia’s space innovation ecosystem by supporting promising entrepreneurs, new start-ups and early stage businesses to scale-up and activate their ideas. SASIC is now focused on growing a sustainable space industry, challenging the innovative skills of our best researchers and engineers, while inspiring young people to develop the skills to push the frontiers of scientific knowledge.

25 NOVEMBER 2020 5 FORUM SCHEDULE Facilitated by Carolyn Miller, Managing Director, The Honeycomb Effect. Times displayed are Australian Central Daylight Savings Time (ACDT).

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8.30 Welcome from the Premier of South Australia – The Hon. Steven Marshall MP Welcome from the Minister for Industry, Science and Technology – The Hon. MP Message from Adj Prof Nicola Sasanelli AM, Senior Advisor - South Australian Space Industry Centre

9.00 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SPACE TRENDS Anthony Murfett, Deputy Head, Australian Space Agency Dr Hiroshi Yamakawa, President, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

10.00 MORNING TEA

10.30 AUSTRALIA-JAPAN: COMMON AREAS AND HOW TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING BILATERAL COLLABORATION Facilitator: Anntonette Dailey, Executive Director, Operations and Communications, Australian Space Agency Panellists: Akira Kosaka, Manager, International Relations, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Alisa Starkey, Founder, Ozius Masatoshi Nagasaki, Co-founder and CEO, Space BD Shinobu Doi, Manager, Japanese Experiment Module, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Dr Sarah Pearce, Deputy Director, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science

11.45 CENTRE OF GRAVITY. THE IMPACT OF SPACE ON EARTH Speakers: Darin Lovett, Director Space, South Australian Space Industry Centre Rosie Jonas, Gravity Program Manager, Deloitte Siobhan Gardiner, Climate Change & Environment Lead, Deloitte UK Sam Adlen, Chief Strategy Officer, Satellite Applications Catapult

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15.30 SMARTSAT CRC AND NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENCE PARTNERS IN THE STAR SHOTS STRATEGY, DEVELOPING LEAP-AHEAD AUSTRALIAN CAPABILITIES Facilitator: Andrew Seedhouse, Chief Intelligence, Surveillance and Space Division, Defence Science and Technology Group Panellists: AVM Catherine Roberts AM CSC, Head of Air Force Capability, Royal Australian Air Force 100 YEARS OF THE AVALON 2019 Highlights Dr Thomas Cooley, Chief Scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate, U.S. Air Force ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE l Prof Allison Kealy, Research Director, Advanced Satellite Systems, Sensors & 38,952 Trade Visitor Attendances 1921 - 2021 Intelligence, SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre l 698 Participating Companies Julie Cooper, Non Executive Director & Interim Group CEO, Nova Group l Inaugural SIAA Space Industry Conference Dr Matthew Tetlow, CEO, Inovor Technologies l 41 International Air Chiefs and Representatives l 161 Official Delegations 16.50 CONCLUSION

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8 10TH AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORUM 25 NOVEMBER 2020 9 DR THOMAS COOLEY JULIE COOPER SPEAKER CHIEF SCIENTIST FOR THE SPACE NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & INTERIM VEHICLES DIRECTORATE | AIR FORCE GROUP CEO | NOVA GROUP BIOGRAPHIES RESEARCH LABORATORY, KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE

