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Joe Pappalardo is senior editor at Popular Mechanics (U.S.) where he covers spaceflight, military technology and commercial aviation. He's been at the magazine for seven years, where his coverage has included the last Space Shuttle mission, launch operations in French Guiana, private space activity in California and Florida, and the landing of the Mars Curiosity rover. Before coming to Popular Mechanics he worked at Smithsonian Air & Space magazine in Washington D.C. He moderated two panels in 2011's SPIEF. He is also the author of the nonfiction book Sunflowers: The Secret History.

Graduate of the Milan Polytechnic University, doctorate in Aeronautical Engineering. May 2011 Chief Executive Officer of the Finmeccanica Group. November 2004 Chief Executive Officer of AgustaWestland. November 2002, Managing Director of Agusta spa and the COO of AgustaWestland Italy. March 2001, Managing Director of the Marketing and Sales of AgustaWestland worldwide. December 1999, Co-General Manager of Agusta. August 1997, Deputy General Manager of Agusta, responsible for Marketing and Sales. January 1994, Senior Vice President — Government Sales and Programs of Agusta. June 1989, President and Chief Executive Officer of Agusta Aerospace Corporation, Agusta’s North American subsidiary. 1987, Sales Director Agusta Aircraft Division. 1984, Agusta Corporation, staff to the Marketing & Strategy Director. 1973, SIAI MARCHETTI, Product Support Director. Siai Marchetti was then incorporated into Agusta. In 2010, he was conferred by Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II the “Commander of the British Empire” (CBE) and named “Freeman of the City of London” by the Lord Mayor. Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. G.Orsi is married with Rita. They have two sons and two grandsons.

<p> Born in Moscow, Russia on 27 August 1979.Graduated from the State University “Higher School of Economics”, Diploma in Economy and Business Administration.Since 1995 in Healthcare and Pharmaceutics.R-Pharm Founder. President of All-Russia Business Association “Delovaya Rossiya” (“Business Russia”), actively participating in the improvement of investment climate in the Russian Federation and the establishment of the regional investment standard.Member of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation.Member of the Presidential Council for Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy.Member of the Expert Council under the Government of the Russian Federation. Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Head of Commission on Investment Climate.Representative (public ombudsman) of the Commissioner of the Presidential Council on the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs on issues related to the protection of the rights of foreign investors.Board-member and Co-chairman of Committee of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on pharmaceutical and medical industry.Co-Chairman of the National Rating CommitteeMember of the Public Council under the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (pharmaceutical, medical equipment and technologies).Member of the Supervisory Board of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Agency for Strategic Initiatives". </p>

<p> Born in Moscow, Russia on 27 August 1979.Graduated from the State University “Higher School of Economics”, Diploma in Economy and Business Administration.Since 1995 in Healthcare and Pharmaceutics.R-Pharm Founder. President of All-Russia Business Association “Delovaya Rossiya” (“Business Russia”), actively participating in the improvement of investment climate in the Russian Federation and the establishment of the regional investment standard.Member of the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation.Member of the Presidential Council for Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy.Member of the Expert Council under the Government of the Russian Federation. Member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Head of Commission on Investment Climate.Representative (public ombudsman) of the Commissioner of the Presidential Council on the protection of the rights of entrepreneurs on issues related to the protection of the rights of foreign investors.Board-member and Co-chairman of Committee of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on pharmaceutical and medical industry.Co-Chairman of the National Rating CommitteeMember of the Public Council under the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (pharmaceutical, medical equipment and technologies).Member of the Supervisory Board of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "Agency for Strategic Initiatives". </p>

Roman Trotsenko was born in Moscow in 1970. In 1992, he graduated from the Department of Economics of the Institute of Asian and African Studies of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. In 2001, he graduated with honours from the Department of Law of the Lomonosov Moscow State University. He has a Ph.D. in Economics. Mr. Trotsenko began his career as the CFO of Medinterbirzha, and then became the Head of Platinum Bank. He has worked in the transportation sector since 1996, when he became Chairman of the Board of Directors at JSC Passenger Port. From 1997 to 2007, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors at Yuzhny Port, the Acting General Director of Project Financing for ‘General Directorate of the contracting authority for the implementation of the program to revive Russia’s merchant fleet’ under the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. He was the head of the Moscow River Shipping Company. From 2009 to 2010, he was the General Director at Far Eastern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center. He was the Advisor to the President of Rosneft in 2013–2014, and is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors at AEON Corporation.