DGI 2025

10 - 12 February, 2025

Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London

Dr Gemma Bagheri

Space R&D Programme Manager Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)

Gemma has a technical background in Astronomy/Astrophysics and joined the MOD Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) in 2013 from academia. Gemma began her MOD career in a technical role and moved into technical leadership before transitioning into Programme Management. Gemma has had a variety of positions such as Innovation Lead for the RAF Rapid Capabilities Office, Science Advisor to the RAF Space Capability, STEM Futures Space Hub Chair supporting space skills development, and as the Technical Authority for the MOD Artemis small satellite operational capability demonstrator programme. Currently Gemma is the Dstl Deputy Space Systems Programme Manager, responsible for the Dstl contribution into the Space Command ISTARI Programme to develop space-based Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) capability.

Main Day 1 | 10th February

4:00 PM Debate with Q&A and Live Polling – Commercial Satellites Offer the Most Secure Way to Deliver Mission-Relevant Data from Space. FOR and AGAINST

FOR: Senior Leader, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) 

AGAINST:  Dr Gemma Bagheri, Space R&D Programme Manager, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) 

Moderator - Giuseppe Nobile, Head of Geo Section, NATO HQ  

5:20 PM Dragons’ Den with Live Voting – Revealing 3 Space Tech Start-ups to Help You Source, Analyse and Process Trustworthy Space Data

Moderator – Alexander Holdt, Managing Director, Seraphim Space Enterprise, Seraphim NEW 

Dragons:

  • Dr. Jonathon Brame, Basic & Applied Research Team Lead, DEVCOM Atlantic, US Army Futures Command 
  • Richard Laing, Principal Project Manager, Joint Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, NATO Communications and Information Agency  
  • Dr Gemma Bagheri, Space R&D Programme Manager, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) 

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Gemma.

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