• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

General Steven L. Kwast

Kwast Enterprise

Chief Executive Officer

Steve L. Kwast is the Chief Executive Officer of Kwast Enterprise, a company dedicated to the moral leadership of America into the space economy of the 21st Century. He is a retired US Air Force General who has spent his life understanding space and the art of peaceful international affairs and national security strategies. He has a background in astronautical engineering, history, strategy, technology, culture, and economics. He has extensive experience in recruiting, educating, training, and developing the work force for the US Air Force. He was the University President for the Air Force’s University (Air University) in Montgomery, Alabama. He is a combat-seasoned fighter pilot with extensive command experience at every level in the US Air Force. He authored the "Fast Space" study that puts forward a plan for America to develop the economic and national security power of space. General Kwast holds a degree in astronautical engineering from the United States Air Force Academy. He holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Sessions With General Steven L. Kwast

Thursday, 14 March

  • 09:00am - 10:00am (CST) / -

    5G Providing a Backbone to the Smart Energy & Mobility Future

    The arrival of 5G (fifth-generation) mobile communication technologies could usher in a wide set of changes in mission-critical infrastructure within the energy industry and the automobile of the future. New communicationssystems, cloud computing, and processing based on AI and adaptive learning are critical features driving innovation in these sectors, which are both set to benefit significantly from upcoming 5G rollouts. Which players will be first to market with these new systems? Will 5G be the panacea to connect all the nodes seamlessly? Where will the investment come from that is needed to advance this technology?