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The symposium's agenda includes focused panel discussions with experts discussing timely and pertinent industry issues. All sessions take place in the International Center. Click each tab to view online or select the Print Agenda option below. Speakers and program subject to change.

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Monday, April 12, 2010

7:30 AM

Cyber 1.0

Cyber 1.0 is a new addition to the 26th National Space Symposium being conducted by the Space Foundation. It will feature presentations and interactive demos aimed at clarifying Air Force Space Command's newly acquired cyberspace mission.  

This event is SOLD OUT.


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Location:
Rocky Mountain Ballroom - Broadmoor West
3:00 PM

New Generation Leadership Exchange

A special event for young space professionals. This event will run from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. All available slots are filled; watch www.SpaceFoundation.org, Twitter, and Facebook for future New Generation events.


Senior Mentors:


Ms. Lori Garver
Deputy Administrator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Mr. Graham J. Gibbs
Counsellor Space Affairs
Canadian Space Agency

Mr. Paul Graziani
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder 
AGI

Mr. Lon Levin
President
SkySevenVentures and
Co-founder XM Radio

Ms. Joanne Maguire
Executive Vice President 
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

Jim Maser
President
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne

Mr. Clayton Mowry
President
Arianespace, Inc.

Ms. Kay Sears
President, Intelsat General and
Co-chair President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC)

Ms. Patti Grace Smith
Principal
Patti Grace Smith Consulting

Mr. Dave Taylor
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Brig. Gen. David B. Warner
Director, Communications and Information, and Chief Information Officer
Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base

Ms. Deborah Westphal
Managing Partner
Toffler Associates

Location:
LL Lake Terrace Dining Room - Broadmoor Main
4:30 PM

New Generation Networking Reception

This event will run from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Location:
Pompeiian - Broadmoor Main
6:00 PM

Opening Ceremony

Corporate Host:
Dave DiCarlo, Ph.D.
Sector Vice President and General Manager
Northrop Grumman Space Systems Division

Location:
International Center
Co-sponsored by:
7:00 PM

Opening Night Reception

Location:
SES WORLD SKIES, USG Exhibit Center
Co-sponsored by:
9:00 PM

Opening Night Fireworks and Dessert Reception

Location:
Lake Terrace
Co-sponsored by:

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

8:00 AM

Morning Coffee

Location:
International Center
Co-sponsored by:
8:25 AM

Master Moderator

Ms. Ariane E. Cornell
Executive Director, Space Generation Advisory Council
8:30 AM

The NASA Administrator and the Vision for Civil Space

9:30 AM

Mid-morning Break

Location:
SES WORLD SKIES, USG Exhibit Center
Co-sponsored by:
GMV
10:15 AM

Straight from Headquarters - The AFSPACE Commander

10:50 AM

Wall Street Rapid Fire

Moderator:
Ms. Peggy Slye
Chief Operating Officer, Futron Corporation
Panelists:
Mr. Chris Quilty
Senior Vice President - Equity Research, Raymond James & Associates
Ms. Heidi R. Wood
Managing Director and Senior Equity Analyst; Aerospace, Defense, and Defense Electronics: Morgan Stanley
11:00 AM

New Generation Workshop - What is Next for Me?

A special event for young space professionals. This event will run from 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. All available slots are filled; watch www.SpaceFoundation.org, Twitter, and Facebook for future New Generation events.

Panelists:
Mr. Ron Birk
Director of Civil Space Programs
Northrop Grumman

Mr. Kevin Leclaire
Managing Director, ISDR Consulting

Ms. Valerie Skarupa
Special Assistant to the Director
Operationally Responsive Space Office

 

 

Location:
Donald Ross Room - Broadmoor Golf Club
11:20 AM

Featured Industry Presentation

12:00 PM

Lunch on your own or Private Events

12:15 PM

Congressional Luncheon (by invitation only)

Corporate Host:
Mr. Dave Taylor
President
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Location:
Broadmoor Main Ballroom
2:15 PM

The Intersection of Space and Cyber

Moderator:
Ambassador Roger G. Harrison, Ph.D.
Director, Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies, United States Air Force Academy
Panelists:
Mr. Robert J. Butler
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber and Space Policy
Lt. Gen. Larry D. James, USAF
Commander, Joint Functional Component Command - Space, United States Strategic Command and Commander, 14th Air Force
Maj. Gen. Richard Webber, USAF
Commander, 24th Air Force
3:00 PM

Europe's Ambition In Space

3:20 PM

Afternoon Refreshment Break

Location:
SES WORLD SKIES, USG Exhibit Center
Co-sponsored by:
3:45 PM

NASA – The Budget and The Way Ahead

Moderator:
Mr. Lon Levin
Treasurer, Space Foundation Board of Directors
Panelists:
Mr. Bretton Alexander
President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation and Chair, Commercial Space Committee, NASA Advisory Council
Mr. Frank DiBello
President and Chief Executive Officer, Space Florida
Ms. Lori B. Garver
Deputy Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
George C. Nield, Ph.D.
Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
Scott Pace, Ph.D.
Professor of the Practice of International Affairs Director, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University
5:00 PM

Sessions Conclude

5:30 PM

Corporate Partnership Reception

Location:
SES WORLD SKIES, USG Exhibit Center
Co-sponsored by:
7:15 PM

Corporate Partnership Dinner

Corporate Host:
Mr. Roger Krone
President
Network and Space Systems
The Boeing Company

Master Moderator:
The Honorable Barbara M. Barrett
Secretary, Space Foundation Board of Directors

Location:
International Center
Co-sponsored by:

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

8:00 AM

Morning Coffee

Location:
International Center
Co-sponsored by:
8:25 AM

Master Moderator

Maj. Ann M. Curtis, USAF
Chief, Current/Future Cyber Operations Branch, Directorate of Air, Space and Cyberspace Operations, Headquarters Air Force Space Command
8:30 AM

Space and Cyberspace: Common Ground

9:00 AM

Beyond the Budget: Challenges & Priorities

9:30 AM

Mid-morning Break

Location:
SES WORLD SKIES, USG Exhibit Center
Co-sponsored by:
10:00 AM

China’s Manned Space Program

10:30 AM

Featured Panel – Emerging Applications Across the Space-Based Value Chain

(Presented in Association with Euroconsult)

Moderator:
Mr. Steve Bochinger
Director of Institutional Affairs, Euroconsult and Managing Director, Euroconsult North America
Panelists:
Mr. John Celli
President, Space Systems/Loral
Mr. Brian Holz
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, O3B Networks USA, LLC
John K. Hornsby, Ph.D.
General Manager, MDA Geospatial Services
Mr. Dara A. Panahy
Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Mr. Colin Paynter
Head of Business Growth, Astrium Services
11:00 AM

New Generation Workshop - Social Networking Applications for Advancing Space

A special event for young space professionals. This event will run from 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. All available slots are filled; watch www.SpaceFoundation.org, Twitter, and Facebook for future New Generation events.

Panelists:
Additional Panelists TBA

Mr. Mike Louie
Senior Manager, Specialized Services
Hitachi Consulting

Ms. Nicole Jordan
Team Liaison
X PRIZE Foundation

Location:
Donald Ross Room - Broadmoor Golf Club
12:15 PM

General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award Luncheon

Corporate Host:
Mr. William G. Hart
Vice President, Space Systems
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems

Location:
Rocky Mountain Ballroom - Broadmoor West
Co-sponsored by:
2:15 PM

Critical Issues – Space Situational Awareness & Space Debris

Presented in Association with the AMOS Conference, a Project of the Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.

Special introduction by Ms. Jeanne Skog, President & CEO, Maui Economic Development Board, Inc.

Moderator:
Mr. William B. Scott
Author, Space Wars and Counterspace
Panelists:
Lt. Gen. Brian A. Arnold, USAF, (Retired)
Vice President for Space Strategy, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, Raytheon Company
Mr. Roger L. Hall, ST
Deputy Director, Tactical Technology Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Mr. Houston T. Hawkins
Senior Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Chief Scientist, Principal Associate Directorate for Global Security (PADGS)
Maj. Gen. Susan J. Helms, USAF
Director of Plans and Policy, U.S. Strategic Command
Mr. Nicholas L. Johnson
Chief Scientist for Orbital Debris, NASA
Mr. Joseph Sheehan
President, Analytical Graphics, Inc.
3:30 PM

Afternoon Refreshment Break

Location:
SES WORLD SKIES, USG Exhibit Center
Co-sponsored by:
4:00 PM

Commercial Solutions to Government Needs - A Paradigm Shift?

Moderator:
Mr. Josh Hartman
Senior Fellow, Technology & Public Policy, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Panelists:
Air Commodore Mark Ashwell, UKRAF (Retired)
Vice President International Business Development, DigitalGlobe
Lt. Gen. Michael A. Hamel, USAF (Retired)
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Development, Orbital Sciences Corporation
Gen. Lance W. Lord, USAF (Retired)
Chief Executive Officer, Astrotech Space Operations
Ms. Gwynne Shotwell
President, SpaceX
Maj. Gen. Craig P. Weston, USAF (Retired)
President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Space LLC
5:00 PM

Sessions Conclude

6:00 PM

Hospitality Night

Thursday, April 15, 2010

8:00 AM

Morning Coffee

Location:
International Center
Co-sponsored by:
8:25 AM

Master Moderator

Ms. Jaisha J. Wray
Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State
8:30 AM

Featured Panel – The NRO Directors' Forum

Moderator:
William F. Ballhaus, Jr., Ph.D.
Chairman, Space Foundation Board and former President and Chief Executive Officer, The Aerospace Corporation
Panelists:
Mr. Edward C. Aldridge, Jr.
Under Secretary of the Air Force/Secretary of the Air Force and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1981-1988
Mr. Martin C. Faga
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1989-1993
Mr. Keith R. Hall
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1997-2001
Mr. Jeffrey K. Harris
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1994-1996
Robert J. Hermann, Ph.D.
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development, and Logistics, and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1979-1981
Donald M. Kerr, Ph.D.
Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence Space Technology) and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 2005-2007
Mr. Scott F. Large
Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence and Space Technology) and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 2007-2009
Hans Mark, Ph.D.
Under Secretary of the Air Force/Secretary of the Air Force and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 1977-1979
Mr. Peter B. Teets
Under Secretary of the Air Force and Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, 2001-2005
10:30 AM

Mid-morning Break

Location:
SES WORLD SKIES, USG Exhibit Center
Co-sponsored by:
11:00 AM

Talking Space - The Army's Story

12:00 PM

Lunch on your own or Private Events

12:15 PM

New Generation Working Lunch

A special event for young space professionals. This event will run from 12:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. All available slots are filled; watch www.SpaceFoundation.org, Twitter, and Facebook for future New Generation events.

Location:
Donald Ross Room - Broadmoor Golf Club
12:55 PM

Live Feed from Florida of President Obama’s Space Speech

(Immediately following)
“Instant Analysis”

Moderator:
Mr. Marty Hauser
Vice President, Wash. Opns., Research &
Panelists:
Mr. Lon Levin
Treasurer, Space Foundation Board of Directors
The Honorable Robert S. Walker
Chairman, Wexler & Walker Public Policy Associates
3:00 PM

Air Force Space Acquisition - Assets for the Warfighter

3:30 PM

Featured Panel – Why We Fly – Common Experience, Uncommon Perspectives

In addition to our symposium registrants...this special panel is being opened up to participants in our Thursday Teacher Liaison Workshop.

Moderator:
Ms. Jeannie M. Kranz
Director of Strategic Relations, Office of Government Relations, JACOBS
Panelists:
Mr. Richard Garriott
Entrepreneur, Famed Video Game Developer, and Private Space Explorer
Mr. Tom Henricks
President, AVIATION WEEK and former NASA Astronaut
Mr. Yang Liwei
First Chinese Taikonaut
4:30 PM

Sessions Conclude

4:30 PM

Space Technology Hall of Fame® Private Induction Ceremony (by invitation only)

Co-sponsored by:
5:30 PM

Space Technology Hall of Fame® Reception

Location:
SES WORLD SKIES, USG Exhibit Center
7:15 PM

Space Technology Hall of Fame® Dinner

Corporate Host:
Mr. Jim Crocker
Vice President and General Manager          
Sensing and Exploration Systems
Lockheed Martin

Visit the Space Technology Hall of Fame Web site

Location:
International Center
Co-sponsored by:
9:00 PM

Reception in celebration of New Generation Initiatives

This event will run from 9:00 p.m. to Midnight

Locations:
Broadmoor Main Ballroom
Pompeiian - Broadmoor Main