Speakers

Steve Wolfe is the President and Co-Founder of the Beyond Earth Institute, a nonpartisan nonprofit think tank whose mission is to establish and sustain a policy and legal framework that enables economically vibrant communities beyond Earth. He is also the Deputy Executive Director for the Global Spaceport Alliance, the largest global organization representing the interests of spaceports. He is a partner at CWSP International, a consulting firm serving the needs of clients in the space sector. Steve was the Deputy Executive Director of SpaceCom from its inception in 2015 through 2021, where he helped shape the program's content to reflect the emerging space economy. Early in his career, Steve served as a staff member for the late Congressman George E. Brown, Jr., in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. While on the Hill, Steve served as the executive director of the Congressional Space Caucus and drafted the Space Settlement Act of 1988. The bill was signed into law as part of the NASA Authorization Act. He also serves on the Space and Board of the Global Entrepreneurship Network – Space, and the Board of Editors for the Journal of Space Philosophy. Wolfe is the author of "The Obligation: A Journey to Discover Human Purpose on Earth and in the Cosmos."