Organiser 12th Reinventing Space Conference I was the main organiser for this conference and exhibition, dedicated to lowcost access to space. Held at the Royal Society in London during November 2014, the event was attended by nearly 400 people with major keynote speakers from industry, agency and government. I will again be the organiser for the 2015 conference httpwww.rispace.org Editor European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands 2014 Editor with Human Spaceflight and Operations at the ESTEC facility in the Netherlands. During this six month fixed contract, I assisted in finalising the publication of the European User Guide To Low Gravity Platforms Community Manager Hague Institute for Internationalisation of Law 20122014 HiiL is an organisation, based in The Hague, dedicated to improving access to justice worldwide. As community manager and webmaster, I used social media, their websites and their newsletter to interface with their wider audience of professionals, innovators, students and the interested public. www.hiil.org Content Manager International Institute of Space Law, Netherlands 2008present The IISL cooperates with international and national institutions in the field of space law. I have been involved in all aspects of the creation and maintenance of IISL website editing, writing and deployment. I started their social media channels on Twitter and Facebook. I was awarded with an IISL Certificate of Gratitude in 2011. httpwww.iislweb.org Content Manager International Astronautical Federation, Paris 200612 The International Astronautical Federation IAF is the worlds foremost space advocacy organisation, a federation of international space agencies, industry, professional societies and universities. I was responsible for the IAF website from its inception repurposing, writing and editing. I developed the Federations social media strategy from scratch, and expanded its audience to thousands, selecting the correct channels to meet IAF needs and building the external reputation of the IAF. Ran, wrote and edited the IAF website. Started and maintained the IAFs various social networking and video sites Established, wrote and produced the IAF newsletter Managed the IAF news service sent daily to top industry subscribers Edited on behalf of the IAF, the United Nations annual Highlights in Space publication Managed logistics for annual conference programme of plenary events Represented IAF Secretariat on history, education and culture committees www.iafastro.org Editor Deutsches Zentrum fr Luft und Raumfahrt, Cologne 200608 DLR is Germanys national research centre for aeronautics and space. I managed DLRs English language web portal both preparing both commissioned and translated material. I also supported the Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera image campaign in cooperation with FU Berlin and ESA www.dlr.deen Content Manager European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands 20022005 contract via EJRQuartz Worked as part of the ESA Science team upon the esa.intscience portal on the SMART1, Mars Express, Venus Express, Rosetta and CassiniHuygens missions. Edited scientists writing to a format suitable for this publicfacing website, commissioned and implemented graphics and multimedia and implemented portal material using ESAs content management system. www.esa.intscience Other experience Before joining the space industry and after leaving university, I was involved in the following projects MarconiGEC Airborne Early Warning system software London Underground signalling systems Scottish Power power station safety testing Scottish Blood Donation Service donations database UnisysNCR ATM and banking systems Eolas originated and managed the Virtual Hebrides project KPNQwest intranet management Bol.com online bookseller software Education BSc AstronomyEnglish Open Open University 20062009 University of Stirling 197881 Economics Further information I am the Chair 20136 of the International Astronautical Federation IAF Space Societies Committee SSC which looks after the community and outreach interests of space societies, professional associations and space museums. www.iafastro.orgcomitesspacesocietiescommitteessc I am a member of the IAF International Programme Committee which defines the technical sessions for the annual International Astronautical Congress. I run the Astronautical News service to 10000 subscribers over three platforms Facebook, Twitter, daily email