CONFERS Day 1 – 28 April 2025Â
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:Â 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    Â
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
