Ascension 2021 Speakers

Speaker Series #1:

The Future of Computing

Dr. Alex Ellery
Self-replicating Machines to the Moon, Mars and Beyond to the Stars
Dr. Gwendolyn Eadie
Stars, Galaxies, and Dark Matter: How Astrostatistics Helps Us Understand the Universe
Jennifer Elliot
Quantum Security; My Transformation from Satellite Engineering to Business

Speaker Series #2:

Space, a Home For Art

Dr. Matt Russo
A Musical Tour of the Universe

Speaker Series #3:

Rocketry and Satellites

Dr. Andrew J. Higgins
Propulsion of The Future: Using Light-sails for Interstellar Travel
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Taryn Tomlinson
Seeing the Big Picture: Why You Should Care About Space-Based Earth Observation

Speaker Series #4:

Space Sciences & Exploration

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Dr. Roxy Fournier
Nutritional Countermeasures to Optimize Astronaut Health in Space
Erin Gibbons
Seeking Signs of Life on Mars
Dr. Gordon Osinski
From Astronaut Training to Resource Prospecting: Opportunities for Canada as We Prepare to Return to the Moon

Panel #1:

A 360 View of the Canadian Space Industry

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(Moderator)
Christopher Kitzan
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
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Clinton Senkow
Influencive, Senkow Ventures
Dr. Bhairavi Shankar
Indus Space
Marc Boucher
SpaceQ
Michel Wander
Systems Engineer at the CSA
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Shawna Pandya
Project PoSSUM/IIAS Space Medicine Group

Panel #2:

Entrepreneurship in Space

Tahir Merali
4pi Lab Inc.
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Lucy Stojak
HEC Montréal
Ryan Anderson
Satellite Canada Innovation Network
Bachar Elzein
Reaction Dynamics
Kevin Stadnyk
Obruta

Panel #3:

Our Place in Space - Perspectives on EDI in Space

(Moderator)
Dr. Parshati Patel
Educational Outreach and Communications Specialist at Western University
Mariam Naseem
SGAC
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Patrick Hill
Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Alberta
Dr. Hilding Neilson
CLTA Assistant Professor in Astronomy at the University of Toronto
Adaeze Ibik
PhD student of Astronomy and Astrophysics at University of Toronto

Panel #4:

Off the Record

Andrea Yip
Luna Design and Innovation
Dr. Sohrab Haghighat
SpaceRyde
Dr. Tanya Harrison
Planet
Jean-Francois Gauthier
GHGSat Inc.

YSpacE

Pitch Competition Finals

Speaker

Daniel Schulten
MDA LanchPad

Judges

Annie Martin
Canadian Space Agency
Matthew Tweedy
Creative Destruction Labs
Ryan Anderson
SatCan
Daniel Schulten
MDA LanchPad
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