Speaking

Garret Fitzpatrick is a recognized leader in exploration and innovation and an inspiring public speaker. He has given talks and presentations about many topics including courage, space & ocean exploration, innovation models, systems thinking, systems engineering, servant leadership, launch/entry space suits, hydrothermal vents on Earth and Europa, NASA missions, STEM education and generational differences in the workplace. His audiences have included management teams at NASA, Shell, the Pentagon, the U.S. Naval Academy and Disney Imagineering. 

In 2023, as a volunteer fundraiser for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Garret created and hosted the inaugural Grit and Gumption Gathering, a TED-style inspirational speaking event about stories of people who have redefined impossible through grit and gumption. For videos from that event, go here.

As a travel writer, Fitzpatrick has had extensive travel experience throughout Europe and Asia. He's currently completing a travel memoir of his 13,000-mile overland journey from Moscow to Singapore. He also spent the 2012 summer reporting about the impact of India's space program on improving economic disparity and the quality of life in India while living in Bangalore. 

To request Garret to speak at your event, please see the Contact page and indicate the topic area (some examples: innovation within a large corporation, systems thinking, why we do we explore?, space & ocean exploration, the wonders of radio astronomy, the Event Horizon Telescope, STEM education, NASA past and current missions, hydrothermal vents on Earth and Europa, leadership & mentoring, and generation Y).