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)

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Meet our team

Richard Traherne

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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.

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テレコム＆モバイル分野を担当、通信事業者やインターネットサービスプロバイダーのみならず装置ベンダーや部品メーカー向けに最先端の通信技術を活用したブレークスルーイノベーション実現の支援している。モバイル分野において20年以上の経験を有し、多国籍企業において様々な上級管理職を歴任、LTE-Aや5Gなどモバイルおよびブロードバンド技術全般の豊富な専門知識を有する。ブリストル大学、電気通信博士課程修了。

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Head of Satellite & Space | お問い合わせ

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.