<div class="ituContainer"> Patricia Cooper is a leading expert on satellite communications, regulation and space policy, and is the founder of the space consultancy, Constellation Advisory, LLC, where she advises smart space and satellite ventures and international projects. </div> <div class="ituContainer"> For six years, Cooper led Government Affairs for the Starlink satellite broadband constellation project at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), where she secured Federal Communications Commission authorization for a record 12,000 satellites, and market access in more than 30 countries. She advocated for updates to spectrum, telecom competition and space safety regulations in the US and around the globe to support the coming generation of satellite networks. Today, Starlink serves over 2 million users worldwide with a constellation of over 6,000 satellites in over 70 countries. </div> <div class="ituContainer"> Prior to SpaceX, Patricia was an executive at geostationary satellite fleet operator Intelsat and as for nearly 7 years, President of the Satellite Industry Association (SIA), the leading trade organization representing U.S. satellite operators, manufacturers and service providers. At SIA, Patricia advocated in regulatory and national security arenas, for fair trade and competition rules internationally, and spearheaded a successful bipartisan, bi-cameral legislative initiative to reform satellite export control legislation. Previously, Patricia had served in both the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Commerce, and led international outreach at two start-ups, CoreExpress, an Internet fiber infrastructure play and PanAmSat Corporation, a disruptor in the early satellite services market. </div> <div class="ituContainer"> Patricia holds a Master’s Degree with Distinction in International Economics from the John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a Bachelor’s Degrees in Political Science and German from Kansas State University (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa). </div>    

Alexandre Vallet is the current Chief of the Space Services Department in the Radiocommunication Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), since November 2017. As such, he leads the team responsible for the maintenance of the international registry of satellite radio frequencies, which allows all countries around the world to coordinate their use in order to avoid radio interference in outer space. Alexandre Vallet began to work in 2000 in the R&D center of Orange dealing with communications satellites. In 2006, he joined the satellite operator Eutelsat where he was in charge of regulatory matters. From 2007 to 2017, he was the Head of the Regulatory affairs and Spectrum/Orbit Resources Department at the French Agency in charge of radio spectrum management (Agence Nationale des Fréquences – ANFR).

<span class="TextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8">With over 1</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8">8</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8"> years of international and domestic space, public policy, and management experience, Krystal Azelton (nee Wilson) is the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8">Senior </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8">Director</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8">, Program Planning</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8"> at Secure World Foundation, a private, operating foundation dedicated to the secure and sustainable use of space. </span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8">There, she focuses </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8">provides support for organizational strategic goals and program planning as well </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8">on the Human and Environmental Security initiative, which promotes improved governance and cooperation in the delivery and use of information derived from space systems. </span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8">She is also the co-chair the annual Summit for Space Sustainability. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW6112536 BCX8">In this role, she represents herself and the organization at the United Nations, the Group on Earth Observation, and at topical conferences, events and workshops around the world. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW6112536 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span>