Susmita Mohanty in St. Petersburg at a 2014 SPIEF panel “Early Days in the Next Generation Space Race”.Photo Credit: SPIEF
Concept visualization of a pressurized rover for human exploration sorties on Moon and Mars, Visualization Credit: René Waclavicek, Copyright © 2008 Liquifer Systems Group (LSG) (www.liquifer.com)
Susmita is an international celebrity and is invited to space, economic, policy, security, technology, and design forums worldwide. Over the past two decades, Susmita has been invited as a Celebrity Speaker, Thought Leader, Innovator, Interdisciplinary Expert, Space Entrepreneur, Renaissance Woman – for events across the Planet. Selected list of Global Engagements: United Nations, Rockefeller Foundation, Stanford University, MIT, Columbia University, École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle, Tuck Global Leadership Program, The Economist, TIME, Airbus, Tata, Boston Consulting Group, World Resources Institute, Yunus Social Business, Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts, Antarctic Biennale, Industrial Light and Magic, Paris Air Show, Halifax Security Forum, St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, World Economic Forum
To invite her for a Keynote or Panel, contact the London Speaker Bureau
2023 Clients I Hosts: India-US Forum, Ananta Centre, Ministry of External Affairs, India Space Congress, US Commercial Service, Carnegie India, Ashoka University, National Institute of Design, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Economic Times CFO Summit, Maybank, Adobe, Crisil, Deloitte, Accenture, Publis Sapient, Asian Paints, Tata AIA, Shell, 1882 Singapore, Society for Space Education Research and Development (SSERD)
2022 Clients I Hosts: Deloitte, Nomura, Adobe, General Electric, Sales Force, Dell, Carnegie India, Vivekanand International Foundation, Center for New American Security, Takshashila, Swiss Space Office, Friends of Europe, Astronautical Society of India, Indian Space Congress, Bangalore Space Expo, Moon Village Association, Spacewatch Global
2021 Clients I Hosts: Cisco, Walmart, Bloomberg, Standard Chartered, Takshashila India-France Dialogue, Carnegie India, Friends of Europe, Rotary, Kyoorius, Utsha Foundation, Odisha Design Week, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, World Trade Organization, Austria World Space Forum, International Space University, Vedica Scholars, Future School, Embassy of France + Institut Francais, Swissnex, Swiss International Risk Governance Center (IRGC), Vignan Prasar, Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, Govt. of India Agence française de développement (AFD), Institut Francais, Satellite Industry Association (SIA) India
2020 Clients I Hosts: Accenture, John Deere, People Matters HR, Pune Design Festival, Pollinator.io, International Space University Alumni Conference, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) ASCEND, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India DeepTech Blume Ventures, Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Summit, NASSCOM
2019 Keynote: ‘Design for Living Off-the-Planet’, NASSCOM Design & Engineering Summit, Bangalore
2019 Keynote: ‘Umbilical to the Stars’, Women in School Leadership Program Australia India Institute, New Delhi
2019 Invited Speaker: NewSpace Space Jam, We Work, Bangalore
2019 Invited Speaker: Rotary Club of Madras 90th Anniversary, Chennai
2019 Invited Speaker: Leonardo Space Art Science & Culture Workshop, Malina House, Paris
2019 Invited Expert: Airbus STAR Program Discovery Workshop Future of Defense and Space, Bangalore
2019 Celebrity Speaker: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Women’s Summit, New Delhi
2019Invited Speaker: Tuck Business School Global Leadership Program, India Module, Chennai
2018 Guest of Honor, Make in Odisha Conclave, Bhubaneswar, India
2018Member of the 5-Member Grand Jury, Bengaluru Debut Edition: Titan Design Impact Awards: Co-sponsored by Tata Trusts
2018Panelist: Agenda 2022: Managing Metropolitan Bengaluru Unlock Bengaluru, World Resources Institute (WRI) India
2018Panelist: Science and Technology for Social Business Yunus Social Business Summit, Infosys Campus, Bengaluru
2018 Invited Participant + Panelist + Speaker 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) CityXChange, Rockefeller Campus, Bellagio, Italy
2018Invited Speaker: Addressed-interacted with CXO-level executives from Rolls Royce, Colgate, Cigna, John Deere, and Corning participating in the Tuck Business School Executive Education Program
2017Chief Guest, Young Astronomer Talent Search Competition (YATS), Tata Steel, Bhubaneswar, India
2017World Economic Forum India Summit, New Delhi, Panelist on 2 Panels – Water-Secure India and
2017Invited Talk: Mars Shot: How India is reshaping the global space landscape US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto
2017The Economist Event: Spotlight Interview: The Hemispherical Blind Spot A New Space Age: The business case to dream, Seattle Museum of Flight, Seattle
2017Presentation: Earth2Orbit and Climate City Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, France
