Space Conference Speaker

Leo Shiina

Student, Stanford OHS

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Leo Shiina is a sophomore at Stanford Online High School. Since first participating in the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in 2022, he has been submitting proposals every year. In 2026, he won the Grand Prize for Live in a Healthy Space with his project “Synthetic Biology Approaches to Next-Generation Space Nutrition”. He had previously won the Grand Prize in 2023 at the NSS Gerard K. O’Neill Space Settlement Contest. In 2025, Leo presented his project “Maglev Space Elevator” at Many Roads to Space track.


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