NewSpace 2013 Program

NewSpace 2013: Preparing for Exponential GrowthJuly 25-27, 2013, San Jose, CA

Thursday, July 25, 2013Evolving the Business Model

Companies need to be aware of future changes in their business environment, and be prepared to takeadvantage of new opportunities to stay competitive. In the first panel, we examine the current momentumof commercialization of space and draw analogies to other sectors that experienced a similar increase inpublic private-partnerships, in order to get an idea of what to expect in the future. In the second panel,we consider how a new technology, such as on-orbit servicing, can impact business decisions and alter thestructure of the industry.

Market InsightsMiniaturization and automation are driving down the costs of conducting experiments and research in space,and this is enabling a new group of people to utilize space’s unique environment. Companies are springing upto serve these new markets, such as research and education. In the afternoon, we will examine two di↵erentperspectives of these markets. First, we broadly address the challenges of navigating the opportunities andconstraints of these emerging markets. Following this, we focus on microgravity research and take a verticalcross-section of companies that serve the di↵erent phases of developing and sending an experiment to space.

Friday, July 26, 2013Growth of Our Space Enterprise

The global space industry has grown into a $300 billion per year enterprise. Join our Friday morningprogramming as we first explore the role of the International Space Station. The panel “International SpaceStation: Main Street Commercial Space on ISS” will explore how the ISS can serve as a test-bed of activitiesand can help to assure growth in the space sector for years to come. After this, we invite to the stageinvestors and analysts from across the industry as to discuss the potential of the industry.

Baselines promoting Exponential GrowthAs we look toward the future growth of the industry, it is important to examine the past challenges. Our firstpanel, “International Space Station: Main Street Commercial Space on ISS” will explore current usage of theInternational Space Station, discussing how we are utilizing our national lab and building our capabilitiesfor further development. Our second panel, “Funding War Stories: Getting Past the Good Idea” willfeature panelists discussing the challenges they have faced in building their business and finding the fundingnecessary to bring a good idea to fruition.

Saturday, July 27, 2013Enabling the Frontier

Technological progression has advanced rapidly since the dawn of the space age, but actual progress inhuman space settlement has slowed due to many factors, including monetary and mass budget constraints.In this segment, we discuss advancing technologies that will enable human space exploration and settlementfrom two perspectives: first, spin-in technologies that have advanced in other fields that are game-changingto the future of space settlement, and second, advanced technologies that can be used in space operationsin the next 10-20 years.

The Adolescence of Our Spacefaring CivilizationOur spacefaring civilization was born when we first sent man into space. We achieved a few milestones likegoing to the Moon in our childhood, but we’ve reached an awkward stage where we’ve made progress butwe’re still a long way o↵ from the eventual adulthood of having space colonies and human expansion beyondthe solar system. Here, we examine potentially problematic unaddressed legal issues and discuss how toattract and maintain a continually renewed source of talented candidates to work in the high frontier.

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Letter from the Foundation

NewSpace 2013 Attendees,

The harsh realities of the market, the economy, the government seques-tration and regulations, and lack of funds for research technologies aresomething we have all had to face over the last year. I commend everyonehere who has been able to stand up against these challenges and continueto advance our future in the space industry but we still have a hard roadahead. NewSpace 2013 is preparing us for exponential growth.

Consider NewSpace the place for everyone to regroup, come up with ideasand be inspired by panels, keynotes and networking. NewSpace is a placewhere investors, entrepreneurs, students, government o�cials, NewSpacecompanies and startups are all able to gather in one place to make animpact. Fueled by passion, creativity, business models and ideas, this iswhere the action happens. As we prepare for success, building these re-lationships is crucial and only available to you all in one place at NewSpace.

Ever wonder where markets are or what technologies are coming? OurSmashing through the Boundaries Panel and our Growing the MicrogravityResearch Market Panel have the answers. We are also not the only onesin this market; others just don’t know it yet. The Technological CapstonePanel takes a look at technologies developing today that may be appliedgame-changing technologies within our industry. Asking why should weinvest in space exploration to our panel of investors and consultants, theInvestors and Analysts panel throws out the question “Why Space? Whynow?”, but the discussion does not end there. We talk about investmentin our future with the STEM in a Changing World panel bringing togethera wide range of people who are committed to STEM education and knowwhat is happening today. Finally, join us as we celebrate 25 years in thebusiness of advancing space exploration at our 25th Anniversary Black-TieBirthday Party. I would like to welcome you to NewSpace.

To the stars and beyond,

Sara JenningsNewSpace Conference Assistant Chair

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Schedule Overview

Schedule Overview

Thursday, July 25, 2013 – Day 108:00am – 08:15am Opening Remarks08:15am – 09:00am Public Private Development and Exploration of Space09:00am – 10:15am New Wave of Public Private Partnership10:15am – 10:45am Networking Break10:45am – 12:00pm A Future with On-Orbit Servicing12:00pm – 01:30pm Lunch: Investing in the Future Trillion Dollar Commercial Space Industry01:30pm – 02:45pm Business Case for Research and Education02:45pm – 03:15pm The Keys to Success03:15pm – 03:45pm Networking Break03:45pm – 05:00pm Growing the Microgravity Research Market05:00pm – 05:30pm Chasing Dreams06:00pm – 08:00pm ”Welcome to NewSpace” Reception08:00pm – 10:00pm Annual Advocates Meeting

Friday, July 26, 2013 – Day 208:00am – 08:30am Growing Partnerships08:30am – 09:45am International Space Station on a Grander Scale: Probing Our Way Forward09:45am – 10:15am Networking Break: Sponsored by ATK10:15am – 11:30am Investors and Analysts: Why Space; Why NOW?11:30am – 01:00pm Lunch: New Frontiers in New Space01:00pm – 01:30pm The Commercial Groundwork for an Open Frontier01:30pm – 02:45pm International Space Station: Main Street Commercial Space on ISS02:45pm – 03:15pm Networking Break03:15pm – 04:30pm Funding War Stories: Getting Past the Good Idea04:30pm – 05:00pm Space Mineral Resources-Challenges and Opportunities06:00pm – 08:00pm NS13 Tweet-Up

