Laura Anne Edwards

Laura Anne Edwards - NASA Datanaut, Smart Space Lecturer at the University of Oxford and principal at GeoSpace Resources. She is a founding member of the Oxford Space Initiative and TED speaker. Laura formerly served on the US State Department Subcommittee for Technology and Innovation - Public/Private Partnerships and her consulting work is primarily in deeptech systems change and infrastructure. Laura’s a frequent global speaker at events like COP on topics such as "space as the ultimate innovation lab,” " why space is climate’s best friend and why it’s a species imperative to apply design thinking aka human centered design, to the space era..while we still can."