This month, join SSPI-WISE for a panel discussion as part of the topic campaign Invisible, Indispensable Infrastructure.

Our world is supported by infrastructure that no one can see. It keeps computer and communication networks running. It detects hurricanes and wildfires as they form and tracks the carbon driving climate change. It guides ships and aircraft, connects homes and schools, battles disease and uncovers illegal activity.

Unlike other infrastructure, it consumes no concrete or asphalt and needs no heavy steel beams for support. It circles the entire Earth, but your eyes never see it nor do your fingers ever touch it. It is the network of communication and observation satellites orbiting the world, thousands in number and growing fast. Day in and day out, they generate knowledge, share information and experiences and help protect, feed, inform and connect us. Without the invisible, indispensable infrastructure of satellite, life as we know it would be impossible.

In this panel session, industry veteran and Elevating Women Co-Chair Toni Lee Rudnicki will be joined by:

• Haley Bauser, Senior Product Engineer, Varda Space Industries
• Beatrice Mok, Corporate Development Director, Kacific
• Caroline Reid, Spacecraft Operations Engineer, Rocket Lab
• Sarah Tulaimat, Senior Account Manager, Appliot