Saturday, July 27, 2013 – Day 308:00am – 08:30am Who? What? When? Where? Why? The guiding stars of opening the

Frontier08:30am – 09:45am Technological Capstone: Spinning In Technologies to Sustain Long-term

Human Presence in Space09:45am – 10:30am Networking Break10:30am – 10:45am There is another way: An approach to sustainable exploration and settle-

ment of space10:45am – 12:00pm Smashing Through the Boundaries: Game-Changing Space Technologies

Emerging in the Next Decade12:00pm – 01:30pm Lunch: Moon Express - Pioneering the Lunar Frontier01:30pm – 02:00pm 13 Terms in Congress Supporting NewSpace02:00pm – 03:15pm Sinking the Iceberg: The Current Legal Landscape of Utilization Rights in

Space (And How We Can Change It)03:15pm – 03:45pm Networking Break03:45pm – 05:00pm Looking to the Future by Influencing Today: STEM in a Changing World05:00pm – 05:30pm The Foundation at 25, and our future06:30pm – 09:00pm SPECIAL EVENT: 25th Anniversary Black-Tie Birthday Party

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BLACK TIE BIRTHDAY BASH

RECEPTION, DINNER, AND AWARDS GALA !

JULY 27, 2013 DOUBLETREE SAN JOSE

RECEPTION 6:30PM DRINKS, ENTERTAINMENT, MINGLING

DINNER 7:30PM DINNER, AWARDS, AND A 25TH ANNIVERSARY TOAST

FEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKER GEOFF NOTKIN FROM METEORITE MEN

AND EMCEE FRANK TODARO

ENTERTAINMENT BY THE MAGNOLIA JAZZ BAND FEATURING WINE PROVIDED BY CALDWELL VINEYARDS

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Detailed Schedule: Thursday, July 25, 2013

Detailed Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, all sessions will be held in the Donner Siskiyou Theater, with lunches being held in the Sierraroom. Exhibits and Networking will be held in the Bayshore Foyer and Cascade rooms.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

08:00am – 08:15am Opening Remarks

Ryan McLinko – Conference Chair, Space Frontier Foundation

08:15am – 09:00am Public Private Development and Exploration of Space

Bill Gerstenmaier – Associate Administrator Human Exploration and Operations, NASA

09:00am – 10:15am New Wave of Public Private Partnership

NASA has successfully leveraged the private sector in developing a new range of launch capa-bilities through various programs including COTS, CCDev/CCiCap, and Flight OpportunitiesProgram. Public private partnerships (PPP) are not unique to space, and there are variousanalogies from other industries that can be made to the current successes in the space. Thepanelists will reflect on past experiences that can be translated into future success of PPPs.

Alex MacDonald (moderator) – Program Executive, NASA Emerging Commercial Space O�ceCarissa Christensen – Managing Partner, Tauri GroupJason Kessler – NASA Asteroid Grand Challenge Program Executive, NASAHoward McCurdy – Professor, American UniversityRobbie Schingler – Co-Founder, Planet LabsDennis Stone – Manager of Program Integration, Commercial Crew & Cargo Program, NASA

10:15am – 10:45am Networking Break

10:45am – 12:00pm A Future with On-Orbit Servicing

On-orbit servicing presents new opportunities and capabilities for operating in space. It canbreath new life into aging space assets by providing more fuel for station keeping or by addingnew equipment to enhance its capabilities. Once it is proven technically and deployed for use,it will surely a↵ect the operational architecture of future systems. The panelists will discussthe near-term application of on-orbit servicing from di↵erent perspectives and how its use willevolve over time.

Dennis Stone (moderator) – Manager of Program Integration, Commercial Crew & CargoProgram, NASAJames Armor – Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, ATKJim Keravala – COO, Shackleton Energy CompanyBenjamin Reed – Deputy Project Manager, NASA SSCODennis Wingo – President, Skycorp

12:00pm – 01:30pm Lunch: Investing in the Future Trillion Dollar Commercial Space Industry

Andrew Nelson – COO and VP of Business Development, XCOR Aerospace

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01:30pm – 02:45pm Business Case for Research and Education

Education and research in space are opportunities for both non-profits and for-profit businessesin the private sector. Recently, there have been some significant market shifts in terms ofhow national resources are being re-allocated and focused in the public education sectorand in NASA. When such circumstances are coupled with the challenges of implementingspace-based projects, this becomes an interesting topic for debate and discussion, especiallywhen considering how to pay for it and execute on it as a business opportunity.

Bruce Pittman (moderator) – Flight Projects Director, NASA Ames Space PortalBrad Bailey – Sta↵ Scientist, NASA Lunar Science InstituteCarissa Christensen – Managing Partner, Tauri GroupPeter Platzer – CEO, NanoSatisfiWerner Vavken – AMSE Advisory Board Chairmen, Valley Christian Schools, Vice Presidentof STEM Partnerships at Quest Institute for Quality Education

02:45pm – 03:15pm The Keys to Success

George Nield – Associate Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration O�ce of Commer-cial Space Transportation

03:15pm – 03:45pm Networking Break

03:45pm – 05:00pm Growing the Microgravity Research Market

The space industry has worked to increase capacity and to provide di↵erent alternatives formicrogravity research. Today, companies have the option to fly microgravity experiments thatlast anywhere from a couple seconds to dozens of months using parabolic flights, suborbitalvehicles, sounding rockets, and the ISS. The focus has now shifted to expanding the userbase and to encourage interesting research, and the key to sustainable growth is to make itcommercially viable. There are unique challenges at each phase of a flight project, and we askthe panelists of their incentives and their vision of the future.

