John Peterson

The week combines the SATELLITE Conference, GovMilSpace, a peer-evaluated Tech Seminar, an executive Inner Circle program, and an exhibit hall. Topics include satellite finance, M&A and market structure; 5G non-terrestrial networks and the road to 6G; direct-to-device connectivity; AI in satellite operations; software-defined networks; sovereign networks; launch economics; and ground-segment modernization. GovMilSpace addresses acquisition and commercial integration, resilient architectures, GEOINT, PNT, defense constellation services, optical communications, and the space industrial base. The Tech Seminar covers ground architecture, spectrum, propulsion, AI, and in-space operations, with white papers accompanying its technical sessions. The program also includes discussions of satellite manufacturing costs and supply-chain pressures, spectrum policy ahead of WRC-27, satellite-network security and interference testing, and orbital logistics. Some Inner Circle briefings and roundtables are exclusive to that executive program.

The U.S. Department of War’s initiatives to expand and modernize the Defense Industrial Base and their implications for Houston manufacturers. Speakers include John Peterson of Build Freedom Summit; Colonel (ret.) Charles Bris-Bois of Brentwood Aerospace & Defense; Ashe Menon of NOV; Nubia Perez of Gretna Machine; and JB Cheatham of Minco CNC. Mike Gilroy, Vice President, Workforce for the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC), provides guidance on how companies can navigate the DIB expansion. The program is directed at industry, workforce, and economic-development audiences.