Farnborough International Airshow has confirmed a second wave of speakers for its Aerospace Global Forum (AGF) and Space Zone Theatre programmes, bringing together senior leaders from aerospace, aviation, defence, finance, government, and space to discuss the sectors shaping global aerospace and defence over the coming years.
The Aerospace Global Forum lineup spans commercial aviation, defence, sustainability, and finance. Newly confirmed speakers include Boeing’s Allison Melia (VP of Global Enterprise Sustainability) and Lane Ballard (Chief Technology Officer and VP, Engineering & Technology Innovation), alongside Airbus’s Remi Maillard (Chief Technology Officer) and Pooja Narayan (AI Fast Track Lead). Airline leadership is well represented, with Tony Douglas of Riyadh Air, Sean Doyle of British Airways, and Jonathon Counsell of International Airlines Group (IAG) joining the programme, alongside Paul Griffiths of Dubai Airports and Paul Kent of BOC Aviation.
Defence and security perspectives come from Lockheed Martin’s Paul Lemmo (VP and GM, Rotary and Mission Systems Sensors, Effectors & Mission Systems), BAE Systems Air’s Zoe Zampini, Leonardo UK’s Gareth Hetheridge, and GLOBSEC’s Martin Sklenár. Finance and policy voices include Tim Reid of UK Export Finance, Ephraim Rudman of Apollo Global Management, Isabelle Hudon of Canada’s Business Development Bank, and Bloomberg Intelligence’s George Ferguson. Sustainability and innovation are covered by LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgrem, the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Jennifer Jordan-Saifi, the Aerospace Technology Institute’s Paul Adams, and the World Economic Forum’s Giorgio Parolini, among others.
The Space Zone Theatre has confirmed more than 60 speakers for its programme. Highlights include Axiom Space’s Dr. Lucie Low (Chief Science Officer), UK Space Command’s AVM Jamie Thompson CBE, StarLab CEO Marshall Smith, and Eutelsat’s Daniel Kroboth (VP of Satellite Operations). Additional confirmed speakers span spaceport operations (SaxaVord Spaceport COO Debbie Strang), commercial satcom (Open Cosmos’s Danielle Edwards), regulatory affairs (FAA’s Minh Nguyen), and emerging space technology (Dawn Aerospace’s Jeroen Wink and NAVSYS’s Dr. Alison Brown).
The Aerospace Global Forum and Space Zone Theatre will run alongside the Farnborough International Airshow from 20 to 24 July 2026 at the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre in Hampshire, UK.