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A plenary session featuring the heads of the world's leading space agencies, including the European Space Agency, NASA, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Canadian Space Agency, and the China National Space Administration (CNSA). The session provided the latest updates on international space collaboration and explored future opportunities for global partnerships in space exploration and technology.
Master of Ceremony: Christian Feichtinger, Executive Director, IAF Secretariat.
Opening Welcome: Teodoro Valente, President, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Moderators: Tanja Masson-Zwaan, Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the International Institute of Air and Space Law (IIASL), Leiden University, and Clay Mowry, President, International Astronautical Federation (IAF). Speakers included: Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General, Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator, Sreedhara Somanath, ISRO Chairman, Hiroshi Yamakawa, JAXA President, Lisa Campbell, CSA President, and Guoping Li, CNSA Chief Engineer.