Todd Meyerrose (moderator) – Founder and General Partner, Talos VenturesKira Blackwell – Executive Director of Operations, Chrysalis BioTherapeuticsMark Deuser – President and CEO, TechShot, Inc.Rich Godwin – President and CEO, Zero Gravity SolutionsJacque Vallee – General Partner, Euro-America VenturesErika Wagner – Business Development Manager, Blue Origin

05:00pm – 05:30pm Chasing Dreams

Mark Sirangelo – Chairman, Sierra Nevada Corporation - Space Systems

06:00pm – 08:00pm ”Welcome to NewSpace” Reception

Start o↵ the conference right by coming to our Welcome Reception. We welcome you to comesocialize with other conference attendees over appetizers and a cash bar.

08:00pm – 10:00pm Annual Advocates Meeting

This event is FREE to all Advocates of the Space Frontier Foundation. Although lightrefreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be served, we recommend that Advocates eat dinnerbeforehand.

James Pura – Space Frontier Foundation

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Detailed Schedule: Friday, July 26, 2013

Friday, July 26, 2013

08:00am – 08:30am Growing Partnerships

Lori Garver – Deputy Administrator, NASA

08:30am – 09:45am International Space Station on a Grander Scale: Probing Our Way Forward

How does the International Space Station fit into the larger space enterprise? For many years,our focus in space was narrow and our activities were somewhat static. However, that ischanging, thanks to the International Space Station. ISS activities provide a testbed whenpeople go to space - scientific research, new governance models, public engagement, commercialapplications, and human spaceflight utilization. It is important to understand the results fromthese activities, and what other possibilities are o↵ered by ISS, so that our progress in spaceis not only sustainable but is expanding.

James Muncy (moderator) – Principal, PoliSpaceIoana Cozmuta – Advanced Supercomputing Division, NASA Ames Research CenterMichael Lopez-Alegria – President, Commercial Spaceflight FederationDuane Ratli↵ – Chief Operating O�cer, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space

09:45am – 10:15am Networking Break: Sponsored by ATK

10:15am – 11:30am Investors and Analysts: Why Space; Why NOW?

As the global space industry passes the $300B a year mark, new investment in this area hasbecome more attractive than ever before. Join us as investors and analysts, from Wall Streetto Silicon Valley, with “skin in the game,” have an open conversation as to why this is thecase.

Eva-Jane Lark (moderator) – Vice-President, BMO Nesbitt BurnsMostafa Analoui – Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences, The Livingston GroupRichard David – Co-Founder, CEO, Editor-in-Chief, NewSpace GlobalRich Phillips – Founder and President, Phillips & Company

11:30am – 01:00pm Lunch: New Frontiers in New Space

Steve Jurvetson – Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

01:00pm – 01:30pm The Commercial Groundwork for an Open Frontier

Michael Lopez-Alegria – President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation

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01:30pm – 02:45pm International Space Station: Main Street Commercial Space on ISS

Corporate entities across the globe have conducted research aboard the ISS and have doneso with startling success. The unique space environment of the ISS is an attractive researchopportunity to companies attempting to gain a competitive edge or find new applications fortheir products and materials. This panel explores commercial experimentation aboard the ISSamong several di↵erent industries, illuminating the often-unheard success stories of privateutilization of our space infrastructure.

Richard Pournelle (moderator) – Senior Vice-President of Business Development, NanoracksCarl Carruthers – Researcher Assistant, Houston Methodist Research InstituteTim DeBenedictis – Founder, Southern Stars/SkyCubeRich Godwin – President and Chief Executive O�cer, Zero Gravity Solutions, IncRich Godwin – President and CEO, Zero Gravity SolutionsWerner Vavken – AMSE Advisory Board Chairmen, Valley Christian Schools, Vice Presidentof STEM Partnerships at Quest Institute for Quality Education


03:15pm – 04:30pm Funding War Stories: Getting Past the Good Idea

Having a good idea is only a small part of making a successful business. This panel will featureseveral industry and non-industry members sharing their ‘war stories’ of the challenges it tookto get their business o↵ the ground. Panelists will discuss if they were to have to do it againfor their quest finding funding, what they would do di↵erently. Further discussion will focusaround what the challenges exist today, and how the challenges di↵er from those when thebusiness began.

Lon Levin (moderator) – Co-founder, XM Satellite RadioSean Mahoney – Chief Executive O�cer, Masten Space SystemsRichard Pournelle – Senior Vice-President of Business Development, NanoracksRex Ridenoure – Founder and CEO, IZUP LLC

04:30pm – 05:00pm Space Mineral Resources-Challenges and Opportunities

Art Dula – Chairman and Founder, Excalibur Almaz

06:00pm – 08:00pm NS13 Tweet-Up

The annual NewSpace Tweet up is the social event open to the space-loving public andconference attendees. Come join us for an evening full of music, prizes with a ra✏e and thefamous LEGO competiton! Festivities include a a bar full of candy and a cash bar. This eventis free (donations are welcome).

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Detailed Schedule: Saturday, July 27, 2013

Saturday, July 27, 2013

08:00am – 08:30am Who? What? When? Where? Why? The guiding stars of opening the Frontier

Unless we know the Why? of an undertaking, and What? we want to achieve, we are likely tofail. It is only by understanding the goal we want in space and why that is important that wecan lay out a rational and implementable plan to make it happen.

Too often we ignore this rule, and as a result spend billions of dollars and time going nowhere.Yet, if we can clearly answer the same basic questions taught to any journalism student, wecan use them as our guide and metrics for success as we blaze the trail to the Frontier.

Who? What? When? Where? Why? Answer these questions, use them as the foundation forplanning and execution and make sure that anything we do adheres to our answers and wewill be able throw open the gates of the Solar System to human settlement.

