Britt Duffy Adkins: Boldly Going Where NoOne Has Gone, A Founder's Space Journey

IN-PERSON, Doors open at 8 AM for informal networking.

8:30 AM Presentation and Q&A moderated by Evan Tsang (Christy Conner is on leave), followed by meet-the-speaker and informal networking until 10 AM.

Location: FoundrSpace, https://www.foundrspace.com

Note: Street parking generally free until 11 AM, check street signs.

FRIDAY COFFEE MEETUP (FCM) is presented by Echo-Factory and Innovate Pasadena. FoundrSpace is our generous event host.

Britt Duffy Adkins - Boldly Going Where No One Has Gone: A Founder's Journey in Space

Summary

Britt Duffy Adkins, a founder in the space industry, will share insights on how she successfully navigated career and company pivots. She will discuss the importance of adaptability, perseverance, and staying true to the core mission while also being willing to pivot and explore new opportunities in a rapidly changing industry.

Bio

Britt is the founder, CEO, and the first space urban planner of Celestial Citizen, a space urban planning company that is on a mission to build sustainable space communities by bringing together people, systems, and technology. Celestial Citizen seeks to improve humanity's collective space future by integrating mission operations, technology, infrastructure planning, architecture and city design - while engaging the public at every step of the process.

As part of Celestial Citizen’s public outreach effort, Britt hosts the widely-regarded Celestial Citizen Podcast, now in its fourth season. Here she looks to spark unique conversations about the human factors and technology that will be essential to our long-term survival and evolution into a spacefaring civilization. Britt has also built a rapidly-growing social media community on Instagram with now nearly 100,000 followers. She is the creator and editor of Continuum, a bi-weekly newsletter aiming to bring space news to everyone.

Prior to focusing full-time on her desire to help plan and build the first cities on the Moon and Mars and founding Celestial Citizen, Britt worked in asset management and real estate development.

Britt has a Masters of Urban Planning from USC’s Price School of Public Policy and a M.S. in Space Resources from the Colorado School of Mines. She graduated from the MIT-Wellesley Double Degree program with a S.B. in Urban Studies & Planning from M.I.T. and a B.A. in Architecture from Wellesley College. She lives in Pasadena with her partner and four young children.

Social Handles:

LinkedIn (personal): https://www.linkedin.com/in/britt-duffy-adkins-348a8923/

LinkedIn (Celestial Citizen): https://www.linkedin.com/company/71030994/admin/

Instagram (personal): https://www.instagram.com/celestial_britt/

Instagram (Celestial Citizen): https://www.instagram.com/thecelestialcitizen/

Twitter (personal): https://twitter.com/celestial_britt

Twitter (Celestial Citizen): https://twitter.com/CelestialCitzn

Please Note: We are sorry we are no longer virtual hosting on Zoom. Please join our lively, fun and friendly in-person event in the comfortable environment of FoundrSpace!

You can also connect with Christy Conner to watch the LinkedIn livestream at https://www.linkedin.com/in/christyconner/

starting at 8:30 AM, and ending after the Q&A ~9:30 AM.