Dr Thomas Cooley is the Chief Scientist, Julie joined Nova as a Non-Executive Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Director in July 2017 and became the Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Interim Group CEO in July 2020. Force Base, New Mexico, where he is During her career as a Management responsible for the technical quality of a Consultant for the global consulting firm, USD$200+ million annual Air Force space McKinsey & Company, she supported science-and-technology investment. clients in Australia, the UK, , Asia He coordinates USD$500+ million of and the Middle East. As a Consultant she DoD Space S&T investments with other worked across multiple sectors including government agencies and industry internal Health, Retail, and Oil and Gas. Prior to research and development to avoid becoming a Management Consultant duplication of effort and/or gaps. Julie held operational roles in the Brewing, He began his career at NASA’s Jet Banking, and Defence sectors. She held Propulsion Laboratory developing senior management positions in BAE advanced microwave communications Systems in both Australia and the UK, and remote sensing technologies while including working on the merger between attending graduate school at Caltech. BAE and GEC Marconi and as a Director of After completing his doctorate at the Royal Ordnance Defence. Julie is a Fellow University of Arizona in Optical Sciences of the Australian Institute of Company under a NASA fellowship, he spent a year Directors (FAICD) and contributes actively as a Post-Doc Researcher advancing as a member of the ‘Tomorrow’s Director’ optical calibration techniques in Committee. She is also a Non-Executive Toulouse, France. He joined AFRL in 1998, Director of Credit Union SA; and is Chair and has contributed to a wide range of of the Audit and Risk Committee for the technologies focused on Electro-Optic Adelaide Crows Foundation. Julie is also sensors and imaging spectroscopy from a Board Advisor to the Sarah Group, space. In 2004, he became the Principal one of South Australia’s most successful Investigator of TacSat-3/ARTEMIS satellite, construction companies. a hyperspectral sensor built to demonstrate the value of the data for a wide range of military applications. In 2015 he became the lead for Space Situational Awareness technology efforts at AFRL, before stepping into his current role in 2017. He is a Fellow of SPIE and of AFRL.

10 10TH AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORUM 25 NOVEMBER 2020 11 ANNTONETTE DAILEY SHINOBU DOI ULRIC FERNER LAETITIA GARRIOTT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OPERATIONS MANAGER, JAPANESE EXPERIMENT PRINCIPAL | RIGHT CLICK CAPITAL AND COMMUNICATIONS | AUSTRALIAN MODULE | JAPAN AEROSPACE DE CAYEUX SPACE AGENCY EXPLORATION AGENCY (JAXA) COFOUNDER AND CEO | GLOBAL SPACE VENTURES

Anntonette is an Executive Director at the Mr Doi started to work in NASDA (currently Ulric is a Principal at Right Click Capital, Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux is a technology Australian Space Agency and commenced JAXA) in 1994. He has worked for the a VC fund that invests in startups with entrepreneur and investor. She serves as in the Agency soon after it was established development and the mission integration global ambitions. He leads Right Click’s CEO of Global Space Ventures, on the in July 2018. Anny is responsible for the of the Exposed Facility including Robotics deep tech. practice, including space Board of America’s National Museum of operations of the Agency and ensuring it Arm for so-called Kibo Module on the system investments (e.g. Myriota). He is an Mathematics, and as a member of the meets its government requirements as well International since 1996. ex-founder and has also done product Council on Foreign Relations, the Truman establishing its governance arrangement. Now, he is in charge of promoting the development at a number of startups. Security Project, the Economic Club of In addition to managing the parliamentary utilisation of Kibo Exposed Facility and the He did his Ph.D. in Computer Science and New York, and Women Corporate Directors. interaction, finances, human resources commercial utilisation of inside and outside S.M. in Aeronautics, both at MIT in Boston Her entrepreneurial and investing activities and event management, Anny is also Kibo module. and is an alumni of BCG. For kicks, he has focus on frontier technologies including responsible for all communications for the JAXA is enhancing the utilisation of a few patents and loves coming up with space. She was instrumental in beamed Agency and has a personal goal to meet Kibo Exposed Facility with JAXA selected creative tests for product/market fit. energy technology becoming onboarded the key values of the Agency – namely to commercial service providers through to NASA’s technology roadmap, inspire Australians and ‘do cool stuff’. its unique capability as easy-to-use as cofounder of Escape Dynamics, In 2019, Anntonette was identified in the technology demonstration platform such which Fast Company ranked third of the Financial Review’s as one of Australia’s 100 as the CubeSat deployment capability “Top 10 World’s Most Innovative Space Most Influential Women. (J-SSOD) and the small experimental Companies”, and was featured in Scientific As a chartered professional engineer, device adapter on the i-SEEP. American as a “World Changing Idea”. Anny graduated with honours at the In addition, as an only country from She is an early investor in US technology University of Technology Sydney and took the Asia Pacific Regions, JAXA is also champions SpaceX and Lynk, which on a career in sustainability. Working across promoting the international collaboration demonstrated the first “cell tower in space”. multiple Government agencies as well as with these countries so that these countries Her 20 years career in finance has spanned not for profit and consultancy – Anny brings will be strategic partners for future human the US, Europe and Asia and included more than 12 years as a senior executive activities on the Low Earth leadership roles at global investment capability to the Agency. and beyond through the “Kibo” utilisations. firms Renaissance Technologies and TPG-Axon, serving as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, and starting her own investment firm. Laetitia has contributed her expertise to Council on Foreign Relations study groups on transformative technologies and briefed members of the US Senate on commercial space. She holds an MBA for Harvard Business School.

