CTO Forum: Harnessing the Full Potential of Satellite Spectrum in an Era of Rapid Change

11:00am - 12:00pm ET

Space Domain Theater, Exhibit Hall

SATShow Week's Exhibit Hall conference program opens with our annual CTO Forum - a panel session bringing engineering leadership from across the satellite supply chain to discuss the biggest technological opportunities challenges facing the industry. In this year's CTO Forum, our speakers will share how satellite companies are unlocking the full potential of satellite bandwidth resources to meet the evolving needs of their customers. Learn how modern spectrum sharing and reuse techniques enable powerful applications in the age of multi-orbit satellite services and integration with terrestrial networks. Attendees will also learn how advancements in signal processing and virtualization are driving 5G over satellite, Direct-to-Device, and even powerful imagery and data services.

The Space Economy: Navigating Market Volatility in Fair or Foul Weather

9:30am - 10:30am ET

Ballroom AB, Level 3

We invite all SATShow Week attendees to join us for our Wednesday Opening General Session - a detailed and interactive exploration of the state of the space economy and how geoeconomic and technical trends will influence the satellite industry during a time of heightened market volatility. Moderators Karen Jones and Brian Weeden will start with a brief overview of how the national economy in general is facing a higher level of uncertainty, and ask panelists from government, commercial space, investment, and advisory sectors to weigh in on a range of trends and events, including: the growing demand for sovereign space systems, industry consolidation, shifting views on global trade, expanding direct to device services, competition for spectrum, and more.  Panelists and audience members will vote on whether selected key trends add or detract from the space sector’s current growth trajectory. This will be a lively and interactive plenary session.

VIP Session: CFO Forum: Factors that Shape Pricing Forecasts

4:00pm - 5:00pm ET

145 AB

This session is open only to Premium Pass holders and is closed to the press. Chatham House rules will be in effect. This year's CFO Forum will focus on the factors that CFOs believe to be the biggest influences on future pricing forecasts for services, manufacturing, hardware, and launch costs. How are CFOs planning for price fluctuations in the market? How is the changing dynamic of global trade impacting costs along the supply chain? How do all of these elements factor in to pricing satellite solutions and services to customers? Find out how the CFOs of the most successful companies in our industry are adapting business models to stay competitive and sustain long-term growth.

AI-Enabled Cyber Defense for End-to-End Space Systems

9:00am - 9:45am ET

146 BC

The cybersecurity landscape for space systems is evolving rapidly, with threats now spanning the entire lifecycle of a mission - from initial design to data delivery. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a vital enabler of space system cybersecurity. AI enhances threat detection, automates anomaly recognition, accelerates incident response, and supports self-healing operations. In this session, you'll learn how AI delivers proactive defense where traditional methods fall short - especially in complex, distributed, and high-latency environments like space. We'll also address how the use of AI introduces its own set of security challenges. If not protected, AI models can be manipulated via adversarial attacks, poisoned training data, or compromised inference pipelines—leading to false positives, operational disruptions, or even satellite misbehavior. This makes AI cyber hardening essential. For space sector executives, this session focuses not just simply on a technical concern - but a strategic and reputational imperative.