Conferences / SatSummit
SatSummit St. Louis 2026
Nov 18–19, 2026 · The Post Building, 1190 Cole St, St. Louis, MO, United States Announced
- Conference
- SatSummit Software engineering
- Dates
- Nov 18, 2026 – Nov 19, 2026
- Venue
- The Post Building, 1190 Cole St
- Place
- St. Louis, MO, United States
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Announced
- Attendance
- —
- Website
- satsummit.io
- Recorded
- 12 sponsors · 105 speaker appearances
- Notes
- First North American edition outside Washington DC; local hosts Common Space and Taylor Geospatial with Development Seed. Agenda marked draft as of 2026-11-09.
Ticket prices
| Ticket | Price | Valid until | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-profit / education / government | $200 | — | buytickets.at | |
| Corporate | $350 | — | buytickets.at | |
| Bronze sponsorship | $5,000 | — | satsummit.io | |
| Silver sponsorship | $10,000 | — | satsummit.io | |
| Gold sponsorship | $25,000 | — | satsummit.io |
Sponsors 12
Gold 1
Community 1
Media 1
- Geo Awesomeness · Media Partner
Other 4
- Common Space · Hosts
- Development Seed · Hosts
- Taylor Geospatial · Hosts
- The Post Building · Institutional Partner
Speakers and talks 105
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Martin, PhD | UVA Darden School of Business | Speaker | Urgency & Opportunity | — |
| Amy Rosenthal | Planet | Panelist | Protecting the Planet...with AI? | — |
| Amy Rosenthal | Planet | Speaker | Imagery Providers Meet Imagery Users | — |
| Andrea Steffke, PhD | Carbon Mapper | Panelist | Satellites With a Mission | — |
| Andrew Howe | — | Panelist | Pixels to Predictions | — |
| Aryaana Khan | Northern Arizona University | Speaker | EO In Action | — |
| Bill Greer | Common Space | Workshop | Common Space Product Architecture Roundtable | — |
| Bill Greer | Common Space | Panelist | The Legal Frontier: A Fireside Chat with Kevin Pomfret | — |
| Bochu Ding | Assembly and NASA Lifelines Fellow | Speaker | From Available to Usable | — |
| Brian Perlman | UN + NASA Lifelines | Workshop | Clash of the Damage Data! | — |
| Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño | Clay | Panelist | Pixels to Predictions | — |
| Cameron Kruse | Fika | Panelist | Beyond the Demo: AI in the Real World | — |
| Caroline Crystal | NASA | Speaker | EO In Action | — |
| Carter Christopher, PhD | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Panelist | What's Real Anymore | — |
| Cassie Lee | Star Catcher | Panelist | Powering the Future | — |
| Catherine Nakalembe, PhD | University of Washington | Speaker | State of Play | — |
| Chloe Hampton | — | Panelist | Satellites With a Mission | — |
| Christoph Koettl | The New York Times | Panelist | Worth a Thousand Words? | — |
| Christopher Newton | International Crisis Group | Panelist | Can I Get a Witness? | — |
| Christy Monaco | OGC | Speaker | From Available to Usable | — |
| Christy Monaco | OGC | Panelist | What's Real Anymore | — |
| Corey Scher | — | Workshop | Clash of the Damage Data! | — |
| Dan Opstal | U.S. Geological Survey - Department of Interior | Panelist | Satellites Without Silos: Who Gets to Use the View from Space? | — |
| Dan Pilone | Element 84 | Speaker | Imagery, Plus | — |
| David Gauthier | GXO, Inc | Panelist | Great Debate: the Hold Me Back Edition | — |
| David Saah, PhD | Spatial Informatics Group | Workshop | Explainable AI | — |
