3-4 December 2025

SEC Glasgow

Speakers

Annelies Look

Deputy CEO. UK Space Agency

Speaker profile

Prior to joining the UK Space Agency Annelies was the Senior Responsible Owner for the Rail Transformation Programme in the Department for Transport, building the programme to deliver a simpler and better railway for Britain.   Annelies has spent the majority of her career in the Ministry of Defence specialising in transformation, capital and digital project delivery stepping out of the civil service for 2 years in 2016 to be the KMPG UK P3M lead in Aerospace, & Defence. Annelies was the Programme Director for COVID-19 Testing and Build Director for the COVID-19 Managed Quarantine Service in the Department for Health and Social Care. Annelies is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Project Professional.

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Theatre

Time

Wednesday 11 September

14:40

14:40 - 15:40   |   Space Technology & Applications Theatre

Advancing towards a space-driven economy

Annelies Look


Deputy CEO,
UK Space Agency

Ken Gordon


ESA Business Ambassador for Scotland and Northern Ireland,
European Space Agency (ESA)

Kristina Tamane


Programme Manager – High Growth Company Creation,
Scottish Enterprise

Robin Sampson


Founder,
Trade in Space

Joaquin Perez-Grande


Space Ecosystem Manager,
Satellite Applications Catapult

Phil McLachlan FIET


CEO & Founder,
D-CAT

15:50

15:50 - 16:10   |   Keynote Theatre

UKSA's commitment to the growth of the space workforce

Annelies Look


Deputy CEO,
UK Space Agency

16:10

16:10 - 17:00   |   Keynote Theatre

The Future is Now - What It’s Really Like to Work in Space

Annelies Look


Deputy CEO,
UK Space Agency

Agathe Bouis


PhD student,
University of Strathclyde Glasgow

Jack Rosenthal


Systems Engineer,
HyImpulse

Peter Hastie


Senior Mechanical Engineer,
AAC Clyde Space

Florence Sherry


Mechanical Design Engineer,
Space Forge

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