Before the event · Updated 5 October 2026

Who will be there · Edition 2026

Who will be there · Mars Challenge 2026 International Final

Edition 2026 · Mars Challenge

The agenda, profiles and venues come from the edition’s working programme. All currently published guests are confirmed; timings and access conditions may be updated. Check the organisers’ final instructions before travelling.

Community · Who will be there

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

Confirmed guest

Sara Hernández

Mayor of Getafe

Confirmed guest

Héctor Pulido González

President, Universidad Tecnológica de Jalisco, Mexico

Confirmed guest

Sandra Cauffman

Former Deputy Dir., NASA Earth Science

Confirmed guest

Fernando Escobar Ruiz

Deputy Director General for Citizenship, Talent and Digital Entrepreneurship · Government of Spain

Confirmed guest

Rosa Doran

President, NUCLIO (Núcleo de Interatividade em Astronomia e Inovação em Educação)

Confirmed guest

Xavi Pascual

Education innovator, Spain

Confirmed guest

Michelle Rucker

Mars Mission Architect · NASA

Confirmed guest

Ricardo Conde

President, Portuguese Space Agency

Confirmed guest

Marisol Espinoza

Former Vice President of Peru and President of the Virtual Educa Board

Confirmed guest

Ana E. Cucurella-Adorno

President, Caribbean University, Puerto Rico

Confirmed guest

Eligio Hernández

Dean, School of Education · Caribbean University, Puerto Rico

Confirmed guest

Emilia Gazel Leitón

President, Universidad Fidélitas, Costa Rica

Confirmed guest

Andreas Schleicher

Director for Education and Skills · OECD

Confirmed guest

Sasha Farley

Vice President of Programming, Organization for Space Medicine, Engineering, and Design (OSMED), Spain

Confirmed guest

Álvaro García

Advisor to the Rectory · UNED, Costa Rica

Confirmed guest

Danica Vallone

President, Making Space: A Creative Space Agency, USA

Confirmed guest

Rodrigo Arias Camacho

President, Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED), Costa Rica

Confirmed guest

Rebekah Davis Reed

Associate Director, Program on Emerging Technology, Scientific Advancement, and Global Policy · Harvard Belfer Center, USA

Confirmed guest

Jorge Antón Jornet

President · Virtual Educa

Confirmed guest

Lisa McNamee

Co-Founder, Space Medicine Ireland

Confirmed guest

Ignacio Peregrina

President, Grupo Fangio, Mexico

Confirmed guest

Juan Manuel Hernández

Executive Director, GISA, Getafe

Confirmed guest

Juan Fernando Montañez

President, Politécnico Grancolombiano, Colombia

Confirmed guest

Erik Antonsen

Human health architect in space

Confirmed guest

Ulises Fernández Gamboa

Secretary of Innovation and Economic Development

Confirmed guest

Francisco Hugo Gutiérrez Dávila

Secretary of Education of Chihuahua

Confirmed guest

Luís Loures

President, Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre and CCISP, Portugal

Confirmed guest

Adelino Sousa

Founder, Mars Challenge · Executive Director, Virtual Educa

Confirmed guest

Luis Lizcano

Director General, FEMIA (Federación Mexicana de la Industria Aeroespacial)

Confirmed guest

Egoitz Etxeandia

Head of Europe, Playlab AI, Spain

Confirmed guest

Roger Adrián Mandujano Ayala

Secretary of Education of Chiapas

Confirmed guest

Danny Suárez

Founder and CEO, Xertify, Colombia

Confirmed guest

Esteban Carrillo

Executive Director, Costa Rica Aerospace Cluster

Confirmed guest

Carlos Maio

Executive Manager, QSR — Talent Driven Culture, Portugal

Confirmed guest

Carlos Latourrette

President, Grupo Latourrette.ai, Portugal

Confirmed guest

Moises Bernardo

Executive Director, NO HUMAN B

Confirmed guest

Jennifer Rochlis

President & CEO, Advancing Frontiers · Former NASA Human Health & Performance Division Chief

Confirmed guest

Harold Castilla Devoz

General Rector, UNIMINUTO, Colombia

Confirmed guest

Ana Capilla

Director General of Higher Education and Science, OEI

Confirmed guest

José Manuel Jiménez Cerezo

Business Sustainability Officer, THALES Alenia Space

Confirmed guest

The programme contains the published sessions and times; consult it for each day’s schedule. View programme ↗