| David Saah, PhD | Spatial Informatics Group | Panelist | Surviving and Thriving | — |
| Devin Jacobs | Jane Goodall Institute | Panelist | Protecting the Planet...with AI? | — |
| Drishtie Patel | Development Seed | Panelist | Urgency & Opportunity | — |
| Elizabeth Foughty | Orbital Sentry | Panelist | Satellites With a Mission | — |
| Elizabeth Wesley, PhD | World Resources Institute | Speaker | Imagery, Plus | — |
| Elizabeth Wesley, PhD | World Resources Institute | Speaker | Urgency & Opportunity | — |
| Emily Sylak-Glassman, PhD | NASA | Workshop | Explainable AI | — |
| Esther Rolf | University of Colorado Boulder | Panelist | Beyond the Demo: AI in the Real World | — |
| Hamed Alemohammad, PhD | Clark University | Panelist | Pixels to Predictions | — |
| Hamed Alemohammad, PhD | Clark University | Panelist | Great Debate: the Hold Me Back Edition | — |
| Hanbyul Jo | Development Seed | Speaker | From Available to Usable | — |
| Hannah Kerner, PhD | Arizona State University | Speaker | State of Play | — |
| Jack Brandy | Clear Fracture | Speaker | Imagery, Plus | — |
| James Church | Living Signals | Speaker | EO In Action | — |
| James Haithcoat | Taylor Geospatial | Panelist | Powering the Future | — |
| Jamon Van Den Hoek, PhD | Oregon State University | Panelist | Can I Get a Witness? | — |
| Jamon Van Den Hoek, PhD | Oregon State University | Panelist | Great Debate: the Pundit Panel | — |
| Jenna Dolecek | Independent | Panelist | Can I Get a Witness? | — |
| John Aitchison | Element 84 | Speaker | From Available to Usable | — |
| Karl Wurster, PhD | SkyTruth | Speaker | State of Play | — |
| Kate Chapman | Feanix | Panelist | Pixels to Predictions | — |
| Katharine Weintraub | Esri | Workshop | On Your Radar: SAR and Cloud-Native Analysis for Humanitarian Missions | — |
| Katie Baynes | NASA | Speaker | Imagery Providers Meet Imagery Users | — |
| Katie Picchione | Self | Workshop | Clash of the Damage Data! | — |
| Katie Picchione | Self | Panelist | When It's Go Time | — |
| Kevin Pomfret | Pierson Ferdinand | Panelist | The Legal Frontier: A Fireside Chat with Kevin Pomfret | — |
| Khushi Shah | Kinara | Speaker | From Available to Usable | — |
| Krishna Karra | Bloomberg | Panelist | Worth a Thousand Words? | — |
| Kumar Navulur, PhD | Synspective | Speaker | State of Play | — |
| Lane Goodman | Development Seed | Panelist | Imagery, Plus | — |
| Lane Goodman | Development Seed | Panelist | EO In Action | — |
| Laura Guzmán | NASA | Panelist | Imagery Providers Meet Imagery Users | — |
| Lauren Schmeisser, PhD | RMI | Speaker | Urgency & Opportunity | — |
| Lauren Wilner, PhD | NASA | Speaker | From Available to Usable | — |
| Liz Chamberlain | Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team | Speaker | Imagery Providers Meet Imagery Users | — |
| Logan Williams | Bellingcat | Panelist | What's Real Anymore | — |
| Madeeha Merchant | Urban Justice League | Panelist | Protecting the Planet...with AI? | — |
| Madison Musgrave | Esri | Panelist | When It's Go Time | — |
| Maggie Cawley | OpenStreetMap US | Speaker | State of Play | — |
| Maia Tarnas, PhD | University of Washington | Speaker | EO In Action | — |
| Mark Munsell | GeoSTL | Panelist | Great Debate: the Hold Me Back Edition | — |
| Mark Otterlee | Ai2 | Workshop | Agents for the Planet | — |
| Matt Hallas | DevGlobal | Panelist | Protecting the Planet...with AI? | — |
