STUDENT SPACE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
FEBRUARY 27-28, 2026
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Student Space Tech Conference is Live!
Bringing together the top student space engineering teams from across the country.
Schedule
Student Project Competition & Project Exhibition
All participating collegiate space engineering teams have the opportunity to showcase the projects they have worked on over the 2025-2026 academic year
Featured Speakers
PENDING
Position
Organization
Friday Night Keynote
Bill "Hippie" Woolf
Founder
Space Force Association
Saturday Keynote
Marshall Smith
CEO
Starlab
Ryan Kriser
Partner
Type One Ventures
Paul Woolard
General Partner
Veteran VC
Maj. Gen. John Olson
U.S. Space Force / Axion
Dr. Wesley Harris
Draper Professor
MIT AeroAstro
Austin Sennott
Founder
Half Cat Rocketry
Daniil Chen
Principal
Type One Ventures
Jorge Levario
Launch Ops.
Blue Origin
Shiv Patel
Policy Advisor
Axiom Space
Mike Bowker
VP of Corp. Dev.
Gravitics
Dr. John Schmisseur
Executive Director
UT Space Institute
Yuk Chi Chan
Founder & CEO
Charter Space
Any conference inquiries can be directed to ssta@utk.edu
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