Trailblazer is the $50M flagship exploration services grant program of the Australian Space Agency. This program feeds into NASA’s Project Artemis - building a lunar base to go from the Moon to Mars.

Stone & Chalk and Aurora Startup Cluster invite you to explore the merits, risks, Australia's USP, and startup opportunities across the three mission theme categories: Exploration Foundation Services, Exploration Communications and Exploration Health Services.

This event welcomes professionals in the aerospace industry, students, scientists and researchers in space academia, space entrepreneurs, other deep tech entrepreneurs, and anyone else interested in understanding how Australia might contribute to Project Artemis from a startup perspective.

Welcome by Campbell Pegg, Moon to Mars Initiative Program Manager at the Australian Space Agency

Moderated by Tim Parsons, Chair of Aurora, speakers will include:

Sarah Cannard, Project Director at Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE)
John Culton, Assistant Professor University of Adelaide, Director, Andy Thomas Centre for Space Resources
Jason Held, CEO at Saber Astronautics
Rajat Kulshrestha, Mission Lead at Lunar Ascent

An initiative of SmartSat CRC, Aurora is the largest cluster of Space startups in Australia. Aurora aims to create opportunities for its members via participation in SmartSat R&D programs and challenges, exposure to SmartSat’s partners and their global networks, and via creative collaboration with other members.
Stone & Chalk is Australia's leading startup support program with hubs in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide. Stone & Chalk Adelaide is also home to the S&C Space program and the Space Hub in the McEwin building at Lot Fourteen.

We recommend to read the consultation paper on Trailblazer here prior to attending the event.

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