Cambridge Consultants is proud to return as a Gold Sponsor of SPACETIDE 2026, continuing our commitment to accelerating innovation and commercialisation across the global space ecosystem.

SPACETIDE is one of Asia-Pacific’s leading space business conferences, bringing together industry leaders, investors, policymakers and technologists to shape the future of space. The 2026 edition builds on this momentum, driving collaboration and unlocking new opportunities across satellite communications, earth observation, in-orbit services and beyond.

At this year’s event, Cambridge Consultants will contribute to the main conference through two panel discussions and will also host an exclusive side event focused on cross-border R&D and accelerating space innovation.

Panel session title: Can LEO-PNT Become the Next-Generation Disruptor of the GNSS Order?

Moderator: Derek Long, Director of Telecommunications, Cambridge Consultants
Date: July 9th, 2026
Time: 13:40 – 14:30 (JST)
Track: B
Panellists: coming soon

Panel session title: Will AI Agents Fundamentally Transform the Development and Operation of Commercial Spacecraft?

Moderator: Stewart Marsh, Head of Satellite and Space, Cambridge Consultants
Date: July 9th, 2026
Time: 17:10 – 18:00 (JST)
Track: B
Panellists: coming soon

Side event – Beyond Borders: R&D Partnerships Driving and Accelerating Space Innovation

Date: July 7th, 2026​
Time: 09:00–12:30 JST​
Location: Vision Center Tokyo Toranomon Room 401A+B, Tokyo, Japan​
Moderator: Richard Traherne, CEO, Cambridge Consultants
Featuring panellists:​

• Naoko Yamazaki, Astronaut / General Manager, VAST Japan
• Hirokazu Mori, Group Chief Strategy Officer, Warpspace & CEO, Warpspace USA
• Mariano Sternheim, Executive Vice President of R&D, ispace, inc
• Nao Shigenari, Executive Officer, Group President, Business Strategy Group, Space Business Unit, SKY Perfect JSAT
• Yoshihiro Kuriyama, Associate Senior Administrator, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Register for our side event

Meet our team

Richard Traherne

CEO | View profile

Richard is CEO of Cambridge Consultants. He leads a global team to help clients redefine their industries through deep-tech strategies rooted in first-principle science and engineering, creating sustainable and defensible value.

Dr Derek Long

Director of Telecommunications | View profile

Derek leads our collaboration within the telecoms and mobile sector, helping create breakthrough innovations that transforms the delivery of high-performance communication - for mobile carriers and ISPs to vendors and component manufacturers.

Stewart Marsh

Head of Satellite & Space | View profile

Stewart helps companies achieve technology breakthroughs that unlock transformative business value, including a world-first Push-to-Talk satellite service and a beyond visual line-of-sight UAV solution using low power satellite technology.