8:00–8:30 AM
Arrival
Breakfast & curated introductions
Connect across manufacturing, buyers, capital, government, and the wider ecosystem.
SCALING SPACE: The Space Industrial Leadership Forum
The October 28
agenda.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · 8:00 AM–2:00 PM Pacific
SpaceWERX / THE BR-DGE · El Segundo
Working agenda · Subject to refinement
8:30–8:40 AM
Welcome
The opportunity in front of us
The Forum’s mandate, the executive track format, and what each group aims to deliver.
8:40–9:25 AM
Keynote
Opening keynote & Q&A
Stephen Cheung · LAEDC. A 30-minute keynote followed by 15 minutes of discussion.
9:25–9:40 AM
Break
Coffee & conversation
15-minute break.
9:40–9:50 AM
Perspective
Capital for production
Ryan Johnson · Subutai Capital Partners.
9:50–10:10 AM
Briefing
Manufacturing intelligence
Wentao Fu · Centumake.
10:10–10:20 AM
Perspective
Risk, contracts & execution
Tony Glebe · IMA Financial Group.
10:20–10:35 AM
Break
Transition to working groups
15 minutes to connect and move to your track.
10:35 AM–12:05 PM
Working groups
Four parallel tracks
90 minutes to identify constraints, commercial opportunities, and practical next steps.
12:05–12:20 PM
Break
Break & facilitator synthesis
15 minutes while facilitators prepare concise report-outs.
12:20–1:00 PM
Report-outs
Findings from the four tracks
Ten minutes per track: priorities, opportunities, and recommended actions.
1:00–1:20 PM
Commitments
Agree on next steps
Identify owners and follow-up dates for actions participants choose to advance.
1:20–2:00 PM
Lunch
Lunch & targeted introductions
Continue the most relevant buyer, supplier, capital, and government conversations.
The working program
Choose the conversation
where you can contribute.
Strategic Demand & Production PartnershipsTurn demand into production partnerships.01
Explore upcoming OEM and government requirements, sourcing priorities, and customer commitments that help suppliers prepare for repeat production orders.
Intended output
Buyer requirement briefs, relevant supplier introductions, and agreed sourcing or proposal follow-ups.
Industrial Capacity & Supplier AccessBuild the capacity buyers need.02
Identify available capacity, missing capabilities, and qualification barriers. Connect buyers with suppliers and the testing, equipment, workforce, and facilities needed to deliver.
Intended output
A capacity-gap map, buyer–supplier matches, and next steps for qualification reviews or facility visits.
Adaptive Factory / OperationsCustomized to the mission. Built at scale.03
Explore how AI, robotics, and advanced manufacturing can enable rapid, cost-effective mass customization: production tailored to concrete demand and tasks, with the flexibility to absorb engineering changes.
Intended output
An adaptive-production roadmap: priority use cases and pilot candidates, with measures for quality, unit cost, schedule, throughput, and changeover speed.
Capital for ProductionFinance the next production milestone.04
Connect equipment finance, working capital, private investment, and non-dilutive funding to the milestones needed to expand and modernize production.
Intended output
Specific financing needs paired with relevant capital-provider conversations.