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Strategic Horizon
SpaceTech
Summit
An invitation-only executive forum convening issuers, capital providers, policymakers, innovators, and industry leaders to explore the financing, infrastructure, and strategic partnerships shaping the future of commercial space.
Thursday, September 10, 2026
8:00 AM – 6:30 PM ET
Nixon Peabody LLPTower 46, 55 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036
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About the Summit
Driving the Next Frontier of Space Innovation
The inaugural Strategic Horizon SpaceTech Summit convenes institutional investors, family offices, and space-industry leaders for a curated day of dealmaking, strategic dialogue, and direct access to high-growth opportunities.
Hosted at Nixon Peabody LLP in the heart of New York, this inaugural edition sets the standard for transactional forums at the intersection of space and capital markets.
Key Topics
Space Infrastructure
Capital formation in LEO, launch, satellite, and propulsion systems.
Commercialization
SPAC structures, pre-IPO pathways, and institutional equity raising.
Policy & Regulation
OBBBA, Spaceport PABs, dual-use technology, and regulatory frameworks.
Emerging Technologies
AI, satellite intelligence, propulsion innovation, and orbital data platforms.
Global Collaboration
Cross-border partnerships, international capital, and sovereign space programs.
Program
Summit Agenda
Thursday, September 10, 2026 · 8:00 AM – 6:30 PM ET
Nixon Peabody LLP · Tower 46, 55 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
Networking
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Delegate check-in, continental breakfast, and pre-summit networking.
8:45 AM
8:45 AM
Keynote
Welcome Remarks
Speakers:
Sadhvee S. Hansraj, Chief Strategy Officer, Intro-act Strategic Horizon Summit
Armand R. Pastine, Senior Managing Director, Celadon Financial
Peter Wright, Partner & President, PartnerCap Securities
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
Panel
Panel 1: Assessing the Risks of Investing in Space
A frank evaluation of capital intensity, extended horizons to liquidity, regulatory hurdles, and operational tail risks unique to early and growth-stage space tech ventures. Senior venture capitalists address overall portfolio construction, exit environment realities, and their allocation strategies.
Moderator:
Thomas Weyl, Managing Director, Head of Municipal Solutions, Celadon Financial Group
Panelists:
Michael Vinter, Executive Vice President, Aon Space
J.D. Russell, Founder and CEO; Commercial Astronaut, Alpha Funds
Vikram Mansharamani, PhD, Space Seed Investor; Chairman, Goodwill Foods
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Panel
Panel 2: LEO, Satellites, & Constellations: The Street View on Space
An operational and commercial snapshot of low Earth orbit (LEO) dynamics, hardware unit economics, launch cadence bottlenecks, and satellite constellation monetization.
Moderator:
Peter Wright, Partner & President, PartnerCap Securities
Panelists:
Gregg Pendy, Director of Equity Research, Clear Street, LLC
Michael Mealling, General Partner, Starbridge Venture Capital
Kamal Masud, Managing Director, Roth Capital
Patrick McCarthy, Managing Director, Space & Government Services Equity Research, Oppenheimer
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Panel
Panel 3: Defense & Logistics: Dual-Use Acceleration for Space Infrastructure
An exploration of defense tech integration, government procurement, and how dual-use civil/defense capabilities accelerate private capital adoption in space logistics.
Moderator:
Fred Stoss, Maj. Gen., USAF (Ret.), Bancroft Capital GEOIntelligence Group
Panelists:
Anthony J. Cotton, Four-Star General, USAF (Ret.); Former Commander, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
Jim Bridenstine, CEO; Former NASA Administrator, Quantum Space
Carol Goldstein, CFO and CAO, Lonestar Data Holdings Inc.
Steve Wolfe, Deputy Executive Director, Global Spaceport Alliance
11:50 AM
11:50 AM
Networking
Lunch | Nixon Peabody Café
Across from the 24th Floor reception area.
12:45 PM
12:45 PM
Fireside
Fireside Chat: An Author and An Astronaut
A conversation exploring the Overview Effect — the cognitive shift astronauts experience viewing Earth from orbit — and what it means for strategy, collaboration, and the commercial space economy.
Speakers:
Frank White, SpaceTech Curator · Author, The Overview Effect, Intro-act, LLC
Michael Lopez-Alegria, Chief Astronaut, Vice President and Head of Human Spaceflight, Axiom Space
1:15 PM
1:15 PM
Keynote
Featured Remarks: From Overview to High Ground
Turning the perspective shift into national strategy and commercial power.
Speaker:
Jim Bridenstine, CEO; Former NASA Administrator, Quantum Space
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
Keynote
Keynote Address: Space as the New High Ground
Integrating commercial space technology into credible strategic deterrence and national defense.
Speaker:
Anthony J. Cotton, Four-Star General, USAF (Ret.); Former Commander, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Panel
Panel 4: Equity Capital Markets: Public Markets Readiness for SpaceTech Issuers
A deep dive into public market readiness, SPAC vs. traditional IPO structures, PIPE financing, and institutional investor appetite for pure-play space issuers.
Moderator:
Adam Dooley, Executive Chairman & Founder, Belay Holdings
Panelists:
Brian Dobson, Managing Director, Disruptive Technology Equity Research, Clear Street, LLC
Giovanni Caruso, Partner, Loeb & Loeb
Rose Levy, Senior Vice President, Pace Public Relations
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Panel
Panel 5: Spaceport Bonds: A Critical New Capital Raising Tool for Issuers
An inside look at innovative fixed-income and municipal/project bond financing mechanisms designed to fund commercial launch sites and ground infrastructure.
