3-4 December 2025

SEC Glasgow

Speakers

Dr Geraint "Taff" Morgan

Associate Director of Commercialisation for Astrobiology. The Open University

Speaker profile

Taff is Associate Director of Commercialisation for Astrobiology at The Open University. He is founder and director of four companies, two of which are alumni of the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre. An expert in the translation of space know-how to terrestrial challenges, he has provided evidence in the incubation and commercial landscape for the UK Government Department of Science Innovation and Technology Committee Inquiry into UK Astronomy. His presentation will consider the scientific, governance and ethical challenges associated with astrobiology and space missions.’

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Wednesday 11 September

11:40

11:40 - 12:10   |   Space Technology & Applications Theatre

Space and the Bioeconomy

Dr Mark Bustard


Chief Executive Officer,
iBioIC

Dr Rosa Santomartino


Principal Investigator of the Space Microbiology group and co-director of the UK Centre for Astrobiology,
University of Edinburgh

Dr Geraint "Taff" Morgan


Associate Director of Commercialisation for Astrobiology,
The Open University

Dr Aqeel Shamsul


Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer,
Frontier Space Technologies Ltd

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