Space for Planet Earth Challenge Briefing - Tauranga (moved to ONLINE)

Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom

Emeline is Co-Founder and CEO of SpaceBase based in New Zealand.  Emeline is also part of the Ceres Robotics team and a Co-Founder of International Space Consultants.  She is an Institute of Space Commerce Fellow and is a member of the Associate Editorial Board for the New Space Journal.

Emeline has a BS and MS degrees in Physics and Earth and Space Science, and is an alumni of the International Space University.  Emaline has worked for space startups including Space Adventures, Odyssey Moon, Moon Express and Orbital Astronautics, as well as co-authoring the book “Realizing Tomorrow: The Path to Private Space Flight”.

Eric Dahlstrom
Eric Dahlstrom is a co-founder and CTO of SpaceBase, a social enterprise democratizing space access through co-creating space ecosystems in emerging countries, starting with New Zealand. With 35 years of experience in spacecraft design, space science, and consulting, he has contributed to projects for NASA and the commercial space industry. Eric is a space engineer, astronomer, and faculty member at the International Space University. His notable accomplishments include working on the design of the International Space Station, co-authoring NASA's "Lessons Learned from Challenger" report, and managing projects for commercial lunar spacecraft and payloads. He has also supported numerous entrepreneurial space companies such as Extraterrestrial Power, Made In Space, Satellogic, and Moon Express.

Moritz Lehmann

Dr Moritz Lehmann is an oceanographer and remote sensing scientist who likes to squeeze every little bit of knowledge from ship tracks and vessel behaviour at sea. He leads Starboard's biosecurity research and supports operations against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing using satellite dark vessel detections. Moritz is a well-published scientist and a skilled communicator. His work has been featured in several interviews for radio, newspapers and TV.

Starboard Maritime Intelligence builds powerful and intuitive maritime domain awareness software. Customers all around the world use it every day to protect the ocean and their national waters. Effective maritime domain awareness is required to tackle climate security, environment and resource security and transnational crime. Starboard helps address these complex global challenges by uniquely combining multiple layers of satellite data, scientific models, vessel information, and intelligence into a common view of the maritime world, enabling teams to effectively analyse and investigate vessels and maritime areas of interest.

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