3-4 December 2025

SEC Glasgow

2025 speakerS

Meet the first speakers confirmed for Space-Comm Expo Scotland 2025. Stay tuned for more industry leaders to be announced shortly.

Headline Speakers

Alderman Professor Emma Edhem


Lord Mayor’s Aldermanic Envoy for Space Technology and Innovation (2023-2024),
City of London Corporation

Cllr. Dr Jacqueline McLaren


The Rt. Hon Lord Provost,
City of Glasgow

David Mackay


Astronaut & Pilot

Dr Paul Bate


Chief Executive Officer,
UK Space Agency

James 'JD' Polk


Chief Health and Medical Officer,
NASA

Kirsty McNeill MP


Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland,
Scotland Office

Sian Proctor


Astronaut Artist,
Space2inspire

Will Whitehorn


Chair,
Space-Comm Expo

Speakers

Adrian Gillespie


Chief Executive,
Scottish Enterprise (SE)

Alexander Holt


Managing Director,
Seraphim Space Enterprise (SSE)

Andrew Wilson


Lecturer,
Glasgow Caledonian University

Andy Grey


Founder and CEO,
Exotopic

Antonia Yendell


Head of the Space Ecosystem ,
UK Space Agency

Anuj Ashar


Owner / CEO,
Asteria Space

Colin Baldwin


Executive Director,
UKspace

Colin Macleod


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

Daria Dasha Filichkina


Chief Operations Officer,
Astroagency

Debbie Strang


Deputy CEO,
SaxaVord UK Spaceport

Dr Melissa Patton


Managing Partner,
Patton Consulting Group

Dr. Patricia Moore


Founder and CEO,
Promethio

Dr. Rajan Bedi


CEO and Founder,
Spacechips

Fionagh Thomson


Senior Research Fellow,
Durham University

Jacob Geer


Managing Director,
Orbit Fab

John Abbott


Chief Executive Officer,
Satellite Applications Catapult

Luca Budello


Knowledge Transfer Manager ‑ Geospatial Insights,
Innovate UK Business Connect

Massimiliano Vasile


Director ,
Aerospace Centre of Excellence

Matt Holman


Interim Defence & Security Strategic Account Director ,
Satellite Applications Catapult

Matthew Archer


Director of Launch, ISAM and Space Sustainability,
UK Space Agency

Naomi Pryde


Global Co-Chair Space Exploration and Innovation,
DLA Piper

Natasha Nicholson


CEO,
Space Scotland

Paul Cremin, MBE


Head of Commercial Spaceflight, Aviation Directorate,
Department for Transport

Peter Young


Chair,
Space Scotland

Phil Chambers


CEO,
Orbex

Prof Craig Clark MBE


Professor of Practice for Space,
University of Strathclyde Glasgow

Prof Iain Woodhouse


Professor of Applied Earth Observation,
University of Edinburgh

Prof Malcolm Macdonald


Professor,
University of Strathclyde Glasgow

Prof. Doug Liddle


Chair,
UKspace

Richard Lochhead MSP


Minister for Business,
Scottish Government

Saleem Miyan


CEO,
Max Space

Yvette Hopkins


Chair of Board,
Craft Prospect Ltd

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