$25B→$40BAfrica's space economy, 2024 to 2030 (projected)
$10BSA space-qualified export target by 2030
20+African nations running space programmes
300Educators, every subject, three days
50Learners join on Day 3
100K+Learners reached each year by attending educators
1stSpace Center Houston conference on the continent
100Pre-Launch tickets, gala included
$25B→$40BAfrica's space economy, 2024 to 2030 (projected)
$10BSA space-qualified export target by 2030
20+African nations running space programmes
300Educators, every subject, three days
50Learners join on Day 3
100K+Learners reached each year by attending educators
1stSpace Center Houston conference on the continent
100Pre-Launch tickets, gala included
Confirmed Presenters

Who's already in the room

Confirmed Presenter

Aymette Medina Jorge

Blue Origin Astronaut, NS-32

The first Hispanic K–12 teacher and first Puerto Rico–born astronaut, Aymette flew aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard NS-32 on 31 May 2025. A Career and Technical Education teacher at Odyssey Academy in Galveston, Texas with 17 years in education, she has flown over 60 research projects to space and facilitated more than 75 student microgravity projects.

Confirmed Presenter

Dianea Carroll Phillips

Analog Astronaut & Aerospace Educator

A Space Camp alumna and Canadian Principal Investigator for Magnitude.io's Plants in Space programme, Dianea became the first Canadian teacher of colour trained as an Analog Astronaut at the Mars Desert Research Station in 2025. A SEEC CREW Educator since 2021 and Space Foundation Teacher Liaison Ambassador, she has trained over 40,000 educators worldwide.

Confirmed Presenter

James Barrington-Brown

Co-Founder & CRO, NewCraft Aerospace

Founder and former CEO of NewSpace Systems, James brings 35+ years across the UK, European and US space economies to Africa's commercial space sector. He built Africa's first dedicated commercial satellite cleanroom and co-founded Cape Constellation and the PULSAR Space Alliance.

Confirmed Presenter

Daniel Newmyer

Space Center Houston

Daniel opens SEEC South Africa with the Day 1 keynote, bringing over 40 years of Space Center Houston's space-education leadership to the Cape Town stage.

Additional keynote and panel speakers — including local space industry leaders and space education voices — will be announced as they're confirmed.

Call for Presenters

Present at the first SEEC in Africa

We are bringing Space Center Houston's flagship educators' conference to South Africa for the first time, and we're looking for presenters to help fill the room. Sessions should be innovative, content-driven, tied to space exploration, interactive and engaging — at least 50% of each session must be hands-on, a hallmark of SEEC.

We welcome STEM sessions, STEM-with-art integration (STEAM), and cross-curricular work bringing space into the arts, history, languages and humanities. Sessions that work particularly well cover mathematics integration, current NASA and African space missions (SANSA, SKA, MeerKAT), space habitats, AI in space, and space-themed coding and robotics.

We strongly encourage educators to team up with space industry professionals, scientists and astronomers as co-presenters — these collaborations bring authentic learning experiences to the room.

Submit a Session Proposal →
Session Formats
60-minuteA focused, single-topic workshop. Standard slot.
90-minuteExtended workshop with deeper hands-on work. Standard slot.
150-minuteA combined 90+60 minute slot with a break between. Limited availability.

What's Included

Full complimentary registration for all three days, the Friday Gala Dinner, access to all keynotes and panels, and all conference catering. Presenters are not charged to attend. Travel and accommodation remain the presenter's responsibility.


Key Dates
Proposal deadline4 September 2026
Response from SEEC-SA7 September 2026
Conference dates18–20 March 2027
Please Note

Presenters representing organisations may not use a session to promote or sell products or services, and sponsorship does not buy a session slot. Recognition comes through exhibition space, the programme and the platform — this protects the quality of the conference for everyone in the room.

Be in the room when Africa's first Space Exploration Educators Conference opens its doors.

Registration opens 15 June 2026. Pre-Launch tickets close when we hit 100. Bursary applications open 15 June and close 3 July.