How Do We Make Room For Everyone in Space? | Bryce Kennedy | TEDxABQ

Bryce Kennedy, Senior Officer for Space Connectivity at the International Telecommunication Union, talks about how a personal dream of space became the basis for opening space participation to people who feel excluded from it. He describes how he once gave up on that dream as a struggling student, and how the same conviction now guides his work. The talk covers his founding of Space for Good, which aims to widen access to space for developing nations, and his leadership of the SpaceValley Foundation, which focuses on New Mexico's space economy. Kennedy is an attorney by training. He previously worked on child protection legislation for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee before practicing law in New York. The talk was given at a TEDxABQ event, an independently organized TEDx event.

• Why a personal dream of space drives a mission to make space more accessible
• Space for Good, founded to open space participation to developing nations
• The SpaceValley Foundation and New Mexico's space economy
• Kennedy's path from struggling student to ITU space connectivity work

Bryce Kennedy reframes his dream of space as the drive behind his mission to open the stars to those who feel they don't belong. Bryce Kennedy is Senior Officer for Space Connectivity at the International Telecommunication Union, the UN agency for space and spectrum, where he founded Space for Good to open space participation to developing nations. He also leads the SpaceValley Foundation, building New Mexico's space economy. An attorney by training, Bryce previously worked on child protection legislation for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee before practicing law in New York. In his talk, Bryce shares how he once gave up on his dream of space as a struggling student — and how that same conviction now drives his mission to open the stars to those who believe they don't belong there. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx