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Day 1 : September 2nd (Wed), 2026
Division Time Content Speaker
Registration 09:00~10:30 Registration
Opening Ceremony 10:30~11:00 Opening Remark
Welcome Speech
Keynote Speech 11:00~12:20 New Space, New Insight - NAVER TWIN XR Won Jo Jung
Head of Digital Twin Group
(NAVER LABS)
40 Years of Legacy, Shaping the Next Chapters Jamel Rouahi
VP, Head of Future Programs and Pléiades Neo Next
(Airbus D&S)
Seeing Change Before It Matters - Planetary Intelligence for Peninsula-Scale Awareness Jim Thomason
Senior Vice President of Product
(Planet)
Innovating the Industry's Fastest SAR Intelligence System John Cartwright
SVP & Head of Data Product
(ICEYE)
Lunch 12:20~14:00 Lunch
Session
1 / 2		 Time
Session 1
(Corporate Presentations)
Speaker
Session 2
(CAS-500 Satellite Applications)
Speaker
14:00~15:40 SAR-Based Change Detection Using Signal Processing and AI Hee In Yang
(CONTEC)		 Introduction to Korea Satellite Operations Center Jong-yeon Yun
Image Management Team Leader
(Korea Satellite Operations Center)
From Satellites to Sovereignty: Accelerating National Intelligence Capability as a Service Peter Hawkins
VP, Asia Pacific
(Vantor)		 Status and Perspectives of CAS500-4(Agriculture and Forestry Satellite) for Agricultural Application Suk-young Hong
Director
(National Agricultural Satellite Center)
Assured Intelligence: Why Committed Delivery Will Define the Future of Commercial Earth Observation Louis Rousmaniere
Director of Product Management
(BlackSky)		 A New Approach to Forest Disaster Response Using the NONGRIM Satellite Chan-ryul Park
Director
(National Forest Satellite Information & Technology Center)
Calibration and Validation Framework and Performance Evaluation for Sejong Satellite Imagery Hong Bong Kim
CTO
(InSpace)		 Introduction to National Land Satellite 1/2(Cas 500-1/2) and Utilization of AI-Based Products Hong Jong Oh
Assistant Director
(National Land Satellite Center)
TelePIX, Expanding Space-AI Capabilities: 3D Reconstruction and Onboard AI Seong Ick Cho
CEO
(TelePIX)		 Water Resource Satellites and Their Applications: Current Developments, Application Cases, and Future Directions Chan Young Son
Principal Researcher
(K-water)
Break 15:40~16:00 Coffee Break
Session
3 / 4		 Time
Session 3
(Corporate Presentations)
Speaker
Session 4
(Satellite-Based Disaster Monitoring)
Speaker
16:00~17:40 Advancing Detection with Synthetic Data Ju Hum Park
CEO
(Dabeeo Inc.)		 Heat Stress Assessment in Observation-Sparse Regions Using GK-2A Multivariate Retrievals Jong-min Yeom
Professor
(Jeonbuk National University)
The Science of Certainty: High-Resolution SAR Solutions for Complex Environments Vincent Kessler
CEO
(Synspective)		 From Space to Ground: Next-Generation Platforms for Ground Subsidence Monitoring Sang-hoon Hong
Professor
(Pusan National University)
Intelligent Satellite Imagery Applications Using Commercial Satellites Jin Woo Kim
(LIG D&A)		 Development of Integrated Multi-Satellite Analysis Technologies for Disaster Jun Woo Lee
(National Disaster Management Research Institute)
Mission Ready Today: The Strategic Path to Sovereign ISR Sam Davis
(Capella Space)		 Establishing a Satellite-Based Disaster Monitoring Framework for North Korea Min Jo Kang
Research Fellow
(Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements)
Satellite-as-a-Service: What came next Ethan Kim
Part Leader
(SIIS)		 GIS/RS-Based Hydrological Analysis in North Korea : Flood Assessment and Dam Mapping Joo Hun Kim
Research Fellow
(Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Wrap-up 18:00 Wrap-up of Day 1
Day 2 : September 3rd (Thu), 2026
Division Time Content
Registration 09:00~10:00 Registration
Session
5/6/7		 Time
Session 5
(Corporate Presentations)
Speaker
Session 6
(Local Government Satellite Applications)
Speaker
Session 7
(Satellite Big Data Applications)
Speaker
10:00~12:00
Maximizing the Operational Value of Microsatellite Constellations: An Integrated Solution for Planning, Resolution Enhancement, and Change Detection Tae Gyun Jeon
CEO
(SIA)
Trust as Architecture: A Combat-Proven Chain of AI Intelligence for GEOINT Martin Robillard
Head of APAC Sales
(Safran.AI)
Multi-Fidelity Terrain — From Orbit to Ground, From Market to Mission Seung Su Shin
CTO
(Meissa Inc)
EarthDaily: Building the World's Most Trusted Measure of Planetary Change Srinibas Patnaik
Sr. Director, APAC
(EarthDaily Analytics)
Precision DEM Generation from Very High-Resolution Satellite Imagery Soo Ahm Rhee
(3dlabs)
From Operational Barriers to Product Capabilities: Deploying Anomaly Detection for Satellite Telemetry Jae Hyung Kwon
AI Development Center
(IOPS CO)
Gyeonggi Climate Satellite Project: Gyeonggi Province's Challenge and Administrative Value Jang-young Choi
Head of Climate Data Team
(Gyeonggi Province)
A Case Study of GeoAI-Based Satellite Imagery Analysis Service Ki Hong Kim
Director of Space Mobility Division
(Jeju Special Self-Governing Province)
Development Status of JINJUSat-2 Kyung Hee Kim
Center Director
(Korea Testing Laboratory)
Design of a Marine Environmental Monitoring and Management System Using Multi-Satellite Imagery and AI Models Tae-ho Kim
Director
(Underwater Survey and Technology 21 Inc.)
