🚀 Expert Moderator Announcement 🚀 We are honored to announce that Helen Sharman — the first British astronaut, a world renowned science communicator, and Honorary Fellow of the BIS — will be moderating our upcoming expert panel discussion. 🌍✨ From working as a chemist at GEC and Mars Confectionery to being selected out of 13,000 applicants for spaceflight training, Helen made history on 18 May 1991, becoming the first person from the UK in space, completing an 8-day mission aboard the Mir Space Station. After her mission, Helen has continued to inspire millions — as a prize-winning science communicator, a leader in research operations, and a passionate advocate for STEM. Helen brings a rare blend of scientific insight, leadership, and spaceflight experience to every conversation she leads — and we can’t wait to welcome her as our expert panel moderator. 🌌 Get ready for a session guided by one of the most inspiring voices in science and space. Register your place here: bis-space.com/shop/product-c… #RISpace2025 #HelenSharman #FirstBritishAstronaut #SpaceExploration #HumanSpaceflight #ScienceCommunication #WomenInSTEM #STEM #SpaceInnovation #SpaceConference #SpacePanel #BISCommunity #SpaceEvent #FutureOfSpace #ScienceLeadership #SpaceNetworking #GlobalSpace #SpaceInspiration #Astronomy

Tomorrow: join our co-founder @JamesatDawn alongside @TessHatch, @JeffCrusey, @lunar_station & @EquatorialSpace for @PerkinsAstor #spacepanel at All Things Space & Survival Event! 9 April EST/10 April NZST 🛰 #aerospace #manufacturing #industrial #satellites

To all in The Netherlands - join WIA-E Leiden and WIA Europe for a Mentoring and Career Development event to inspire, learn, innovate and network in an open and informal way! 04 FEB '20 @17.30 in Noordwijk Register now on: eventbrite.com/e/stories-and… #wiaeurope #leiden #spacepanel

Cutting it close to the deadline. #analoghate #spacepanel #stupidmultiplexers #comportwhat #Arduino

Feast the eyes! #spacepanel

Excited to continue work on #spacepanel tonight, found a much better WS2801 LED strip pixels to fix the status display (in glorius RGB), and a bunch of other left over bits from @elmwoodelec to fix everything I’ve broken in the last few months. Deadline coming up, must complete!

Congratulations.. @isro #scientists as #PSLV-C47 successfully injects #Cartosat3 spacecraft into orbit. It had carried #Cartosat3-3 and 13 #USA nanosatellites lifts off from #Sriharikota #SPACEPANEL #ISRO

Went straight from the #SpacePanel to the LEGO store. I might be heading home with this:

I love it when nerdy talks like #spacepanel trend in Canada on Twitter. I think I saw it even higher than #7 over the night too. 🤓♥️🚀📈

Really enjoyed hearing @MercedesGlobal's long-term personal and professional passion for space, rockets, and space-related policy tonight at #SPACEPANEL. Thanks for sharing that passion and story with us! 🚀🌟

This was my key take away from this panel on how our Government can improve. #SPACEPANEL

Congested, contested, and competitive = not as much open space as I would have thought. #spacepanel

80% of the audience in this poll believes Canada's space strategy should be more ambitious. Sounds good, but make it happen with more support for space startups to enter (please). #spacepanel

I thought this topic was a bit out of my orbit, but this panel is space rock solid. #spacepanel

Who knew there were so many space policy wonks in Ottawa?! Such a great discussion tonight. Looking forward to hear what the #SpacePanel audience has to ask the panel...

Dan Goldberg: it’s not enough for Canada to sign on to other programs like Lunar Gateway. We should take the lead on our own programs as well. #spacepanel

Telesat President Dan Goldberg: Canada’s space policy is pretty good! #SpacePanel

Canada’s #SpaceStrategy - ambition to be a leader in space exploration, harness space to solve problems (like building networks to improve health and education), build vibrant industrial and commercial sector, inspire the next generation, & support science excellence #SpacePanel

@scgQuasar says space allows us to partner where politically we might not always be aligned or working together. Essential role of science - partner with those we wouldn’t otherwise be able to. #SpacePanel

@ploughshares_ca @brankamarijan @Jessluellawest @RCW_ and other disarmament friends working on #PAROS and other militarization of space issues - tweet your questions to #SpacePanel