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Thursday, April 19, 2012

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Thursday

  • (All day)
    Master Moderator
    Location:
    International Center: Main Stage
  • 8:00AM
    Morning Coffee
    Location:
    International Center
  • 8:30AM
    Featured Speaker
    Featured Speaker
    Location:
    International Center: Main Stage
    Featured Speaker:
    Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, USAF
    Chief of Staff
    United States Air Force
  • 9:00AM
    Featured Speaker - TBA
    Featured Speaker
    Location:
    International Center: Main Stage
  • 9:45AM
    Mid-Morning Break
    Location:
    Ball Aerospace Exhibit Center
  • 10:15AM
    Space Agency Leaders – The Imperative of Global Collaboration
    Location:
    International Center: Main Stage
    Moderator:
    Dr. Dumitru Dorin Prunariu
    Chairman
    UNCOPUOS
    Panelists:
    Dr. Chummer Farina
    Vice-President
    Canadian Space Agency
    Mr. Kiyoshi Higuchi
    Vice President
    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
    Dr. Francisco Javier Mendieta-Jimenez
    General Director
    Mexican Space Agency (AEM)
    Dr. Ger Nieuwpoort
    Director
    Netherlands Space Office
    Dr. Johann-Dietrich Wörner
    Chairman of the Executive Board
    German Aerospace Center (DLR)
    Additional Panelists - TBA
  • 11:30AM - 12:00PM
    Report from the 1st Annual SGAC Fusion Forum
    New Generation Space Leaders
    Location:
    International Center: Main Stage
    Moderator:
    Ms. Ariane Cornell
    Executive Director
    Space Generation Advisory Council
  • 12:15PM - 1:45PM
    Colorado Space Luncheon
    Featured Speaker
    Dining Event
    Separate Reg. or Purchase
    Location:
    Broadmoor West: West Ballroom
    Featured Speaker:
    Dr. George C. Nield
    Director, Office of Commercial Space Flight
    Federal Aviation Administration
  • 12:15PM
    Issues Luncheon - Acquisition Strategies for National Security
    Networking Opportunities
    Featured Speaker
    Dining Event
    Location:
    Colorado Hall
    Featured Speaker:
    Lt. Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, USAF
    Commander
    Space and Missile Systems Center
    Co-sponsored by:
  • 12:15PM - 1:45PM
    New Generation Roundtable Luncheon
    New Generation Space Leaders
    Dining Event
    Separate Reg. or Purchase

    A special event for young space professionals, age 35 and under

    Location:
    Broadmoor Main Ballroom
    Co-sponsored by:
  • 2:00PM
    Featured Speaker
    Featured Speaker
    Location:
    International Center: Main Stage
  • 2:30PM
    “Mega Minds” – Leading Scientists Discuss the Future of Space Exploration
    Location:
    International Center: Main Stage
    Moderator:
    Mr. Bill Nye
    Executive Director
    The Planetary Society
    Panelists:
    Dr. Amy Mainzer
    WISE Deputy Project Scientist
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    Dr. Carolyn Porco
    Sr. Research Scientist
    Space Science Institute
    Dr. Lisa Randall
    Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science
    Harvard University
    Dr. Steven W. Squyres
    Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy
    Cornell University
  • 4:30PM
    Space Technology Hall of Fame® Private Induction Ceremony
    By Invitation Only

    A private ceremony honoring the 2012 Space Technology Hall of Fame® inductees

    Location:
    Broadmoor Main: Pompeiian Room
    Co-sponsored by:
  • 5:30PM
    Space Technology Hall of Fame® Cocktail Reception

    Location:
    Ball Aerospace Exhibit Center
  • 7:15PM
    Space Technology Hall of Fame® Dinner
    Networking Opportunities
    Featured Speaker
    Dining Event
    Separate Reg. or Purchase

    A gala dinner honoring the 2012 Space Technology Hall of Fame® inductees

    Location:
    International Center
    Master of Ceremonies:
    Mr. Lon Levin
    President
    SkySevenVentures
    Featured Speaker:
    Mr. Mark Stevenson
    Author, Comedian and Innovation Expert
    "An Optimist's Tour of the Future"
    Co-sponsored by:
  • 9:00PM - 11:59PM
    Reception in Celebration of the New Generation Space Leaders
    New Generation Space Leaders
    Networking Opportunities
    Dining Event

    Open to all National Space Symposium attendees

    Location:
    Broadmoor Main Ballroom
    Co-sponsored by:

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