Community · Who will be there
Some gatherings leave a mark because they bring the right people together at the right moment.
The Grand Jam 2026 will connect young people with role models, leaders and voices capable of inspiring new questions, opening paths and showing that great ideas begin when different people meet, share and dare to imagine together.
Katya Echazarreta
Mexican astronaut
Héctor Pulido González
President, Universidad Tecnológica de Jalisco, Mexico
Sara Hernández
Mayor of Getafe
Fernando Escobar Ruiz
Deputy Director General for Citizenship, Talent and Digital Entrepreneurship · Government of Spain
Sandra Cauffman
Former Deputy Dir., NASA Earth Science
Xavi Pascual
Education innovator, Spain
Ricardo Conde
President, Portuguese Space Agency
Eligio Hernández
Dean, School of Education · Caribbean University, Puerto Rico
Andreas Schleicher
Director for Education and Skills · OECD
Álvaro García
Advisor to the Rectory · UNED, Costa Rica
Rosa Doran
President, NUCLIO (Núcleo de Interatividade em Astronomia e Inovação em Educação)
Rodrigo Arias Camacho
President, Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), Costa Rica
Jorge Antón Jornet
President · Virtual Educa
Ignacio Peregrina
President, Grupo Fangio, Mexico
Gregory Mann
NASA Europe Representative
Juan Manuel Hernández
Executive Director, GISA, Getafe
Michelle Rucker
Mars Mission Architect · NASA
Juan Fernando Montañez
President, Politécnico Grancolombiano, Colombia
Erik Antonsen, MD, PhD
Human health architect in space
Ana E. Cucurella-Adorno
President, Caribbean University, Puerto Rico
Ulises Fernández Gamboa
Secretary of Innovation and Economic Development
Emilia Gazel Leitón
President, Universidad Fidélitas, Costa Rica
Francisco Hugo Gutiérrez Dávila
Secretary of Education of Chihuahua
Luís Loures
President, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre and CCISP, Portugal
Adelino Sousa
Founder · Mars Challenge
Sasha Farley
Vice President of Programming, Organization for Space Medicine, Engineering, and Design (OSMED), Spain
Luis Lizcano
Director General, FEMIA (Federación Mexicana de la Industria Aeroespacial)
Egoitz Etxeandia
Head of Europe, Playlab AI, Spain
Roger Adrián Mandujano Ayala
Secretary of Education of Chiapas
Danny Suárez
Founder and CEO, Xertify, Colombia
Esteban Carrillo
Executive Director, Costa Rica Aerospace Cluster
Carlos Maio
Executive Manager, QSR — Talent Driven Culture, Portugal