9 AM to 10 AM — Welcome & Keynote

9:00 AM — Welcome and Keynote Introduction

Dr. John Bellardo, Cal Poly CubeSat Lab

9:10 AM — Keynote Address

10:00 AM to 10:30 AM — Break

10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Session 4

Science Payloads & Advanced Instrumentation

10:30 AM — VECTOR: A CubeSat Testbed for Rapid Optical Follow-Up of Gamma-Ray Bursts

Sophie Fendler, WashU Satellite

10:45 AM — Falcon THOR--Event based sensors for CubeSats

Matthew McHarg, US Air Force Academy

11:00 AM — A CubeSat-Ready Scintillator–SiPM Muon Detector as a Modular 1U Payload for LEO Particle Counting

Laith Kanaan, Qatar University

11:15 AM — Multispectral Filter Arrays for CubeSats: UV–LWIR

David Harrison, Materion Balzers Optics

11:30 AM — Development and Ground Validation of a CubeSat Acoustic Sensing Payload

Efa Anaïs Cannieux, Oakwood School

11:45 AM — Advances in CubeSat-Based Active and Passive Remote Sensing and Earth Observation

Naresh Deo, Visionary CommSense Solutions

12:00 PM — Multi-Site Thermal Desorption Volatile Prospecting with a CubeSat-Class Lunar Hopper

Patrick Suen, eurus.space

12:15 PM — A Low-Cost 1U CubeSat-Form-Factor Platform for Near-Space Testing and Education

Cannon Kilcrease, Oklahoma State University

12:30 PM to 1:30 PM — Lunch

1:30 PM to 2:45 PM — Session 5

Deployment, Simulation & Strategic Scaling

1:30 PM — PocketQube Satellites as Low-Risk Precursors for CubeSat Missions and Technology Demonstration

Frazer Donoghue, Alba Orbital

1:45 PM — In Orbit Now: Services for Satellite Precise Deployment and Technology IOD

Matteo Zeni, D-Orbit

2:00 PM — CATSIM™: A Cloud-Based CubeSat Mission Simulator for Early-Phase Design, Digital Engineering, and Education

Keith Cleveland, Cleveland Aerospace Technology Services

2:15 PM — An Evaluation of the Adoption of Nanosatellites Leveraging Elements of the National Policy on Space Activities

Arya Moura, Agência Espacial Brasileira

2:30 PM — OWL Integrations SQuAD Payload

Steve Dunton, Cal Poly / OWL Integrations

2:45 PM to 3:45 PM — Thermal Panel

3:45 PM to 4:15 PM — Break

4:00 PM to 5:40 PM — Session 6

Mission Operations, Software & Autonomy

4:00 PM —Design and Experimental Evaluation of Cross-Yagi Antennas and Optical Upgrades for CubeSat Ground Stations

Jose Velazco, Chascii

4:15 PM — Design and Implementation of a Ground Station Architecture for CubeSat Mission Operations

Jaein Lee, Yonsei University

4:30 PM — NASA F' (FPrime) & AMSAT Integration

Henry Danielson, Cal Poly SLO

4:45 PM — GPDM Mission Operations Development: Blending Different Operations Techniques

Alan Yeung, Georgia Institute of Technology

5:00 PM — AI-Driven Fault Management for Autonomous CubeSat and SmallSat Mission Operations

Naushad Rahman, Delta-V Analytics Inc

5:15 PM — Secure Tasking Through Inter-Satellite Relay

Bob McElrath, Dyson Labs

5:30 PM — Closing Remarks