3-4 December 2025

SEC Glasgow

Speakers

Daria Dasha Filichkina

Chief Operations Officer. Astroagency

Speaker profile

Daria “Dasha” Filichkina is Chief Operations Officer at AstroAgency. She oversees the company’s internal processes and client delivery strategies to support a wide range of communications and market information tasks across more than 50 private space companies and several government space agency clients globally.

Before joining AstroAgency, Dasha held various roles in the space sector, including Business Development Manager and Delivery Manager within the European launch sector.

In October 2023 Dasha was presented with a special Sir Arthur Clarke space individual award from the British Interplanetary Society in recognition of her contribution to the UK space industry despite the Russian invasion of her home, Ukraine. The award was previously won by astronauts, leading scientists and communicators, including Tim Peake CMG and Sir Patrick Moore CBE. In 2022, she was
a Diversity Hero of the Year finalist at the national UK Diversity Awards and her efforts in overcoming the personal challenges caused by the invasion also led to her being recognised in the Women’s
Enterprise Scotland Awards. In early 2023, Dasha established the not-for-profit Ukrainian Businesswomen in Scotland initiative, bringing together more than 40 female entrepreneurs who
resettled in the UK for knowledge sharing and networking events in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Dasha is a frequent speaker on the importance of diversity in the space industry and in 2020 helped form the New Voices in Space organisation. She is a mentor for multiple programmes, including STEMaspire by Dell and the Prospero Space Fellowship charity.

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Wednesday 11 September

14:00

14:00 - 18:00   |   Roundtables & Workshops

Space Law Symposium – Tackling the hot topics that keep you up at night

Naomi Pryde


Partner & Global Co-Chair of the Exploration and Innovation Group,
DLA Piper

Louis Head


Senior Associate at DLA Piper (Major Projects/Procurements - Infrastructure and Assets, including Defence, Nuclear and Space),
DLA Piper

Linzi Penman


Partner,
DLA Piper

James McGachie


Partner,
DLA Piper

Paul Hardy


Partner,
DLA Piper

Massimiliano Vasile


Director ,
Aerospace Centre of Excellence

Colin Macleod


Head of UK Space Regulation,
UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)

Ray Fielding


Head of Sustainability & ADR,
UK Space Agency

Jodi Bartin


Chief Executive Officer,
Citicourt & Co

Lina Srebrova-Wilson


Business Developer,
Institute on AI for Space Sustainability

Dr Nicholas Ross


Founder & CEO,
Niparo

Andrew Faiola


Commercial Vice President,
Astroscale

Alderman Professor Emma Edhem


Lord Mayor’s Aldermanic Envoy for Space Technology and Innovation,
City of London Corporation

Fiona Stone


Head of Space CNI,
UK Space Agency

Craig Kennedy


Founder and Managing Director,
Safespy Limited

Dave Keighley


Managing Director for Defence and Security,
Goonhilly Earth Station Limited

Charles Platts


Chief Finance Officer,
Orbex

Daria Dasha Filichkina


Chief Operations Officer,
Astroagency

Andy Campbell


Founder,
Scottish Space Network

Paul Bhatia


Business Applications Regional Ambassador for Midlands and North,
European Space Agency (ESA)

Joanne Rout


Senior Business Development Manager,
Durham University

14:00 - 14:40   |   Keynote Theatre

The Relationship Between Skills, Diversity, and Success in the Space Industry

Daria Dasha Filichkina


Chief Operations Officer,
Astroagency

Jenny Turvey


Space Strategy Lead,
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

Jacob Geer


Managing Director,
Orbit Fab

Kundai Moyo


Aerospace Engineer,
AmbaSat

Derek Harris


Business Operations Manager,
Skyrora

Thursday 12 September

11:50

11:50 - 12:50   |   Space Technology & Applications Theatre

Government as a Customer

Daria Dasha Filichkina


Chief Operations Officer,
Astroagency

Graeme Jarvie


Innovation Delivery Manager,
CivTech

Gillian Cameron


Programme Manager,
Supplier Development Programme

Peter Anderson


Chief Commercial Officer,
AAC Clyde Space

Claire Neil


Principal Scientist,
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)

Ross Ashley


Director of Programs for Space Service,
Spire Global Inc

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