Rick Tumlinson – Co-founder, Space Frontier Foundation

08:30am – 09:45am Technological Capstone: Spinning In Technologies to Sustain Long-term Human Presence inSpace

Technologies developed for space purposes spin out into industry to solve a smorgasbord ofproblems here on Earth. However, other industries are currently developing revolutionary newtechnologies that can serve a secondary purpose in space. Spinning in these technologies canhelp lower costs, not only in development, but in every phase of a space exploration. In thispanel, we ask the question: What game-changing technologies are already being developed inother sectors that will revolutionize our path toward permanent human settlement in space,and how can they be spun-in more quickly?

Bruce Pittman (moderator) – Flight Projects Director, NASA Ames Space PortalJohn Cumbers – Synthetic Biologist, NASA AmesJason Dunn – Made in SpaceDennis Wingo – President, Skycorp

09:45am – 10:30am Networking Break

10:30am – 10:45am There is another way: An approach to sustainable exploration and settlement of space

A video produced by the Space Frontier Foundation

10:45am – 12:00pm Smashing Through the Boundaries: Game-Changing Space Technologies Emerging in theNext Decade

While some technologies can be spun-in from the private sector, other problems are unique toliving in the space environment. Technologies that have long been dreamed of are now closeenough to operational use to be considered in the next generation of vehicles. In this panel,we discuss game-changing space technologies, where they are in their development processes,and how they will impact human spaceflight and settlement in the long-term future.

Dan Rasky (moderator) – Director, Emerging Commercial Space O�ceGary Barnhard – President & CEO, Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships, Inc.Rob Kelso – Executive Director, PISCESGary Oleson – Senior Engineer, TASC

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12:00pm – 01:30pm Lunch: Moon Express - Pioneering the Lunar Frontier

Expanding Earth’s Economic Sphere to the Moon

Today there is a rebirth of interest in going back to the Moon among many nations. Howeverwhile nations navigate the political minefields and conflicting national priorities that justifythe value of the Moon to the everyday tax payer, private players are planning lunar missionsdriven by entrepreneurial vision and massive economic opportunity.

Bob Richards – Co-Founder & CEO, Moon Express, Inc.

01:30pm – 02:00pm 13 Terms in Congress Supporting NewSpace

Expanding Earth’s Economic Sphere to the Moon

Today there is a rebirth of interest in going back to the Moon among many nations. Howeverwhile nations navigate the political minefields and conflicting national priorities that justifythe value of the Moon to the everyday tax payer, private players are planning lunar missionsdriven by entrepreneurial vision and massive economic opportunity.

Dana Rohrabacher – Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives

02:00pm – 03:15pm Sinking the Iceberg: The Current Legal Landscape of Utilization Rights in Space (And HowWe Can Change It)

While property rights here on Earth have been established for millennia, the legal landscape ofspace outside of Earth orbit is relatively undefined. The Outer Space Treaty, widely-ratified in1967, explicitly forbids any government from appropriating the moon or other celestial bodies,which some claim prevents anyone using resources in space from doing so without sharingit with the entire world. However, very ambitious companies have already declared theirintentions to use the resources of space for private gain, and the time has come to re-examinethe laws of outer space utilization and property rights from a modern perspective. In thispanel, we bring together some of the experts on how we could create a practical legal regime,and develop the technologies needed, to encourage and promote the utilization of resourcesbeyond low-Earth orbit.

Charles Miller (moderator) – President & Owner, NexGen Space LLCPeter Marquez – Vice President, Global Engagement, Planetary Resources, Inc.Martine Rothblatt – Founder & CEO, United TherapeuticsBerin Szoka – President, TechFreedom


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Detailed Schedule: Saturday, July 27, 2013

03:45pm – 05:00pm Looking to the Future by Influencing Today: STEM in a Changing World

After the Apollo program, many students lost interest in advancing space, leaving a gapin the workforce that has been felt for some time now as the median age at NASA creepsnear retirement. Currently, popular culture in the United States is celebrating an uprisingin geek culture. Is the current wave of inspirational media translating into a rise in superioreducational output? In this panel, we discuss how the United States and the world as awhole can continue to inspire and educate a steady-stream of talented, passionate, and drivenstudents in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to not only preventgaps in the workforce but also to push the envelope of discovery even harder.

Elizabeth Kennick (moderator) – Project Manager, Teachers in Space, Space Frontier Founda-tionAmanda Ehly – Science Department Chair, Magnolia Science Academy Santa ClaraLance Erickson – Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityJoshua Neubert – Executive Director, Night Rover Challenge

05:00pm – 05:30pm The Foundation at 25, and our future

James Pura – Space Frontier Foundation

06:30pm – 09:00pm SPECIAL EVENT: 25th Anniversary Black-Tie Birthday Party

Join us Saturday evening for the Black-Tie Birthday Bash! This fabulous event serves to honorfour recipients of top awards for achievements in our field and to celebrate the 25th anniversaryof the Space Frontier Foundation. The evening begins with drinks and socializing along withlively entertainment from the Magnolia Jazz Band. The second part of the evening featuresa fabulous three-course meal, emcee Frank Todaro, keynote speaker Geo↵ Notkin (of the hitshow Meteorite Men), and the pinnacle awards ceremony. Reception begins at 6:30pm in theSierra Ballroom and the dinner at 7:30 pm in the Cascade Ballroom at the DoubleTree byHilton Hotel San Jose. As this is a formal event, evening wear is recommended. Come andenjoy the evening with the most influential individuals in the industry and toast to a fabulous25 years of the Foundation.

Geo↵ Notkin – Meteorite MenFrank Todaro – Host, The Invisible World

Award WinnersPioneer of NewSpace – Rene AnselmoNewSpace Journalism – Michael BelfioreService to the Frontier – James TumberService to the Frontier – Bill Boland

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Sponsors and Partners

Space Frontier FoundationWe are transforming space from a government-owned bureaucratic program into a dy-namic and inclusive frontier open to people. We are determined to convert the imageheld by many young people that the future will be worse than the present, and we rejectthe idea that the world’s greatest moments are in its past.

