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Space Northwest Symposium
The centerpiece of Seattle Space Week 2026: a full day on scaling the space economy, drawing founders, executives, engineers, investors, students, civic leaders and industry partners to the Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center.
Rob Meyerson, co-founder and CEO of Interlune and former president of Blue Origin, delivers the morning keynote. Tim Beard, CFO of Stoke Space, joins a closing fireside chat on the challenges and opportunities for new space in Washington state.
Panels across the day cover:
- Space power infrastructure, with Zeno Power, Helogen and Rocketdyne
- Launch resiliency, with Space Systems Command, Spacelaunch, Merrick and RS&H
- Hypersonic flight and reusable vehicles, with New Frontier Aerospace, Karman Space & Defense and Varda Space
- Orbital infrastructure at scale, with Gravitics, RBC Signals, Sophia Space, Deloitte and Amazon Leo
- Orbital mobility and satellite servicing, with Portal Space Systems, Starfish Space, CisLunar Industries and Juno Propulsion
- Earth observation and LEO connectivity, with BlackSky, Xplore and Kymeta
Lunch includes a first look at the inaugural Space Northwest Accelerator startup cohort. Tickets are $350 general admission, $280 for Space Northwest Alliance members and $120 for students. The agenda is subject to change.
