Space Settlement Summit is the Best Mars Settlement Summit this Year - Part of UCF Space Week 2025 with The Economist
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We appreciate the incredible response and look forward to sharing the full lineup of speakers soon.
Board Chair and Founder, SpaceKids Global
Director of Advanced Development for Civil Space, SpaceX
Director, Space Sciences Laboratory at UC Berkeley. Principal Investigator, NASA Psyche Mission
Co-founder and Chairman, Mars Institute
University of Central Florida – Florida Space Institute
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, UCSF | Pioneer in Space Psychology & Behavioral Health in Spaceflight
Space Exploration Sector Head, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Space Czar, University of Central Florida. Visiting Professor, Imperial College London
Founder and Executive Director, Expanding Frontiers
Multidisciplinary Futurist Bridging AI, Advocacy & Aerospace
Editor-in-Chief, Ad Astra Magazine | Co-Host, This Week in Space | Author, Journalist, Filmmaker
CEO and Co-Founder, Copernic Space
COO/SVP, National Space Society
Researcher, Public Engagement, Florida Space Institute, University of Central Florida
Space Systems Architect, (Founder) World Innovation Network, Firefighter-Paramedic & U.N. Space Diplomat
Space Paladin, Director of the Space MBA Program, University of Central Florida
Independent Scholar on International Relations
Planetary Scientist & Interim Director, Florida Space Institute
CEO and President, Aldrin Family Foundation
Musician, Mars Researcher & Longtime Voice in the Space Frontier
Chief Operating Officer, Andromeda Space Corporation
Week-at-a-Glance: UCF Space Week Schedule
Attendees joined us in Orlando for UCF Space Week, November 3–7, 2025 — a five-day series of events celebrating innovation in space science, exploration, and policy. It kicked off with the Space Settlement Summit on November 3–4, the week continues with keynotes, tech demos, student showcases, and more. It proved to be a unique convergence of visionaries, researchers, and future leaders shaping our multi-planetary future.
The NSS
Space Settlement Summit 2025
Space Settlement Summit
Day One
Space Settlement Summit
Day Two
Space Settlement Summit 2025
The Economist
Space Economy Summit 2025
Space Economy Summit 2025
3rd annual Day 1
Space Economy Summit 2025
3rd annual Day 2
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Space Day
UCF's Space Game VS. Houston
FRiday Night
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Where space policy, science, and innovation converge to shape our multiplanetary future.
This is a unique event offering intimate access to some of the leading figures in space settlement. You will join the NSS leadership and a dynamic group of leaders from the space industry, government, military, and academia.
This Summit is a highly interactive, with all participants actively engaged in workshops, discussions, and presentations on policies that will encourage the rapid development of technologies and capabilities required to get thousands of people living and working in space in our lifetimes.
The National Space Society (NSS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the creation of a spacefaring civilization. Our vision is a future where people live and work in thriving communities beyond the Earth. NSS is committed to a space settlement agenda that will transform space from a frontier to a robustly inhabited and developed domain.
To empower humanity's future in space. We advocate for the exploration and settlement of space through policy, advocacy, outreach, and education. We inspire and educate the general public, support cutting-edge research, and promote the unifying power of space for the betterment of humanity. Our goal is a future where the limitless resources of space benefit all of humanity, fueling a new era of prosperity, opportunity, and discovery.
We were pleased to offer a block of rooms at The Celeste Hotel in Orlando for the Space Settlement Summit 2025 attendees. Guests enjoyed comfortable accommodations and convenient amenities, providing an ideal home base for your summit experience. The Celeste Hotel is just minutes away from the University of Central Florida campus.
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