Founded in 1988, the Space Frontier Foundation is an advocacy organization committedto realizing the vision of a greatly expanded and permanent human presence in space.Space alone o↵ers the resources necessary to ensure the survival and prosperity of ourspecies for numerous generations to come. To realize this vision, the Foundation isfundamentally transforming the conception of space as the exclusive domain of govern-ment and government a�liated organizations into a widely accessible frontier ripe withopportunity. Read about our founding and history.

Through conferences, speakers, policy papers, awards and prizes, and nationally rec-ognized projects, the Space Frontier Foundation is actively advancing the cause of“NewSpace,” the term which has come to represent space infused with the spirit ofentrepreneurial-ism and the free market. Learn more about NewSpace.

The Space Frontier Foundation is composed of a diverse, multinational array of space ac-tivists, expert scientists and engineers, media and political professionals, entrepreneurs,and passionate citizens. You too can be a part of the Space Frontier Foundation. Findout how.

ATKATK is an aerospace, defense, and commercial products company with operations in21 states, Puerto Rico, and internationally. News and information can be found onthe Internet at www.atk.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/atk, or on Twitter@ATK.

Rostrum, LLCRostrum Conference Management Software has been developed for conference manage-ment by conference managers in order to provide a single tool that can be used toorganize your big event. Seamlessly organize sessions, registrations, sta↵, and linkedpublic web content in one easy-to-use system. Rostrum software allows you to organizeand track your conference without a heap of documents and spreadsheets, increasingthe e�ciency of your team and success of your event.

Made in SpaceFounded in 2010 with the goal of enabling in-space manufacturing, Made in Spaceset out to radically impact how we do space missions today. Made in Space’s teammembers and advisors include successful entrepreneurs (Aaron Kemmer, Jason Dunn,Mike Chen, Jason Lam, Alison Lewis), experienced space experts (three-time astronautDan Barry and Mission Lead Mike Snyder) and key 3D printing experts (Scott Summit,Gonzalo Martinez). Made in Space has partnered with top 3D printing companies toleverage this technology for use in space. The company’s Unique Innovation Lab hasdone over 20,000+ hours of testing of various 3D printing technologies, o↵-the-shelf andcustom-built printers, and dozens of printer components.

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XISPXtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships, Inc. (XISP-Inc), has been formed to ac-complish space-scalable technology and product development that leverages commercialapplications to fund the maturation of the available technology base for both missionenhancing as well as mission enabling space and terrestrial applications.

XISP-Inc’s goal is achieving a material reduction in the cost, schedule, and technicalrisk associated with the use of innovative technologies currently stranded at low levelsof technological maturity. This is material for both mission enhancing technologies andmission enabling technologies. Mission enhancing technologies are defined as those tech-nologies which if su�ciently mature could enhance the value proposition of a terrestrialand/or space mission. Mission enabling technologies, are defined as those technologieswhich if su�ciently mature could enable a mission to actually be accomplished thatotherwise would not be practical and/or even possible.

This work will be accomplished by crafting partnerships to create actionable pools ofotherwise stranded intellectual property developed and/or owned by some combinationof the government, commercial, non-governmental, academic, and/or individual con-cerns which when integrated into an evolving technological commons can be definedwith su�cient clarity to allow for profitable product development leveraging the same.The premise is that by contributing to a technological commons with clearly definedproperty boundaries the incumbent product development risk is reduced. The syner-gistic e↵ect of providing a clear articulation of the state-of-the-art, including what isand is not public domain, provides new opportunities for the participants to create realproducts using their unique insights that have a greater potential for direct and indirectprofit. The recursive benefit of each product successfully developed is some reductionin the actual and/or perceived cost, schedule, and/or technical risk associated with theuse of the technology in other applications.

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NanoRacksWe provide the ultimate ‘Plug and Play’ microgravity research facilities allowing smallstandardized payloads to be plugged into any of our platforms, providing interface withthe International Space Station power and data capabilities.

Our company brings together entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers who have real-lifeexperience and share a passion for space including humanity’s utilization of low-earthorbit. Find out more about our team.

Our philosophy is to bring together three concepts as our driving force: low-cost, stan-dardization of hardware, and understanding the customer. We like to believe that inspace, small is the new big.

We enjoy partnerships with a growing list of world-class organizations that allows usto provide seamless support from customer interface to payload development to spacestation integration.

NanoRacks originated from an idea developed in 2003 of a low-cost, standardized com-mercial program for what was to become the U.S. National Lab on International SpaceStation.

SEDSSEDS, the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, is a group dedicatedto expanding the role of human exploration and development of space. SEDS seeks toeducate the public in such a way as to attain this goal. SEDS has many ways of doingthis, including educational outreach, conferences, and chapter projects.

NSRCThe 2013 Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) is a premier con-ference for researchers and educators interested in commercial suborbital reusable vehi-cles. This year, the conference will be held at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield,Colorado, just outside Boulder. Among other things, NSRC-2013 will provide in-depthNASA, FAA, and flight provider briefings and extensive networking opportunities forresearchers and educators wishing to use next-gen suborbital.

National Space SocietyThe National Space Society’s vision is people living and working in thriving communitiesbeyond the Earth. NSS members promote change in social, technical, economic, andpolitical conditions to advance the day when people will live and work in space.

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Space Tech ExpoSpace Tech Expo 2013 brings together global decision makers involved in the design,build, and testing of spacecraft, satellite, launch vehicle, and space-related technolo-gies. With routes to market through global media partners, ongoing support from itsadvisory board and channels via associations and industry bodies, Space Tech Expois the premier meeting place connecting end-users with solution providers: a platformfor industry leaders, specifiers, and buyers to meet manufacturers and the supply chainfor both civil and commercial space. As one of the largest industry gatherings in theworld, Space Tech Expo attracts scientists, engineers, and C-level professionals, govern-ment representatives, policy makers, space agencies, military, venture capitalists andinvestors, industry entrepreneurs, and buyers from the satellite communications mar-ketplace. More information at www.spacetechexpo.com.

