Anna Moore FTSE - ANU Vice-Chancellor's Entrepreneurial Professor will be speaking on the topic of 
"​Australia's Role in the New Space Race".

Professor Anna Moore works at the forefront of Australia’s renaissance in space exploration and is a major force driving Australia’s strategic direction and R&D translation agenda to build national space capabilities and industry.

An astronomer by training and a globally recognised leader in astronomical instrumentation, she founded and directs the multi-disciplinary Institute for Space (InSpace) at the Australian National University.

Through Moore’s strategic leadership, ANU is now internationally recognised as a thought leader and solution provider for some of the most pressing challenges on the planet directing her teams’ work in space situational awareness, quantum communications, space-based earth observation and climate adaptability, and space governance.

Professor Moore was instrumental in the formation of the Australian Space Agency in 2018, as part of the Australian Government’s expert reference group, and continues to play a key role in building major alliances with partner space agencies and industry leaders across the US, Europe, and Asia.

Moore was director of Mount Stromlo’s Advanced Instrumentation and technology Centre from 2017-2021, and prior to this worked for Caltech for 12 years.

Anna has earned several awards and appointments including fellowship of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Northcote Graduate Scholarship for doctoral studies, Australian Space Awards female leader of the year and Australian Financial Review’s Top 100 Innovators.