Anuradha is part of the Verification and Monitoring Programme at VERTIC. Her areas of research include nuclear disarmament verification and space safety and security. She was previously Chair of UKSEDS, the UK's National Space Charity, and is currently the Director of Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security in the UK. She holds a BSc in Physics from Durham University and an MSc in Science and Technology Policy from the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex. As a technical and policy expert, she focuses on applying systems theories to technological and policy artefacts and environments, particularly outer space. 

Michelle L.D. Hanlon is Co-Director of the Air and Space Law Program at the University of Mississippi School of Law and its Center for Air and Space Law.  She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Space Law, the world’s oldest law journal dedicated to the legal problems arising out of human activities in outer space and the Faculty Advisor for its sister publication, the Journal of Drone Law and Policy.  Michelle is a Co-Founder and President of For All Moonkind, Inc., a nonprofit corporation that is the only organization in the world focused on protecting human cultural heritage in outer space.  In this capacity, she was instrumental in the development of the recently enacted One Small Step Act in the United States.  For All Moonkind has been recognized by the United Nations as a Permanent Observer to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.  Michelle is the President of the National Space Society and the mentor to the newly-formed National Space Society Legal Fellows program.  She was recently appointed to The Hague Institute for Global Justice Off-World Approach project.   

Michelle received her B.A. in Political Science from Yale College and her J.D. magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center.  She earned her LLM in Air and Space Law from McGill University.  

AJ Link (he/him) is openly autistic. He received his JD from The George Washington University Law School. His studies focused extensively on disability law, international human rights, and space law. AJ is currently pursuing an LL.M in Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law. 

 AJ was awarded the Michael Dillon Cooley Memorial Award by his graduating class at GW Law for his compassion and humanity in serving his fellow students. He has also been inducted into the Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame. He serves on several advisory boards that focus on disability advocacy, social justice, and space policy.  

AJ is the founding president of the National Disabled Law Students Association and currently serves as the inaugural director of The Center for Air and Space Law Task Force on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in Aerospace. He also works as a research director for the Jus Ad Astra project. 

Dr. Natalie B. Treviño is a critical space theorist and award-winning educator. She was awarded her PhD from Western University for research on coloniality and futures in space exploration and policy. She is currently an independent researcher and public speaker working on the manuscript for her first book, The Cosmos is not Finished.