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Exhibitors

AlanaxAlanax Technologies develops software for modeling, analyzing, and operating spacecommunication networks. Our software products are essential tools for an aerospacecommunity that is rapidly adopting internet and packet-based protocols to provide on-orbit network services for an industry that includes a growing community of cubesatdesigners and satellite app developers.

Even before hardware is built or a mission is launched, Alanax software lets aerospaceengineers and flight operators listen to the quality of voice communications, see thequality of streaming video, or experience the time it takes for a telemetry commandto be processed. This allows our customers to test out applications, network flows,protocols, and verify requirements — either virtually, or with hardware in-the-loop —and obtain high-fidelity results for their missions early in their design, reducing risk andsaving on the costs of over-engineering to compensate for uncertainty.

American Institute of Aeronautics and AstronauticsAIAA is the world’s leading professional society in the field of aerospace science, engi-neering, and operations. We are a service organization focused on creating tangible valuefor our individual and corporate members by providing products, services, and venuesthat stimulate creative technical exchange on emerging opportunities and critical prob-lems in the aerospace profession; by facilitating lifelong learning and career enhancementopportunities for aerospace professionals; by pursuing initiatives on aerospace workforcedevelopment, including a focus on early-career and next-generation professionals; andby acting as the public policy advocate and voice of the aerospace profession.

ATK Aerospace SystemsATK is an aerospace, defense, and commercial products company with operations in21 states, Puerto Rico, and internationally. News and information can be found onthe Internet at www.atk.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/atk, or on Twitter@ATK.

Base to SpaceBase2Space streamlines the hassle of regulatory governmental paperwork and pre-flighttesting for small satellite developers. By providing a cost e↵ective solution matched tothe overall mission costs, Base2Space allows your team can focus on designing, buildingand flying your spacecraft. Base2Space - leave bureaucracy and testing to us.

Embry Riddle Aeronautical UniversityEmbry-Riddle is rated number one in aviation and aerospace college education o↵eringa wide variety of air and space related degrees.

Heinlein Prize TrustThe Heinlein Prize honors the memory of Robert A. Heinlein, renowned American au-thor. The purpose of the Heinlein Prize is to encourage and reward progress in commer-cial space activities that advances Robert and his wife Virginia’s dream of humanity’sfuture in space.

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Humphries & AssociatesHumphries & Associates provides engineering consulting and technology licensing for amodular space manufacturing platform. This unique technology enables manufacturingfacilities to be developed, implemented and deployed for a wide range of spaceborneapplications

IDreamofSpaceWould you pay $10 for a chance to go to space? I Dream of Space is a New Zealandbased company which aims to create a sustainable financial mechanism to assist inbringing in the buying power of ‘the 99 percent’ into the emerging space tourism market,whilst simultaneously creating the beginnings of an addressable market for future spaceinitiatives who wish to engage the global consumer markets. Since its inception lastyear, I Dream of Space has bootstrapped itself into over a thousand participants in over30 countries, and currently has an audience of 150,000 followers across various socialmedia properties.

Infinity Aerospace: ArdulabArduLab is a low cost open source science platform conforming to the cubesat ‘U’ formfactor and designed directly for microgravity research aboard the International SpaceStation, Suborbital Launch Vehicles, and Parabolic Aircraft. The ArduLab is a NASAcertifiable and highly capable experimentation platform ready for space right out of thebox allowing you to focus on your experiment. Bring out the scientist or astronaut inyour students and empower them to launch their ideas into space.

Integrated Spaceflight ServicesSuborbital and Orbital spaceflight participant training.

International Space University (ISU)The International Space University (ISU) was founded as an international institutionof higher learning, dedicated to the development of outer space for peaceful purposesthrough international and multidisciplinary education and research programs. It is anot-for-profit interdisciplinary university founded in 1987 that o↵ers Master of Sciencein Space Studies (MSS) and Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)degrees. These are in addition to the flagship nine-week Space Studies Program (SSP),a professional development program that has convened annually every summer since1988 at various locations around the world.

ISU is dedicated to creating the leadership workforce for the global space community.As of June 2013, there are over 3500 ISU alumni from more than 100 countries, manynow in senior positions at space related agencies, companies, educational and researchinstitutions, and non-governmental organizations.

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Mach 30Mach 30 is a US based non-profit with a mission of hastening the advancement of hu-manity into a spacefaring civilization. Mach 30 approaches this mission through threeprinciples. The first principle, sustainable leadership, guides decision makers to favorlong term goals over short term gains. The second principle, open design, creates oppor-tunities for participation in hardware development to the growing community of makersand hardware enthusiasts through the methodologies of the open source software andhardware movements. The third principle, a bias toward mature technology, challengesengineers to demonstrate what can be done with today’s technology instead of propos-ing solutions that require decades of development. Current work at Mach 30 includesthe development of the first in a series of rocket test stands, the development of lowcost ground station hardware, building educational partnerships with School Factoryand the Coca Cola Space Science Center, and the development of open policies and pro-cedures concerning export controls and open source spaceflight hardware. Learn moreat mach30.org.

Made in SpaceMade In Space was founded in 2010 out of Singularity University at NASA Ames whena group of 3D printing veterans (such as Autodesk Director Gonzalo Martinez andBespoke Designs Founder Scott Summit) and Space Veterans (such as Planetary Re-sources President Chris Lewicki and 3-time Astronaut Dan Barry) met with successfulentrepreneurs (Aaron Kemmer, Jason Dunn, and Michael Chen).

Now based out of NASA Research Park the company has grown to nearly two dozenpeople with over 100 years in the space and 3D printing industry, with the focus ofbuilding a business around building additive manufacturing technologies for space.

Meteorite MenAfter appearing in numerous one-o↵ meteorite hunting television shows for PBS, Dis-covery Channel, the History Channel, the Travel Channel and others, long time friendsand expedition partners Geo↵ Notkin, science writer and owner of Aerolite Meteorites,and world famous meteorite hunter Steve Arnold were eager to take their unique blendof adventure, science, and humor to a wider audience.

MoogMoog designs and manufactures payload, spacecraft, and launch vehicle componentsand systems including spacecraft attitude control and mechanisms, reaction wheels, sunsensors, solar array deployment actuators, antenna positioners and instrument motioncontrol. We provide propulsion systems and fluid control components that supportchemical, electric and cold gas systems. Our launch vehicle o↵erings include thrustvector and steering controls, electric and hydraulic actuation and avionics includingbuild-to-print. We o↵er spacecraft vibration and shock isolation systems including Soft-Ride, payload adapters including ESPA, CubeSat carriers supported by multi-payloadsequencers, electromagnetic actuators, ground test equipment and shock testing ser-vices. Moog also develops hardware and software for spaceflight missions and groundsystems, integrating vehicle design, component design and engineering services. Moogis part of the team that started PlanetiQ.

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Moon and Back TravelWe are a news content generation and aggregation website covering space, with emphasison the personal and commercial spaceflight industry.

Our mission is to document for the general public the dawn of this new epoch inmankind’s history, and to make young students aware of the opportunities for careersin space-related fields.

Open Space UniversityPlatform for NewSpace educational content and DIY Rocket competitions.

OpenLunaThe OpenLuna Foundation was founded to return humanity to the moon through privateenterprise. Its initial goals focus on a stepped program of robotic missions coupledwith extensive public relations and outreach. Following these purely robotic missions,astronauts on crewed missions will construct a small, 6- to 10-person outpost at alocation scouted by the robotic missions. This settlement will be available to privateindividuals, government agencies and research entities. That’s what OpenLuna is about:a collaboration of professionals, students, enthusiasts, aimed toward one spectacular,world-changing goal, sustainably returning to the Moon.

Positron DynamicsPositron Dynamics’ mission is to bring down the cost of useful antimatter, using novelpositron moderation technologies enabling the production in large numbers of coldpositrons. Near-term applications include semiconductor device imaging and diagnos-tics, and aerospace non-destructive testing. The long-term goal is to harness the coretechnology, coupled with advances in positron storage techniques, for in-space propul-sion applications that enable missions to the outer Solar System and beyond.

PROSSATeamPROSSATeam: Puerto Rico Outer Space Satellites Ames-NASA Team. We are a se-lected group of students from Puerto Rico working with the Lunar Science Instituteat the NASA Ames Research Center to research and learn about new technologies,programming and space weather using ChipSats, CubeSats and CubeLab payloads.

Silicon Valley Space CenterThe Silicon Valley Space Center integrates the innovative and entrepreneurial practicesof Silicon Valley into the burgeoning NewSpace industry. This includes the Valley’spractices for business acceleration, incubation, and angel level funding. The SVSCenables entrepreneurial start-up or early-stage companies to commercialize products orservice concepts for space, and helps entrepreneurs identify niches in NewSpace markets.SVSC incorporates the Valley’s richness of technology, business, entrepreneurial finance,and educational leadership.

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Southern StarsSouthern Stars Group, LLC is a world leader in mobile applications for astronomy, andhas been developing planetarium software since 1993. In 2009, Southern Stars developedSkyFi, the first wireless iPhone-based solution for telescope control. That product, andthe first version of the SkySafari iPhone app, won a MacWorld 2010 Best of Show award.Southern Stars was the also the first company to ship a Made-for-iPad serial cable foriOS devices (SkyWire). To date, Southern Stars’ iPhone apps have been downloadedmore than 2 million times, and have earned five-star reviews on the app store and byindependent reviewers.

In 2012, Southern Stars successfully completed a crowdfunding campaign to developand launch its own satellite, called SkyCube. Due for launch in 2013, SkyCube will letsmartphone users broadcast messages and take pictures from orbit.

Headquartered in San Francisco, Southern Stars Group, LLC has more than threedecades of collective experience in developing astronomical software, telescope controlsystems, and instrumentation.

Space Frontier FoundationWe are transforming space from a government-owned bureaucratic program into a dy-namic and inclusive frontier open to people. We are determined to convert the imageheld by many young people that the future will be worse than the present, and we rejectthe idea that the world’s greatest moments are in its past.

Founded in 1988, the Space Frontier Foundation is an advocacy organization committedto realizing the vision of a greatly expanded and permanent human presence in space.Space alone o↵ers the resources necessary to ensure the survival and prosperity of ourspecies for numerous generations to come. To realize this vision, the Foundation isfundamentally transforming the conception of space as the exclusive domain of govern-ment and government a�liated organizations into a widely accessible frontier ripe withopportunity. Read about our founding and history.

Through conferences, speakers, policy papers, awards and prizes, and nationally rec-ognized projects, the Space Frontier Foundation is actively advancing the cause of“NewSpace,” the term which has come to represent space infused with the spirit ofentrepreneurial-ism and the free market. Learn more about NewSpace.

The Space Frontier Foundation is composed of a diverse, multinational array of space ac-tivists, expert scientists and engineers, media and political professionals, entrepreneurs,and passionate citizens. You too can be a part of the Space Frontier Foundation. Findout how.

Space Tourism SocietyImagine floating in zero gravity while gazing at our beautiful planet Earth majesticallyrolling by your view port. Millions of people from around the world would love to havesuch a wonderful life-enhancing experience. Founded in 1996, the Space Tourism Societyis the first organization specifically focused on the space tourism industry. Our goals: Toconduct the research, build public desire, and acquire the financial and political powerto make space tourism available to as many people as possible as soon as possible.

