Speakers

Ibrahim Alhawas is Director of Space Entrepreneurship Development at the Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST), where he leads efforts to enable space startups and SMEs and develop the Kingdom's space market. With over seven years at CST across spectrum regulation, space licensing, and entrepreneurship development, he brings an end-to-end view of the sector from regulation to commercialization. He holds an MBA from IE University and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from KFUPM.Her work investigates the relationship between humans and the built environment under extreme conditions, from orbital habitats to lunar and planetary settlements. She has contributed to international space research and design projects and collaborates across architecture, engineering, psychology, and the space sciences.
She is the author and editor of several books on space architecture and habitability, including Architecture for Astronauts and Space Habitats and Habitability. She is a Full Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), Co-Chair of the Moon Village Association’s Architecture Working Group, and Co-Editor of Acta Astronautica. Her current research focuses on habitability, adaptive and large orbital structures, different gravity environments, and the role of architecture in enabling humans not only to survive in space, but to live well there.