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LOAY ELBASYOUNI / THE SPEAKER · IDEAS IN MOTION

Press kit for event teams & media.

A few essentials for introducing Loay: portraits, a moment on stage, an engineering photograph, and biographies for your event or interview.

Selected photographs.

Photographs credited to Erric Wright are available for editorial coverage, event announcements, and speaker promotion about Loay. Please credit Photo: Erric Wright. The speaking photograph is display-only; contact us before reuse. These images do not imply endorsement by any organization shown.

Loay Elbasyouni — primary portrait in a blue blazer. Photo: Erric Wright, July 2025.View photograph ↗: Primary portrait · blue blazer
Primary portrait · blue blazerThe lead portrait for founder profiles, interviews, and speaker introductions.Photo: Erric WrightDownload original Primary portrait · blue blazer ↓
Loay Elbasyouni — grey blazer and black top. Photo: Erric Wright, July 2025.View photograph ↗: Portrait · grey blazer & black top
Portrait · grey blazer & black topAn alternative for event announcements, profiles, and programs.Photo: Erric WrightDownload original Portrait · grey blazer & black top ↓
Loay Elbasyouni — classic headshot in a grey blazer. Photo: Erric Wright, July 2025.View photograph ↗: Classic headshot
Classic headshotA closer portrait for press profiles and speaker listings.Photo: Erric WrightDownload original Classic headshot ↓
Loay Elbasyouni checking hardware at the laboratory bench.View photograph ↗: At the workbench
At the workbenchFor features about engineering, curiosity, and building.Photo: Erric WrightDownload original At the workbench ↓
Loay Elbasyouni presenting on energy and intelligent systems.View photograph ↗: In conversation with an audience
In conversation with an audienceDisplay-only reference. Permission is required before reuse.Courtesy of Loay’s personal archive · photographer credit unconfirmed

Biographies.

Short introduction

Loay Elbasyouni is an engineer, founder, and speaker. His work spans the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, rocket-engine avionics, and autonomous systems. He is the founder and CEO of AstraQua.

Extended introduction

Loay Elbasyouni is the founder and CEO of AstraQua and an engineer whose career spans electric vehicles, advanced aircraft, spaceflight, and autonomous systems. He led electrical and power-electronics work supporting NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. He later led rocket-engine avionics at Blue Origin. Today, he brings that experience to building AstraQua and to conversations about curiosity, persistence, and turning ambitious ideas into working systems. His talks connect the discipline of engineering with the human experience of learning, contributing, and pursuing a possibility before the outcome is certain.

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