Development of Korea Analysis Ready Data (K-ARD) for High-resolution Earth Observation Satellite Imagery Tae Heon Kim
Senior Researcher
(Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Gap-Free Surface Reflectance Time Series through Multi-Sensor Satellite Fusion Seung Taek Jeong
Senior Researcher
(Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Development of high-resolution mid-infrared and optical image fusion analysis technology Ye Seul Kim
Senior Researcher
(Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
GeoAI-Driven Time-Series SAR for Next-Generation Global Environmental Change Monitoring Chang-wook Lee
Professor
(Kangwon National University)
A Label-Free Quantitative Evaluation Method for Satellite Image AI Analysis Models Using an OSM and DSM-Based Context-Aware Model Seong Min Lee
Senior Software Research Engineer
(MOONSOFT)
Development of a K-Sat Foundation Model for the Korean Peninsula Yoon Jung Choi
(Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Lunch 12:00~13:30 Lunch
Session
8/9/10		 Time
Session 8
(Corporate Presentations)
Speaker
Session 9
(Geostationary Satellite Applications)
Speaker
Session 10
(Microsatellite Applications)
Speaker
13:30~15:30 TBD TBD
(AI Factory)		 Current Status and Future Plans for Developing Weather Forecasting Support Technology Using GK2A Data Young-gon Lee
Senior Researcher
(National Meteorological Satellite Center)		 Research status of KSIS SAR Application Technology for Marine Domain Sang Hyuck Han
Principal Researcher
(Korea Aerospace Research Institute)
Cloud and Generative AI Strategies for Space Missions: AWS Space Accelerator Korea 2026 Launch Wondoo (Kevin) Yu
APAC Business Lead
(AWS)		 National Ocean Satellite Center : GOCI Service Overview Su Uu Kim
Deputy Director
(National Ocean Satellite Center)		 Defense Applications of Microsatellites and Satellite Data: Case Studies Jae Pil Park
CEO
(Nara Space Technology Inc.)
Dark Vessel Detection Using High-Resolution Nighttime Thermal Satellite Imagery and AIS Data Woo Sun Yoo
(INDYWARE)		 Development of a Physics-Based Red Tide Detection Algorithm Using GOCI and GOCI-II Won Kook Kim
Associate Professor
(Pusan National University)		 Korea's PMW Small Satellite Constellation for Arctic Shipping Hyun-cheol Kim
Principal Research Scientist
(Korea Polar Research Institute)
Umbra Redefining Space Alexander Jun
Regional Business Development Director
(Umbra Space)		 Environmental Satellite Applications for Air Quality Monitoring and Wildfire Smoke Detection Kyoung Hee Kang
Senior Research Officer
(National Institute of Environmental Research)		 From Observation to Decision: Multi-Satellite Sea Ice Monitoring and the Potential of Cubesats for Arctic Navigation Jun Hwa Chi
Assistant Professor
(Pukyong National University)
Development of Open Satellite Image Service System Sang Hee Shin
CEO
(Gaia3D, Inc.)		 Geo-Kompsat 2A/2B-based meteorological, oceanic, and environmental applications using deep learning Jung Ho Im
Professor
(UNIST)		 Satellite Information Utilization and Applications Using Commercial Small Satellites Seung Chul Lee
CEO
(Stellarvision Inc.)
Kratos OpenSpace Stephen Lu
Director of Sales
(Kratos Communications Singapore)		 Development and Validation of Improved GOCI-II Land Product Algorithms Sun-hwa Kim
Chief Executive Officer
(PERPIXEL Inc.)		 Overview of Hanwha System's Key Satellite Technologies and AI-Based Satellite Imagery Applications Tae Seung Lee
Senior Engineer
(Hanwha Systems)
Closing 15:30 Closing Ceremony & Lucky Draw

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