Focused exclusively on Space
and Human Survival.
We invite you to join us at our quarterly Astor Perkins’ All Things Space & Survival series. Astor Perkins is focused exclusively on space and human survival. We partner with global leaders on their mission to build and protect the future cities on Earth and in space. The Astor Perkins quarterly event gathers prominent institutional investors, VCs, family offices and UHNWIs, including 200+ prominent investors and deep tech experts, 20 category winning startups and 400+ attendees.
ASTOR PERKINS
SPACE TRACK
LONGEVITY, BIOTECH & LIFE SCIENCES
SUSTAINABILITY & IMPACT INVESTING
RENEWABLES & CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION & ADAPTATION
QUANTUM COMPUTING & CYBERSECURITY
AI, ROBOTICS & AUTONOMY
INVESTOR COMMUNITY
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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8:50 AM: Welcome to All Things Space & Survival: Opening Keynote 8:50 AM: Welcome to All Things Space & Survival: Opening Keynote
QUANTUM COMPUTING & CYBERSECURITY LONGEVITY, BIOTECH & LIFE SCIENCES
9:00 AM: Quantum computing panel:

Peter Chapman, CEO of IonQ

Dan Caruso, Executive Chairman at ColdQuanta

Professor Winfried Hensinger, Head of Sussex Ion Quantum Technology Group & Director of Sussex Centre for Quantum Technologies

William Hurley, CEO of Strangeworks & Chair of the Quantum Standards Working Group at the IEEE

Dr. Joe Fitzsimons, CEO of Horizon Quantum Computing

9:00 AM: Longevity: Radically reversing aging:

Dr. Joao Pedro De Magalhaes, Professor at University of Liverpool and Chief Scientific Officer at Centaura

Professor Nir Barzilai, Founding Director of the Institute for Aging Research, the Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging and the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Human Aging Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

Dr. Eric Verdin, President and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging

9:30 AM: Cybersecurity panel with family offices:

Peter Yapp, Partner at Schillings & Former Deputy Director of UK’s National Cyber Security Centre

Owen Duckman, Managing Director at Family Office at Wittington Investments

Frank Cress, Chief Technology Officer of Tawani Enterprises, Inc., a Private Family Office

Neel Mullick, Chief Information Security Officer of Trusted Family, Founded by Private Family Offices

9:30 AM: Optimizing human performance:

Flow energy: Susan Paley, CEO of DropLabs & Former CEO of Beats by Dr. Dre, acquired by Apple

Julianne Hough, CEO of KINRGY, American dancer, actress, singer and songwriter, Primetime Emmy Awards winner for Dancing with the Stars

Damian Vaughn, Retired American Football tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Assistant Clinical Professor of Product Management at University of Oregon

Dr. Chris Bertram, Director of Applied Neuroscience at EXOS and Associate Professor at the University of the Fraser Valley

John Amaral, Founder of Body Centered Leadership

10:00 AM: Growth-Stage Startups: Series A – D

Peter Chapman, CEO of IonQ – SPAC

Ilana Wisby, CEO of Oxford Quantum Circuits – Series A

10:00 AM: Growth-Stage Startups: Series A – D

Mike Graffeo, CEO of FluidForm – Series B

10:30 AM: Early Stage Startups: Pre-seed – Seed/Series A

Dr. Winfried Hensinger, CEO of Universal Quantum – Series A

10:30 AM: Networking
11:00 AM: Networking 11:00 AM: Networking
AI, ROBOTICS & AUTONOMY SUSTAINABILITY & IMPACT INVESTING
11:30 AM: Robotics panel:

Dr. Henrik Christensen, Co-founder of Robust.AI and Director of the Contextual Robotics Institute and the Qualcomm Chancellor’s Chair in Robot Systems at UCSD

Milton Guerry, President of International Federation of Robotics & President of Schunk

Rayfe Gaspar-Asaoka, Partner at Canaan

Benjamin Gibbs, CEO of Ready Robotics

11:30 AM: IFC/World Bank Operating Principles on Impact Management:

Neil Gregory, Chief Thought Leadership Officer of the IFC

Herve Duteil, Chief Sustainability Officer, Americas at BNP Paribas

12:00 PM: AI ethics panel: Safe and just application of all-seeing algorithms:

Nell Watson, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, Vice-Chair, IEEE P7001, AI Faculty, Singularity University, Chairs, EthicsNet, CulturalPeace, EDCsymbol, Pacha.org, Chair IEEE ECPAIS Transparency Experts Focus Group

Evanna Hu, Partner & CEO of Omelas, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council, Lecturer at NATO, Chairman of the Board of Re:Coded

Patricia Shaw, IEEE ECPAIS Ethical Certification and IEEE P7003 Standards Member and Contributing Writer, Tech Ethics Policy, Governance and Legal Consultant

12:00 PM: Impact investing: Next-generation private family offices:

Kate Gardner, 2nd Gen, Founder of Trust Fund Ventures

Taylor Adams, 6th Gen, Founding Partner and CEO of Belief Partners

Mason Angel, 2nd Gen, Associate at Industrious Ventures

Claiborne Haw, 3rd/4th Gen, NextGen Investor & Family Office Coordinator

12:30 PM: Autonomous vehicles panel:

Dr. Maha Achour, CEO of Metawave

Quin Garcia, Managing Director at Autotech Ventures

12:30 PM: Agtech & foodtech panel:

Will Wells, CEO of Hummingbird Technologies

Sophie Hackford, Co-Founder of 1715 Labs and Technology Advisor to John Deere

Christian Shearer, Chief Investment Officer of Regen Network

Alexander van de Koevering, Founder & Managing Director of Rabo Carbon Bank

1:00 PM: Growth-Stage Startups: Series A – D

Benjamin Gibbs, CEO of Ready Robotics – Series C2

1:00 PM: Networking
1:30 PM: Early Stage Startups: Pre-seed – Seed/Series A

Eric Aguilar, CEO of Omnitron Sensors

1:30 PM: Early Stage Startups: Pre-seed – Seed/Series A

Dr. Alex Ivanenko, CEO of HyPoint

Gary Agnew, CEO of Ideon Technologies

2:00 PM: Networking 2:00 PM: Networking
SPACE RENEWABLES & CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION & ADAPTATION
2:30 PM: Space panel:

Tess Hatch, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

Jeff Crusey, Investment Manager at Seraphim Capital

Blair DeWitt, CEO of Lunar Station Corp

Simon Gwozdz, CEO of Equatorial Space Systems

James Powell, Co-Founder of Dawn Aerospace

2:30 PM: The hydrogen economy:

Dimitar Enchev, Managing Partner at Postscriptum Ventures

Dr. Alex Ivanenko, CEO of HyPoint

Andrew Coors, CEO of Modulus Hydrogen

3:00 PM: Growth-Stage Startups: Series A – D

Christian Patouraux, CEO of Kacific Broadband Satellites – Series C2

Fabien Jordan, CEO of Astrocast – Series B

3:00 PM: Growth-Stage Startups: Series A – D

Daniel Katz, CEO of Orbital Sidekick – Series B

3:30 PM: Early Stage Startups: Pre-seed – Seed/Series A

Patrick Shannon, CEO of TrustPoint

3:30 PM: Early Stage Startups: Pre-seed – Seed/Series A

Andrew Coors, CEO of Modulus Hydrogen

Guillermo Valenzuela, CEO of Aistech Space

4:00 PM: Networking 4:00 PM: Networking
4:30 PM: Adjournment 4:30 PM: Adjournment
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