SPACE BEACH AT A GLANCE
40+ speakers
15+ sessions
300+ attendees
WHY ATTEND
What you'll learn
SBLL offers insight into the ever evolving legal and regulatory landscape of space exploration, including international governance, private sector commercialization, and intellectual property rights in space technology.
The conference also addresses ethical considerations such as sustainability, debris management, and environmental stewardship, while highlighting opportunities for cross-industry collaboration among aerospace, tech, and legal sectors to advance space missions.
Who you'll meet
The conference offers unparalleled networking opportunities, drawing leading experts, policymakers, industry professionals, and academics to Long Beach—a hub for aerospace innovation. It’s the perfect place to connect with key players shaping the future of space exploration.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
David Sirota
David is an investigative journalist, screenwriter, and founder of The Lever, a reader-supported news outlet exposing the forces shaping society. An Academy Award nominee for co-creating Don’t Look Up with Adam McKay, Sirota has also served as communications director for House Democrats and as speechwriter for Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign.
Don’t Look Up examined societal responses to global crises, revealing how media chaos distorts critical issues. Drawing on his expertise in politics and economics, Sirota offers a unique perspective on the future of space policy and international collaboration.
As a keynote speaker, he will explore how space exploration is portrayed in culture and how lessons from global challenges can shape its future.
SPEAKERS
Partner, Dickinson Wright
General Counsel, Varda
Space Security Researcher, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
Partner, Trade & National Security, Fenwick
Author, Space Piracy
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Special Counsel, Sheppard Mullin
Acting General Council, VAST
CFO, Vast
CEO, For All Moonkind
Partner, Wiley
Partner, Seyfarth
Adjunct Professor Howard University
Program Director for Space Science in the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering
Partner, Orrick
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Chief Legal Officer, Equity Space Alliance
Sr. Counsel Akin
Associate Counsel at HawkEye 360
EVP, Evisort/Harvard
Shareholder, Chair of Trademark Law Practice, Buchalter
K2 Space
Partner and Co-Founder, Aegis Law
Professor, Author
Partner, Hogan Lovells
CFO, RocketLab
Partner, Fenwick
Climate and Ocean Science and Policy Professional
Senior Counsel at Akin / Government Contracts & Higher Education
General Counsel, Xona
Author and Co-Founder Hence Technologies
Senior VP General Counsel, Rocket Lab
Senior Director,
Space X
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Chief Commercialization Officer, Zeno Power
Director of Space & Planetary Regulation, Zeno Power
Partner, focused on Satellites, Telecommunications, and Media, Wiley Rein LLP
Partner, Fluet, former GC of Spaceflight Industries and BlackSky.
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Professor, Former NASA and MIT
CEO, Rebel Space
Partner + Government Contracts Chair
Senior Vice President, Willis Towers Watson
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VP, Global Compliance and Security, Maxar
Advisor & Founding Team Member, Vast
Cybersecurity Manager, Relativity Space
Chair, Space & Satellite Industry Group
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Dept. of Commerce Office of Space Commerce
Deputy General Counsel, RocketLab
CFO True Anamoly
Associate, King & Spalding
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Partner, Complex Appellate Litigation Group; Adjunct Professor of Space Law & Policy, LMU Loyola of Los Angeles Law School; Creator and Host, The Portia Project podcast
STEERING COMMITTEE
Laura
Lariu
Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Founding and Steering Committee Member
Lucius
Martin
Deputy Mayor of Economic Development City of Long Beach
Memme
Onwudiwe
Evisort EVP Legal & Business Intelligence
Caryn
Schenewerk
Space Law & Policy Consultant | Adjunct Professor of Space Law & Textbook Author
Sarah
Banco
Senior Director, Legal SpaceX
Chris
Brown
Founder, Project Dark Forest & Associate General Counsel at Harbinger
Krystle
Caponio
Advisor & Founding Team Member, Vast
David
Goodwin
Acting General Council, VAST
Dr. Michael
Minero
Senior Counsel, Akin
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