2017Antarctica Anonymous, 3 Talks @ my Antarctic Expedition: Alliance Francaise and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore + MAD Salon, Mumbai
2017Talks and Discussions, Antarctic Biennale Vision Club (ABVC), Onboard Expedition Vessel Akademik Sergey Vavilov, Antarctic Expedition
2016 Annual Summit of Global Future Councils for Shaping the Future, World Economic Forum (WEF), Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
2016 Invited Talk: Cross-border entrepreneurship Dent: Space, Innovation Hangar, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
2016 Roundtable discussion: A Whirlwind of Innovation in SpaceToulouse Space Show, Toulouse, France
2016 Talk & Panel Discussion: Small Satellites and their Applications Start-Up Village 2016, Skolkovo Foundation, Moscow, Russia
2016 Panel: Increasing private sector articipation: What NewSpace can make in India? 2nd ORF Kalpana Chawla Space Policy Dialogue, New Delhi
2015 Panel Discussion: Astropreneurship Hosted by MIT SEDS + MIT Sloan Astropreneurship and Space Industry Club, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA
2015 Policy Discussion: Ou est Charlie? The challenges of European integration Halifax International Security Forum, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2015 TEDx Bangalore Talk: Space, the final frontier for a tech entrepreneur
2015 Invited Talk: Manifesto for PSLV privatisation Space Law Roundtable: “Commercialisation and Privatisation of Outer Space: Issues for National Space Legislation”, National Law School, Bangalore
2015 Invited Talk: Small Sats + Analytics: Actionable Intelligence from Space, Satellite Russia & CIS Conference, Moscow
2015 Panel Discussion: Building India through Enterprise, Bangalore, Jagriti Yatra
2015 Airbus India, Talk @ Designing for living in LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
2013 Tall Tales August Edition, Studio X + Ministry of New; Story: Tinker Tailor Rocket-maker Spy
2012 École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle - ENSCI, Artmap Workhsop, Paris Theme: Low Tech I High Tech – For a new mapping of assembly methods Talk: What has Outer Space got to do with Dharavi?
2012 Kochi Muziris Art Biennale, Kochi, Kerala, India Talk @ Biennale Opening: 16 sunsets and sunrises, a day
2012 Studio X, Open Arch Platform by Columbia University GSAPP Program, Mumbai Interactive Talk: Lunar Architecture: PS Hab Cool, Moon Desolate, Miner Lonely
2012 Bombay International School (BIS), Mumbai Living in Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
2011 The American Center, US Consulate, Mumbai Public Lecture to mark the retirement of the Shuttle fleet: THE FINAL TOUCHDOWN
2011 Rockefeller Foundation, Convention: FUTURE OF THE URBAN POOR, Mumbai - Invited as a Special Guest
2011 Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Columbia Univ., New York Design Review: INTERPLANETARY SPACESHIP DESIGN
2011 Thomas Jefferson School, Virginia, USA Lecture in 1960s planetarium: FAREWELL, SPACE SHUTTLE
2011 MAXIMUM INDIA Festival, Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Washington DC Public Lecture: SPACESHIP UTOPIAS
2011 Columbia University Studio-X, Mumbai Review Panel: UNSOLICITED ARCHITECTURE
2011 Bombay HUB, Place where Mumbai’s social entrepreneurs converge, Mumbai Invited Talk: AROUND THE WORLD IN 90 MINUTES
2010 Architectural Institute in Prague (ARCHIP), Aliter-2 Invited Talk: SHACKLETON CRATER, HERE WE COME
2008/10 Bangalore Space Expo, Bangalore, India Invited Lecture 2008: FLY ME TO THE MOON
Invited Talk 2010 PSLV – THE PERFECT LAUNCH VEHICLE FOR SMALL SATELLITES
2006 Department of Architecture, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona, USA
Review: ISOLATED UNDERWATER HABITAT FOR BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH
2004/5/6 STAR Design Studio, Architecture + Industrial Design Dept., Lund University Sweden Design Reviews, Graduate Level Design Studio conducted in collaboration with NASA
2005 361º Degrees, AEC World Expo & Conference, Mumbai, India Invited Lecture: MOON BASE ARCHITECTURE
2005 Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Swedish Arctic [67.84° N, 20.41° E] Guest Lecture: LIVING IN ZERO GRAVITY
2005 University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland Guest Lecture: DESIGNING FOR SPACE HABITABILITY
2005 ESTEC, European Space Agency, The Netherlands Invited Lecture: MOON MARS HABITAT DESIGN WORKSHOP
2004 Industrial Light & Magic, Skywalker Ranch, Marin, United States Invited Talk: LIFE IN ZERO-G
2004 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, San Francisco + Sacramento, USA Invited Talk: LUNAR BASE DESIGN – THE NEW GENRE
2000 THE MARS ADVENTURE: EXPLORATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY; Symposium-Workshop-Exhibition, Invited as an Expert by the Austrian Space Agency, TU-Vienna, Austrian Ministry of Science, Education and Culture
1999 UNISPACE-III, United Nations Office for Outer Space (OOSA) Affairs, Vienna, Austria Guest Speaker: LIVING IN ZERO GRAVITY
1998 School of Architecture, Center for Environmental Planning (CEPT), Ahmedabad, India Guest Lecture: DESIGNING FOR LIVING IN EARTH ORBIT
1998 Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India Invited Talk: SHUTTLE-MIR MISSIONS