Learn from the brightest minds in the industry.
Space Tech Expo USA brings you a free-to-attend conference, featuring two dynamic stages: Industry and Technology.
Join them Wednesday, June 3 to Thursday, June 4, 2026 from 9:30AM to 2:30PM at Hall A, Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA 92802.
With over 80 expert speakers from across the space supply chain, this is your opportunity to dive into key industry trends, explore new opportunities, and attend high-impact sessions. These sessions not only keep you at the forefront of innovation but also contribute to the future of the industry.
Technology Topics
ISAM Operational Maturity
Military and Conference: Re-usability, Refuelling, and Manoeuvrability Technologies
Challenges of Operating Space-Based Data Centres
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing In Space
Artificial Intelligence Demos
Integrated Design Methodology For Space Applications
Robotics: Reinforcement Learning, Autonomous Capabilities, AI
Nuclear Power Burning Questions
Evolution Of Power Generation, Storage, And Distribution
Additive Manufacturing
Space Tech Expo Industry Conference
Their Industry Conference covers what’s shaping the conversation in the space sector, focusing on discussions that matter. They tackle the biggest industry trends and market obstacles, including maintaining global leadership in space, addressing supply chain vulnerabilities, scaling up production, the future of exploration, international collaboration, concrete strategies for tackling space debris, critical national security issues, vertical integration, launch capabilities, and space policy implementation.
Space Tech Expo Technology Conference
Their Technology Conference is all about the nitty-gritty, featuring pioneers and space visionaries. With an engineering focus, sessions dive deep into advancing essential capabilities, covering AI, edge computing, data, quantum communications, alternative PNT, software, testing, exploration-enabling technologies, additive manufacturing, electronics, and thermal management.
Skills Lab
The Skills Lab is packed with workshops and masterclasses designed to inspire, connect, and empower attendees through hands-on learning opportunities.
Topics to be announced soon.
Interviews with their speakers
Get exclusive insight into the latest challenges and topics in space.
Speaker Interview
Matthew Harris, Space Focus Area Lead, QinetiQ
Zachary Zaharek, JD/MBA, Space Attorney, Associate General Counsel, Virgin Galactic
Rama Afullo, Founder & CEO, Satlyt
AGENDA
DAY 1:
09.30AM Opening Keynote Panel: Ensuring American Superiority in Space
09.45AM Innovators: Shifting ISAM from Demonstration to Operational Maturity
10.45AM Golden Dome beyond Space-based Interceptors: Critical Elements for a Game-changing Shield
11.00AM Empowering Defense and Military Strategies with Refueling, Maneuverability and Re-usability Technologies
11.00AM Skills Lab - Hot Topic Table: Space as Canvas: Human-Centered Lessons for the Future of Entertainment Beyond Earth
12.00PM Meeting Rising Launch Demand and Ensuring Rapid Delivery
12.30PM Skills Lab - Workshop: Beyond the Screen - Storytelling, Motion Design, and Trust in Aerospace
1.00PM Breaking Barriers: Bringing Space-based Data Centers to Life
1.45PM Preparing for a Sustained Human Presence on the Moon and Developing a Sustainable Lunar Economy
2.15PM The Power of Microgravity – Taking Pharmaceutical Manufacturing to Space
3.00PM Artificial Intelligence: Real-World Applications and Live Demos
3.00PM Aviation Week’s Space Tech Challenge Awards
4.10PM What it Looks Like to be an Implementation Partner in the Final Days of the International Space Station
4.15PM Mitigating Risks and Ensuring Reliability: Integration of Material, Design & Testing in Elastomeric Products for Mission-Critical Space Programs
DAY 2:
09.30AM Humanoids in Space
09.30AM US and Europe: Building Resilient Trade Strategies in a Shifting Regulatory Landscape
09.30AM Skills Lab - Meet the Author: David Ariosto Presents 'Open Space: From Earth to Eternity- the Global Race to Explore and Conquer the Cosmos'
10.30AM Tackling the Burning Questions Surrounding Nuclear Energy
10.40AM Skills Lab - Robotics Demo and Expert Forum
10.45AM Creating Speed and Agility in the Supply Chain - while Maintaining Compliance
11.20AM Revolutionizing Acquisition Processes - An Essential Step
11.45AM The Power Problem: Is Energy Infrastructure the Next Reusable Launch?
1.10PM The Human-Digital Frontier: Leadership and High-Performance Assets in National Security
1.30PM Skills Lab - Workshop
1.45PM NASA’s DiskSat technology demonstration mission
2.00PM B2G Paths for Space Technologies
2.30PM Pushing the Boundaries of Additive Manufacturing
2.30PM NASA's Identity: Is it Changing?
Please register here to attend.
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