Susan Kilrain (NASA Astronaut, Navy Test Pilot) came to #LEAP23 to speak about her experiences in space – and about her journey from being a little girl in an under-priviledged American family, to becoming the second woman (and youngest person ever) to pilot the NASA Space Shuttle. “I am the unlikely
Susan Kilrain (NASA Astronaut, Navy Test Pilot) came to #LEAP23 to speak about her experiences in space – and about her journey from being a little girl in an under-priviledged American family, to becoming the second woman (and youngest person ever) to pilot the NASA Space Shuttle. “I am the unlikely
Have you ever met a Space Architect? Let us introduce you to #LEAP23 keynote speaker Phnam Bagley (Space Architect at Nonfiction Design). Nonfiction is a creative studio that turns science fiction into reality, blending space architecture with Earth-based design and facilitating a future in which the world around us is…
Welcome to this week’s LEAP:IN newsletter. Each week, we unpack leader’s powerful quotes and decipher the tech landscape. With exclusive content from some of the world’s leading experts in AI, robotics, space, edutech, climate tech and more, read on to discover this week’s insights and
Nuclear fusion – which mimics the power of the sun and stars — is no longer science fiction, and could emerge as a viable energy source in less than a few decades. Nuclear fusion is a complex technology that mimics the energy produced by the stars. The technology has been painstakingly worked
The Middle East region has become a hotspot for space technology, with a number of countries vying to get a foothold in the burgeoning new sector. While space has long fascinated the curious for millennia, for the past fifty years it has remained the domain of the public sector. But
“Every point of light you see here is a galaxy. Each galaxy contains billions of stars. Almost every star has planets orbiting it. And there are more stars in our universe than grains of sand on our planet.” This was how Maryliz Bender (Founder of Cosmic Perspective) opened her keynote