12 10TH AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORUM 25 NOVEMBER 2020 13 ROSIE JONAS PROF ALLISON KEALY CHRIS KIRK AKIRA KOSAKA GRAVITY PROGRAM MANAGER DIRECTOR RESEARCH PROGRAM GENERAL MANAGER MANAGER, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | DELOITTE ADVANCED SATELLITE SYSTEMS, SENSOR | STONE & CHALK | JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION & INTELLIGENCE | SMARTSAT COOPERATIVE AGENCY (JAXA) RESEARCH CENTRE

Rosie is a Senior Manager in Deloitte’s Dr Allison Kealy is a Professor in GeoSpatial Stone & Chalk exists to identify, nurture, Mr Kosaka has been involved mainly in the Strategy & Transformation Office with a Science at RMIT University, Australia. connect and propel those entrepreneurs human space flight programs including remit to drive engagement within the She holds a BSc in Land Surveying from seeking to solve the world’s most pressing the International Space Station (ISS) startup ecosystem by pairing disruptive The University of the West Indies, Trinidad, business and social challenges. In 2019 for more than 15 years out of his 30 year startups, scale ups and high growth and a PhD in Satellite Positioning and Stone & Chalk partnered with the South career at JAXA. businesses with market demand, to solve Geodesy from the University of Newcastle Australian Government to launch the He served as Deputy Director of JAXA some of the world’s greatest challenges upon Tyne, UK. Allison is the Research Startup Hub at Lot Fourteen. Founded in Washington Office from 2000 to 2003, and achieve an impact that matters. Director, Program 2, Advanced Satellite Fintech, today Stone & Chalk provides and he was assigned as the first Director As the Program Manager for the Systems, Sensors and Intelligence, access to collaborative workspace and of JAXA Moscow Office when it was GRAVITY Challenge, Rosie is responsible SmartSat CRC, President of the International growth and commercialisation support established in 2011, and served 3 years for the design and delivery of the global Association of Geodesy (IAG) Commission 4 for over 700 entrepreneurs across a range through 2014 to explore the cooperative technology innovation program which - Positioning and Applications, Deputy of emerging tech sectors. In early 2021 relations with Russian space organizations supports corporates, entrepreneurs and Director of the Sir Lawrence Wackett Centre Stone & Chalk will launch a dedicated including . universities in the space ecosystem to for Defence Research at RMIT University Space Tech hub, co-located with In April 2017, he was assigned as design and build solutions to real industry, and a technical representative on the US SmartSat CRC and the Australian Manager of JAXA International Relations social and environmental problems using Institute of Navigation Council. Allison’s Space Agency at Lot Fourteen. Prior to Division and took the responsibility of space data and capability. multi-disciplinary research extends across Stone & Chalk, Chris held various roles Executive Secretary of Asia-Pacific Regional Rosie is passionate about innovation high performance PNT applications, in banking and financial services. Space Agency Forum (APRSAF). having studied a Bachelor of GNSS quality control, sensor fusion and Since 2015 he has supported startups to He studied on the disarmament Entrepreneurship and founding two estimation theory. raise over $550m in direct investment. negotiations between the United States startups before settling on her career path and the former Soviet Union during the as an innovation specialist at Deloitte, Cold War period, and received B.A. in where she has been honing her craft International Political Science from and sharing her knowledge for the past Waseda University in 1990. seven years. He lives in the suburbs of Tokyo with his wife, 3 children and a dog.

