The Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX) kicked off on 22 May 2012 with a discussion panel featuring the top representatives of space agencies.
This panel included: Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General; Steve MacLean, President of the Canadian Space Agency; Vladimir Popovkin, Head of Roscosmos; Yuichi Yamaura, Associate Executive Director of JAXA, (JAXA); Ranganath Navalagund, Professor Vikram Sarabhai from the Indian Space Research Organisation; and Robert Lightfoot, Acting Associate Administrator at NASA.