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2025 NewSpace Nexus CONFERS/SSIB Registration

28 April to 29 April 2025 – CONFERS General Assembly and workshop – Preceding SSIB 2025 

Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel (Marriott) – 2910 Yale Boulevard S.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, 87106
In-person registration grants attendees access to both the Exhibitor Reception and the NewSpace LaunchPad Dinner.

2025 Conference Pricing

Virtual – $100

Early SSIB ONLY Registration – $650

Government SSIB ONLY Registration – $550

CONFERS General Assembly and Workshop Only:  $200

CONFERS General Assembly and Workshop and SSIB:  $750 (a $100 savings)


CONFERS Day 1 – 28 April 2025 
CONFERS DAY 1 VIRTUAL LINK
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM CONFERS General Assembly and Workshop Registration Check-in at Sheraton Albuquerque Hotel
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM General Assembly – Part 1
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM  Setting the Scene:  Joerg Kreisel, CONFERS President, iBOSS
Welcome remarks, program overview, Board Update, and review of member and industry milestones over the past 1-2 years
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM Welcome Address from the Host: Casey Anglada DeRaad, CEO, NewSpace Nexus
Industry Overview:  Gabriel Mounce, Director, Outreach and Technology Engagement in New Mexico, Air Force Research Laboratory; Senior Reservist to Chief of Staff, U.S. Space Forces-Space Command
1:30 PM – 2:45 PM CONFERS Committee’s Reports
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM Briefing on CONFERS Export Compliance Program, Charles Hamilton, Associate, Akin
1:45 PM – 2:05 PM Communications Committee, Dave Hebert, Co-Chair, Astroscale U.S.
2:05 PM-2:30 PM Policy Committee, Morgan Martell, Co-Chair, True Anomaly; Brian Weeden, Co-Chair, The Aerospace Corporation
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Technical Committee and Task Forces, Stephen Leete, Co-Chair, SpaceLogistics; Victor Nifo, Co-Chair, MDA Space
ADR Task Force
– Tim Maclay, Chair, Celestial Insight
AI and Autonomy for ISAM Task Force
– Meera Day Towler, Chair, Southwest Research Institute
Cryogenic Fluids Transfer Task Force
– Dallas Bienhoff, Chair, Off-World, Inc.
RPO Safety Task Force
– David Barnhart, Co-Chair, Arkisys, Inc.; Rahul Rughani, Co-Chair, Arkisys, Inc.
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Networking Break
3:30 PM – 5:15 PM General Assembly – Part 2, Facilitated by Joe Anderson, CONFERS Treasurer, SpaceLogistics         
3:30 PM – 3:50 PM Communications Committee Member Feedback
3:50 PM – 4:15 PM Policy Committee Member Feedback
4:15 PM – 4:45 PM Technical Committee and Task Forces Member Feedback
4:45 PM – 5:15 PM Summary and Wrap-up, Jon Beam, CONFERS Vice President; Rogue Space Systems
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Networking Reception at Q Station (on Rte. 66), Hosted by Q Station
Day 2 – 29 April 2025 
CONFERS DAY 2 VIRTUAL LINK
7:30 AM – 12 PM Noon Workshop
7:00 AM – 7:50 AM Networking Breakfast
7:50 AM – 8:00 AM Morning Welcome
8:00 AM – 9:45 AM  A Bump in the Night: A Table-top Exercise
– Background Briefing
– Opening Status
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM Networking Break
10:30 AM – 11:45 AM  A Bump in the Night:  A Table-top Exercise
– Status Update
– Wrap-up Discussion
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM Closing remarks, Joerg Kreisel
12:00PM (Noon)  CONFERS General Assembly and Workshop concludes

11:00am to 12:30pm Registration & Check in For the State of the Space Industrial Base Conference at the Sheraton
Learn More about SSIB 2025 Here