14 10TH AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORUM 25 NOVEMBER 2020 15 DARIN LOVETT FACILITATOR DIRECTOR SPACE | SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SPACE INDUSTRY CENTRE CAROLYN MILLER MANAGING DIRECTOR | THE HONEYCOMB EFFECT

Darin Lovett is Director of Space at the For over 20 years Carolyn Miller has been South Australian Space Industry Centre. working in the marketing and advertising His focus is on leveraging disruption, industry and has been a strategist at innovation, and strong support to multiple award-winning agencies. build a sustainable space industry in She’s also a regular panellist on the highly South Australia. popular ABC Television Program ‘Gruen’, He brings more than 25 years’ where advertising industry experts review experience in strategy and capability and discuss marketing creative concepts. development for the Air and Space Carolyn regularly features in a variety of domains. His diverse background includes television shows discussing advertising, space operations and policy, university including Sunrise on Channel 7 and lecturer, weapons test and evaluation, The Today Show on Channel 9. airborne anti-submarine and surveillance Carolyn loves seeing brands and Space operations, coalition partnering, and businesses succeed, and is passionate working on large-scale transformation about bringing ideas to life. Her background projects. as a strategist not only gives her great His space credentials include working insight into the brand and advertising as a staff officer in Australia’s joint Defence world, but also the heartland of consumer Deloitte is committed to proactively supporting purposeful growth of the Space Coordinating Office, four years at sentiment and shifting cultural trends. Australian space ecosystem. Our vision is to see the Australian space ecosystem the US Executive Agent for Space within the She’s the Founding Director of recognised globally as a leader in delivering value to the world’s key industry Pentagon, graduate of the International Communications Consultancy sectors and society through new disruptive space-enabled capabilities, business Space University, and Chief of Australia’s ‘The Honeycomb Effect’ where her client models and by the way we collaborate. Space Operations Centre within HQ Joint base includes high profile brands such Operations Command. as Nespresso, Yahoo!7, Pfizer, Lend Lease That’s why we’ve established the Gravity Challenge, an Australian conceived and Darin holds Masters degrees in and The Australian Institute of Sport led space innovation program, now operating globally, focused on accelerating Philosophy (Military Strategy), Arts (Strategy amongst many others. new commercial opportunities for the Australian space sector. and Policy) and Science (Technology She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Management); and a Bachelor of Communications, and an Executive MBA

Engineering (Aerospace). He is a graduate from the University of Technology Sydney. That’s why we’re actively involved supporting Saber Astronautics in the design of the Australian Defence Force Academy and implementation of Australia’s Mission Control Centre to help democratise (ADFA), Canadian Forces Aerospace access to space. Systems Course (ASC), Australian Command and Staff Course (ACSC), To explore how we can make an impact that matters with your organisation, and the US Air Force’s School of Advanced let’s connect. Air & Space Studies (SAASS). www.deloitte.com 25 NOVEMBER 2020 17 © 2020 Deloitte Australia ANTHONY MURFETT MASATOSHI DR SARAH PEARCE RICHARD PRICE DEPUTY HEAD | AUSTRALIAN DEPUTY DIRECTOR | CSIRO ASTRONOMY CHIEF EXECUTIVE | SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SPACE AGENCY NAGASAKI AND SPACE SCIENCE SPACE INDUSTRY CENTRE CO-FOUNDER AND CEO | SPACE BD

