4th annual Space Economy Summit 2026
The 4th annual Space Economy Summit brings together the space sector and the industries it is reshaping. Space is no longer only for aerospace companies. Satellite data, resilient connectivity, Earth observation, secure timing, AI-enabled analytics and microgravity research are beginning to reshape industries from agriculture, energy and insurance to logistics, healthcare, finance, telecoms and manufacturing.
Fireside Chat: I don’t want to miss a thing: the business of always-on global monitoring
- Date: Thursday, October 29 th
- Time: 12:45-13:00 EDT
What happens between satellite passes can matter more than any one image. New high-revisit coverage from expanding satellite constellations, radar and radio-frequency sensing is filling those gaps, enabling governments to monitor hundreds of thousands of ports, airfields and other strategic sites at once. What infrastructure and commercial frameworks will make round-the-clock intelligence possible at global scale? And how can governments reconcile reliance on inherently global infrastructure with national sovereignty?