Emeline Paat Dahlstrom

Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom is a space entrepreneur, speaker, author, and impact instigator with a career spanning nearly three decades at the forefront of the global space industry. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of SpaceBase, a social enterprise dedicated to democratizing access to space by catalyzing space ecosystems in emerging countries, beginning with New Zealand, and Co-Founder of International Space Consultants. Holding degrees in Physics and Earth and Space Science, Emeline also attended the International Space University Space Studies Program, where she helped develop and run its masters and summer Space Studies programs. She previously served as Chief Impact Officer, Executive Vice President of Operations, and Space Faculty Lead at Singularity University, and has worked and consulted for leading space organizations including Space Adventures, Zero Gravity Corporation, and Odyssey Moon. Today, she advises space startups such as Ceres Robotics and Extraterrestrial Power on their commercial lunar mission strategies, and serves as an Associate Editor for the New Space journal. An Edmund Hillary Fellow based in Christchurch, New Zealand, Emeline is also a Trustee of the Ten to the 9th Foundation. A global citizen of Filipino and American heritage, she has lived and worked in ten countries and visited over 85 countries across all seven continents. She is the co-author of Realizing Tomorrow: The Path to Private Space Flight, which was selected for the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Reading List in 2013.