Anthony Murfett is Deputy Head of the Masa co-founded Space BD Inc. in As the Deputy Director CSIRO Astronomy Richard Price was appointed Defence SA Australian Space Agency, where Anthony September 2017. As a seasoned expert in and Space Science, Dr Pearce leads Chief Executive in October 2017. In this role, has oversight of strategy, policy and business development in diverse industries engagement in the international Square he was simultaneously appointed to the day-to-day operations and supports including mining, steel, and education, Kilometre Array (SKA) project and was position of Chief Executive of the South the Agency Head in monitoring the he embarked on his new challenge in the part of the negotiating team for the Australian Space Industry Centre (SASIC). performance of the Agency. space industry. Less than a year since his SKA Treaty. Sarah also leads CSIRO’s Richard has worked within the defence Anthony has worked as Minister establishment of Space BD, the company , including operating a and public safety sectors for over 25 years Counsellor, Industry, Science and was selected by JAXA as the official share of the NovaSAR-1 satellite facility. and has international industry experience Education at the Australian Embassy in operator of satellite deployment services Prior to joining CSIRO, Sarah was project in leadership, business development and Washington DC and as General Manager from the International Space Station manager of the UK’s computing for particle engineering. of the Growth Centres Branch within the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” which physics program and a science advisor Prior to joining Defence SA and SASIC, Department of Industry, Innovation and was the first commercialisation initiative in the UK Parliament. She holds a PhD Richard led a Stockholm based business Science in . taken by JAXA. Space BD is now a leading from the University of Leicester and an unit for Saab AB with operations in Sweden, Anthony ensures the Agency delivers Japanese company in satellite launch undergraduate degree in Physics from the Denmark, Australia, South Africa and on its purpose to transform and grow services as well as ISS utilisation service. University of Oxford. the UK. The focus was the global market for a globally respected Australian space Prior to this, he founded Nagasaki & Co. communication and control room solutions. industry that contributes to productivity in 2014, where he mainly engaged in Before moving to Sweden in 2013, and employment across the Australian business development in the field of Richard was Managing Director of Saab’s economy. education. Australian operations. Dedicated to purpose, Anthony brings At the start of his career, he served Richard is an engineering graduate of an entrepreneurial spirit to the Agency, at Mitsui & Co., Ltd., one of the biggest the University of Wales (BSc Hons, 1985) valuing partnerships while drawing strength conglomerates in Japan. He spent four and a graduate of the Melbourne Business from diversity and pushing the boundaries years working in Brazil and Australia, School Advanced Management Program of our knowledge. mainly for iron ore resource development (2006) and the Australian Institute of As a road bike enthusiast, Anthony is and investment business. Company Directors (2010). not only at the forefront of space industry He graduated from Waseda University Richard is also the Chair of Autism SA who development, he is well on his way with a bachelor’s degree in education. help people on the autism spectrum live to cycling the distance to the moon the life they choose in an inclusive society. (238,855 miles or 384,400 km), having ridden and competed across the country and the globe.

18 10TH AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORUM 25 NOVEMBER 2020 19 AVM CATHERINE STEPHEN RODDA STEPHEN RODDA ADJ PROF NICOLA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | INNOVATION & ROBERTS AM CSC COMMERCIAL PARTNERS THE UNIVERSITY (CONTINUED) SASANELLI AM | SENIOR ADVISOR | SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEAD AIR FORCE CAPABILITY, ROYAL OF ADELAIDE AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE SPACE INDUSTRY CENTRE