| Max Lenormand | Independent | Panelist | Worth a Thousand Words? | — |
| Megan Gallagher | Pixxel Space | Speaker | Imagery, Plus | — |
| Melissa Rosa | Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team | Speaker | From Available to Usable | — |
| Micah Farfour | Amnesty International | Panelist | Great Debate: the Hold Me Back Edition | — |
| Michael Budde | United States Geological Survey | Panelist | When It's Go Time | — |
| Mikai Neal | — | Panelist | Great Debate: the Hold Me Back Edition | — |
| Mike Jeffe | EarthDaily | Speaker | Imagery, Plus | — |
| Mike Jeffe | EarthDaily | Speaker | Imagery Providers Meet Imagery Users | — |
| Mikel Maron | Earth Genome | Panelist | Beyond the Demo: AI in the Real World | — |
| Nick Reinke | Taylor Geospatial | Panelist | Too Good to Compete | — |
| Paul Woods | Global Fishing Watch | Speaker | Imagery Providers Meet Imagery Users | — |
| Pete Gadomski | Development Seed | Panelist | From Available to Usable | — |
| Phil Darringer | Wherobots | Speaker | EO In Action | — |
| Quito Tsui | Stanford University | Panelist | Can I Get a Witness? | — |
| Rachael Lau, PhD | NVIDIA | Panelist | Pixels to Predictions | — |
| Rachel Opitz, PhD | Taylor Geospatial | Panelist | Surviving and Thriving | — |
| Rhiannan Price | Common Space | Workshop | Common Space Product Architecture Roundtable | — |
| Rhiannan Price | Common Space | Panelist | Great Debate: the Pundit Panel | — |
| Rufai Balogun | Clark University | Panelist | Beyond the Demo: AI in the Real World | — |
| Samapriya Roy, PhD | Spatial Bytes and Desert Research Institute Research Scientist | Speaker | Urgency & Opportunity | — |
| Sami Murphy | Living Signals | Speaker | EO In Action | — |
| Sarah Cahlan | Reuters | Panelist | Worth a Thousand Words? | — |
| Sasha Schell | Berkeley Human Rights Center | Panelist | Worth a Thousand Words? | — |
| Scott Herman | Satellite Vu | Panelist | Listening Session with SatVu | — |
| Seamus Geraty | NASA | Workshop | Speed Dating for Satellite Data: Co-Build a Data Studio Live with NASA Lifelines | — |
| Shoaib Burq | Decision Inc | Panelist | What's Real Anymore | — |
| Stephanie Dockstader | Esri | Speaker | Imagery, Plus | — |
| Theo Symonds | University of Montana | Speaker | EO In Action | — |
| Tim Stryker | Hudson Passage, LLC | Panelist | Satellites With a Mission | — |
| Vanessa Knoppke-Wetzel | Esri | Workshop | On Your Radar: SAR and Cloud-Native Analysis for Humanitarian Missions | — |
| Victoria Samson | Secure World Foundation | Panelist | Great Debate: the Pundit Panel | — |
| Vikash Kodati | Godel Space | Speaker | Imagery, Plus | — |
| Will Mortenson, EdD | Overture Maps Foundation | Panelist | Too Good to Compete | — |
| Xan Fredericks | USGS | Speaker | Imagery Providers Meet Imagery Users | — |
| Zach Toombs | Evident | Panelist | Worth a Thousand Words? | — |
| Ziad Al Achkar, PhD | Catholic Relief Services | Panelist | When It's Go Time | — |
Sources
- https://satsummit.io/2026-st-louis/
- https://satsummit.io/2026-st-louis/agenda/
- https://github.com/satsummit/satsummit.github.io
- https://satsummit.io/2026-st-louis/practical-info/
- https://satsummit.io/2026-st-louis/speakers/
- https://satsummit.io/updates/2026-06-16-announcement/
- https://buytickets.at/satsummitstlouis2026/2267677
- https://satsummit.io/2026-st-louis-sponsor-prospectus.pdf