Welcome to AIAA SciTech Forum—the premier aerospace R&D event of the year exploring the science, technologies, and capabilities that are transforming aerospace.
About AIAA SciTech Forum
AIAA SciTech Forum is the world's largest event for aerospace research, development, and technology, showcasing breakthrough science, revolutionary technologies, and generation-after-next capabilities. The 2025 forum theme, "Energize the Future," reflects
the current shift in the aerospace industry: envisioning and enabling new means of transportation and exploration that will revolutionize our society, achieving sustainability goals, developing and applying new and improved software and hardware tools,
and promoting inclusivity. It also champions the legacy of our community: tackling hard challenges and pushing boundaries to achieve the art of the (im)possible.
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AIAA SciTech Forum By the Numbers
Featured Speakers
Alexis Bonnell
Chief Information Officer and Director, Digital Capabilities Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Bryan Dorland
Principal Director for Space Technology, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies
Umut Durak
Head of Avionics Systems, German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Flight Systems; Adjunct Professor of Aeronautical Informatics, Clausthal University of Technology Informatics Institute
James Hinds
Vice President, Space Program Management, Airbus U.S. Space and Defense
Kristin Houston
President, Space Propulsion and Power Systems, Aerojet Rocketdyne, L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
Karl Hutter
Chief Executive Officer, Click Bond
Laurie Leshin
Director, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Wendy O’Connor
Executive Director, Advanced Air Mobility Integration, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Masami Onoda
Director, International Relations and Research Department, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Krishna Sampigethaya
Department Chair and Professor of Cyber Intelligence and Security, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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