Air Vice-Marshal Catherine Roberts has A strategist with significant experience Stephen holds a Masters of Business Nicola graduated from the University been a member of the Royal Australian at Chief Executive and Director levels Administration, is a Fellow of the Australian of Bari, Italy in 1987 with a degree in Air Force for over 35 years, and is the most within technology development driven Institute of Company Directors and has Electronic Engineering. He went on to senior female aerospace engineer in the companies and the not-for-profit sector. undertaken the Advanced Management work as a researcher in microelectronics Australian Defence Force. Stephen is committed to the successful Program (AMP) at the Harvard Business high-reliability components at Tecnopolis She became the inaugural Head of translation of research into outcomes that School. S&T Research Centre, Bari before being Air Force Capability on 01 Jul 2019 and deliver social and economic benefit to our Stephen serves on The Hospital Research appointed as Scientific Attaché at the is responsible for conceptualising and communities. He has actively driven the Foundation Group Board as Chair, which Embassy of Italy in Canberra from shaping the development and delivery of formation and financing of more than has grown to become the largest private 2001 to 2008. Air and Space power across the capability 15 companies, securing more than funder of medical research in SA. He is In 2009, Nicola joined the South life cycle. AU$300 million in investment, grants and Chair of BiomeBank, Australia’s first stool Australian Government as a Special Cath’s background includes flight test, other funding. bank, developing treatments for a variety Envoy for higher education research and aircraft maintenance, airworthiness and With a proven record for structuring of medical conditions. technology transfer to Europe and later safety, support to operations, design and negotiating a variety of deals became Director for International R&D and acquisition of aircraft and support including strategic corporate partnerships, Collaborations. systems, contracting, diplomatic postings company acquisition, technology From 2003 to 2013 he was appointed and engagement with Australian and licences, joint venture, co-development as Adjunct Professor of Science and international industry. and assignment transactions, Stephen Technology at the University of Canberra, Cath holds a Master’s Degree in has a truly international outlook with an Australia, and in 2007 he became an Defence Studies from University of Canberra established and demonstrated network of Honorary Member of the Order of Australia. and a Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace executive-level contacts across a variety of In September 2017 the South Australian Engineering from RMIT. She is a Fellow of academic, government, commercial and Space Industry Centre was created with Engineers Australia, Member of Australian investment groups in Asia, Europe, North Nicola as Director. His focus was to support Institute of Company Directors and Defence America, New Zealand and Australia. space industry growth and increase representative on the Australian Space Stephen was educated at the international R&D collaborations in Agency Advisory Group. University of Adelaide gaining a first-class South Australia’s space sector. Honours degree, a PhD in Biochemistry In 2018 Nicola was appointed Adjunct and was awarded the University Medal. Professor at the University of South Australia Subsequently he was awarded the – Division of Information Technology, prestigious CJ Martin and Arthritis Engineering and the Environment and he Foundation Fellowships for post-doctoral was appointed on the board of the Space training at Harvard University. Industry Association of Australia. In the same year he was also appointed to the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by

20 10TH AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORUM 25 NOVEMBER 2020 21 ADJ PROF NICOLA ANDREW SEEDHOUSE ALISA STARKEY BARBARA SWANSON CHIEF INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE FOUNDER | OZIUS CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER SASANELLI AM AND SPACE DIVISION | DEFENCE | MYRIOTA PTY LTD (CONTINUED) SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GROUP