Moderator:
Armand R. Pastine, Senior Managing Director, Celadon Financial
Panelists:
Johnny Hutchinson, Special Tax Partner, Project Finance & Public Finance, Nixon Peabody LLP
Sean Garin, Partner, Public Finance Practice, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Kostas Poulakidas, Shareholder, Project Financing and Infrastructure Practice, Greenberg Traurig
T.J. Mancuso, Partner, Kline Alvarado Veio, P.C.
Barbie Peek, CBDO, Port of Huntsville / Huntsville International Air and Spaceport
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Panel
Panel 6: The Investor Lens: Building Bankable Space Infrastructure
Institutional investors synthesize summit insights to address overall portfolio construction and project finance strategies for commercial space assets with a specific focus on spaceport bonds.
Moderator:
Nic Malas, Managing Director, Bancroft Capital
Thomas Weyl, Managing Director, Head of Municipal Solutions, Celadon Financial Group
Speaker:
Danford Peterson, Co-Portfolio Manager and CIO, Foundation Infrastructure
4:50 PM
4:50 PM
Networking
Transition to Reception: Cocktail Reception & Book Signing with Frank White, Author of The Overview Effect
Continued dialogue and relationship-building.
Featured Speakers
Leading voices from capital markets, institutional investment, and the global space industry.
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Sadhvee S. Hansraj
Chief Strategy Officer
Intro-act Strategic Horizon Summit
Sadhvee S. Hansraj is Head of Strategic Initiatives at Intro-act Strategic Solutions, where she leads the Strategic Horizon Summit, an institutional platform that convenes issuers, investors, innovators, policymakers, and industry leaders to explore emerging opportunities in capital formation and the future economy.
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Armand R. Pastine
Senior Managing Director
Celadon Financial
Armand R. Pastine is a Senior Managing Director at Celadon Financial Group, specialising in fixed income and municipal finance.
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Peter Wright
Partner & President
PartnerCap Securities
Peter Wright is Managing Partner of Partner Capital Group and co-founder of Intro-act, LLC. With deep roots in capital markets and deal structuring, Peter founded Intro-act to bridge institutional capital with breakthrough industries through purpose-built, invitation-curated summits.
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Jim Bridenstine
CEO; Former NASA Administrator
Quantum Space
Jim Bridenstine has dedicated his life to the United States of America.
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Frank White
SpaceTech Curator · Author, The Overview Effect
Intro-act, LLC
Frank White is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and a Rhodes Scholar.
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Adam Dooley
Executive Chairman & Founder
Belay Holdings
Adam Dooley is Chairman of Belay Holdings, a SPAC platform focused on identifying and executing de-SPAC transactions across the space economy, deep tech, and dual-use technology sectors.
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Kostas Poulakidas
Shareholder, Project Financing and Infrastructure Practice
Greenberg Traurig
Kostas Poulakidas is a Shareholder with Greenberg Traurig's Public Finance & Infrastructure Practice, where he advises clients on complex infrastructure, project finance, public-private partnerships, and economic development strategy.
Built for
Serious
Participants
A curated audience. A single day. No intermediaries.
Every seat at the Strategic Horizon Summit represents a decision-maker with the mandate, capital, and conviction to act on what they hear in the room.
100Expected Attendees
6Curated Panels
1Full Day
31Confirmed Speakers
Who Attends
A Curated
Audience
This Summit does not publish an open registration. Each attendee category is held to a defined profile — every conversation at the event carries real transactional weight.
I.
✦Institutional Investors
Pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth, and asset managers allocating capital into high-growth sectors.
Pension FundsEndowmentsSovereign WealthAsset Managers
II.
✦Family Offices
Single- and multi-family offices seeking direct investment and alternative allocation opportunities.
Single FamilyMulti-FamilyAlternativesDirect Investment
III.
✦Capital Markets Professionals
Investment bankers, equity capital markets teams, research analysts, and M&A advisors.
Investment BankingECMEquity ResearchM&A Advisory
IV.
✦Industry Executives
CEOs, CFOs, and operators building and scaling companies across the sector.
CEOs & CFOsOperatorsDefenseSatellite Tech
V.
✦Policy & Regulatory Leaders
Regulators, agency advisors, and policy counsel shaping the legal and national-security landscape.
FAADoDNASA AdvisoryRegulatory Counsel
VI.
✦Venture & Growth Investors
Venture capital and growth equity investors focused on deep tech and dual-use technology.
Venture CapitalGrowth EquityDeep TechDual-Use
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The most valuable thing in the room
is not what is on stage.
It is who is sitting next to you.
Intro-act · Strategic Horizon Series
Why Attend
What you
take from
the room
Four things every attendee leaves with — regardless of sector, mandate, or seniority.
I.
Direct deal flow access
No intermediaries. Every company presenting has been reviewed for financial readiness and sector fit before they take the stage.
II.
Calibrated peer conversations
The attendee profile is managed with the same discipline as the agenda. The room is built so every conversation is worth having.
III.
Sector intelligence you can act on
Panels are moderated to surface real views on valuations, exit timelines, and where capital is concentrating across the commercial space value chain.
IV.
Intro-act platform access
Registered attendees gain platform access for pre-summit outreach and curated meeting scheduling ahead of September 10.
Partners & Sponsors
Sponsoring Organizations
The institutions underwriting this convening — capital markets leaders committed to advancing the sector and the conversations that shape it.
Celadon Financial
Financial Advisory
Celadon Financial Group delivers fixed income, municipal finance, and structured capital solutions — bridging institutional investors with high-conviction opportunities in the space and infrastructure sectors.
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