the Italian Government for ‘promoting Mr Andrew Seedhouse is Chief of the Alisa Starkey is the founder of Ozius, Barbara Swanson is the Chief Revenue high-tech industry and R&D collaborations Intelligence, Surveillance and Space an Earth Observation Analytics company Officer of Myriota, the global leader in between Italy and Australia’. Division (ISSD) which is part of the Defence based in Brisbane, Australia. low-cost, low-power, secure direct-to-orbit In 2019 Nicola joined the SmartSat Science Technology Group (DSTG). With a background in Marine Ecology, satellite connectivity for the Internet Cooperative Research Centre as Director of Andrew joined DSTG in 2017 after a long Alisa learned the benefits of utilising Earth of Things. Communication and Outreach, becoming and distinguished career at the Defence Observation data when completing her Barbara’s 20 years as a global sales Senior Advisor of South Australian Space Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) Honours at the University of Wollongong. executive with specialised experience in Industry Centre. In 2020 Nicola founded the in the United Kingdom. Over the next 19 years, Alisa dedicated SaaS technology has led her to become Space Foundation, of which Andrew is responsible for the science her career to fusing artificial intelligence, an industry leader today. She has achieved he is now CEO. and technology advice on surveillance earth observation data and environmental repeated success in scaling businesses Nicola’s main passion, outside of his and multi-sensor fusion. The Division science to solve complex environmental globally by developing strategies that interest in space, is painting. research activities also cover space-based questions. transform initial traction into lasting growth. imaging to computational linguistics; from Alisa founded Ozius in 2014 with a dream Her expert knowledge and customer hyperspectral sensing to multi-hypothesis to make advanced Earth Observation empathy enabled her to lead and scale tracking; from facial biometrics to analytics more accessible to end users organisations from AUD20-150+ million space-time adaptive radar processing; outside of research and government. in revenue. from electronic protection to first-order Ozius has since analysed millions of square Utilising her genuine curiosity and logics for symbolic reasoning. kilometres of the earth’s landscape on four understanding of customer pain, coupled Andrew is the Senior Responsible continents and delivered new business with her fearlessness to ask the right Officer for the DSTG STaR Shot Resilient intelligence to some of the world’s largest questions, Barbara is able to devise global Multi-Mission Space. This STaR Shot is part enterprises. sales strategies tailored to overcome of the ‘Defence 2030 S&T Strategy’ where Alisa has authored and contributed numerous pain points. Her in-depth the introduction of a new Science, to numerous publications relating to knowledge and experience are taking Technology and Research (STaR) Shot Earth Observation science to assess Myriota global; introducing new satellite concept was introduced. environmental impacts of natural and IoT solutions to a multitude of industries, The STaR Shot hopes to strengthen man-made change including monitoring including agricultural, transport and and harness the national science and gully erosion and change, vegetation trend logistics, maritime, defence, environment, technology enterprise to deliver impact analysis, and more recently collaborating mining and utilities. for Defence. The ambition is to stimulate with aquatic ecologists from New South innovation, build Australian Industry Wales and Queensland Governments to Capability (AIC) and support industry integrate Earth Observation into Water partners. The STaR Shot program will Resource Planning projects. Alisa has recently commenced her PhD underpin Defence’s commitment to growth studying “Water dynamics in the landscape in the national innovation sector, including from Earth Observation analytics” at the in space research. University of Queensland.

22 10TH AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORUM 25 NOVEMBER 2020 23 DR MATTHEW DR HIROSHI TETLOW YAMAKAWA EXHIBITOR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PRESIDENT | JAPAN AEROSPACE | INOVOR TECHNOLOGIES EXPLORATION AGENCY (JAXA) PROFILES

Dr Matthew Tetlow, founder and Chief Dr Hiroshi Yamakawa has been the Executive Officer (CEO) of Inovor President of the Japan Aerospace Technologies, has worked in the space and Exploration Agency (JAXA) since 2018. defence sectors for more than 20 years. His previous work experience includes After completing a Bachelor of Member of Committee on National Space Engineering in Adelaide, Matthew performed Policy, and Secretary General, Secretariat his PhD research at the Space Systems of Strategic Headquarters for , Institute in Stuttgart, . Working as Cabinet Secretariat. part of a funded Dr Yamakawa held a professorship program, he performed trajectory and at Research Institute for Sustainable system design studies, and developed Humanosphere, Kyoto University, and an advanced guidance algorithm for was appointed to Project Manager application on future launch systems. for the Mercury Exploration Mission Matthew has worked on guidance and “BepiColombo,” JAXA Institute of Space navigation algorithms for the Australian and Astronautical Science (ISAS). Scramjet program and performed stand-off Dr Yamakawa also took various and close air support weapon modelling research positions including a visiting for Defence. He has also undertaken Scientist of the European Space Research systems engineering projects for Defence and Technology Centre (ESTEC), European capability development and performed Space Agency (ESA); and a visiting submarine design optimisation studies and Scientist of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory analyses of aircraft stores. (JPL), National Aeronautics and Space In 2012, Matthew founded Inovor Administration (NASA). Technologies to work closer with Defence Dr Yamakawa earned his PhD and to develop satellite technologies, (Engineering) from the Department of focusing on small satellite platforms, space Aeronautics School of Engineering at the domain awareness, earth observation and University of Tokyo. remote sensing. As CEO he is responsible for strategic direction and innovation as well as customer and market development across the Defence and commercial sectors. In 2020, Inovor Technologies employs more than 35 staff at its headquarters in Adelaide, South Australia. The company’s clients include the CSIRO and the Australian Department of Defence.

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