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Stearns & More CapitalG Stearns is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist at Stearns & More Capital focusedon Sustainability, eCommerce & Social Networks. Educated in philosophy, psychology,religion and technology. Founder S&MC SPACE & LOHAS Fund & Accelerator. Boardmember of Joint Venture Monterey Bay. Member of the National Space Society as aSpace Ambassador for Planetary Sustainability Earth Mars & Beyond...

TEA Party in SpaceOur goal is nothing less than the expansion of American civilization into the solarsystem. Fifty years ago, the United States was in a Space Race with the Soviet Union.Our nation applied the strategy we had developed in World War II – a “crash” federalresearch and development program that spared no expense to accomplish the short-term goal of landing an American on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.America can no longer a↵ord the big government “crash” model. We must return totraditional American free-market principles to expand permanently into space. It wasAmerican individuals and businesses who pioneered the wilderness, built a continent-spanning nation, and created the most prosperous economy in the history of humanity.

Teachers in SpaceTeachers in Space improves Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) edu-cation in America through summer workshops that give teachers authentic astronauttraining and real space science experiences combined with information and resourcesthat they bring back to their classrooms. Our goals are to inspire large numbers of youngpeople to study STEM while spreading understanding of the opportunities NewSpaceo↵ers. We want to attract the best and brightest to teach STEM and provide themwith the tools they need to succeed. Discover more at TIS.spacefrontier.org.

VirtuePlayVirtueSoft is creating purposeful software for humanity enriching applications. Ouraim is to produce responsible Virtual Reality programming that acts as a focal pointto inspire the imaginative vision of children and young adults. Virtue’s cutting-edge3D technology will compete in a broad range of software markets. Our technology andtools create high quality content in areas such as animation, films, simulation, onlinegames, mobile, network and embedded technologies.

Vital SpaceVital Space is a new space startup that aims to apply state of the art mobile health tech-nology, analytics, and multidisciplinary clinical expertise to capture human performanceduring aerospace training and flight. The physiologic data captured from clients willbe used to validate health technology, provide clients with tools to visualize and enrichtheir flight experience, and further research by helping to create medical risk models forcommercial spaceflight. Information regarding human performance and medical devicetechnology will be explored for potential utility in clinical medicine and research.

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WyleWyle’s test facility in San Bernardino, CA supports testing in the area of High Tem-perature & High Pressure Testing and rocket engine development and qualification ser-vices. Test articles range from Pumps, Valves, Heat Exchanger, Combustor, Cryogeniccomponents, Flow control devices, and Manifolds. Wyle supports key markets rang-ing from Energy to Aerospace. For more info contact Burt Sanchez at [email protected]

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Speaker Biographical Information


Mostafa Analoui – Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences, The Livingston GroupMostafa Analoui, Ph.D., is Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at The LivingstonGroup (New York, NY). Previously he was the Senior Director at Pfizer Global Re-search and Development. Dr. Analoui is actively involved in investment, managementand scientific/business development of nanotechnology, drug discovery/development,diagnostic imaging, and global strategies. While at Pfizer, he was the Site Head forGlobal Clinical Technology in Groton and New London, a division focusing on emerg-ing technologies for development and validation of biomarkers and diagnostics for drugdevelopment. Prior to joining Pfizer, Dr. Analoui was the Director of Oral and Max-illofacial Imaging Research, Associate Professor of Radiology at Indiana University, andAssociate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical & Comp Engineering atPurdue University. He was also President and CEO of Therametric Technology Inc. Hehas received his Ph.D. from Purdue University, followed by Post-Doctoral Fellowship atIBM TJ Watson Research Center in NY.

James Armor – Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, ATKMAJOR GENERAL JAMES B. ARMOR, JR., USAF (RET.) is Vice President, Strat-egy and Business Development for ATK Spacecraft Systems Division, Beltsville, MD.He is responsible for producing and executing the market strategy for the small satel-lite, satellite thermal systems and engineering services businesses for government andcommercial space customers. He is ATK’s lead for creating a new space market inon-orbit servicing for military, civil and commercial applications. Major General Ar-mor retired from the U.S. Air Force in January 2008, where his last position was asdirector of the National Security Space O�ce (NSSO) in the O�ce of the Under Secre-tary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C. He was responsible for coordinating all defenseand intelligence space activities, and testified on acquisition and operational issues toCongressional Committees and the UN.

Gary Barnhard – President & CEO, Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships, Inc.Gary Barnhard is the President & CEO of Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships,Inc. (XISP-Inc) a start-up company focused on International Space Station technologydevelopment work as well as Barnhard Associates, LLC, a systems engineering consult-ing firm and Internet Service Provider (Xisp.net) based in Cabin John, Maryland. Heis a robotic space systems engineer whose professional work includes a wide range ofrobotic, space, and computer systems engineering projects. Mr. Barnhard served as aSpace Systems Engineer and Information Systems Architect for EER Systems, and asa Senior Space Systems Engineer on the Grumman Space Station Systems Engineer-ing and Integration Contract (SSEIC) responsible for advanced automation and roboticsystems support. He was the Executive Secretary of the Space Station Freedom Pro-gram Robotics Working Group and received a NASA Group Achievement Award forthe Robotic Systems Integration Standards Interface Design Review Team, as well as anOutstanding Support Award from the Canadian Space Agency Space Station FreedomProgram Liaison O�ce.

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Kira Blackwell – Executive Director of Operations, Chrysalis BioTherapeuticsMs. Blackwell joined Chrysalis BioTherapeutics in November 2012 as the ExecutiveDirector of Operations. Prior to Ms. Blackwell joining Chrysalis, she served as theDirector of Strategic Relations for the Houston Technology Center (HTC) at NASAJohnson Space Center. During her time at HTC, Ms. Blackwell established the HTCAerospace Advisory Board, raised sponsorship funds, and facilitated local and inter-national partnerships with HTC, aerospace, and the commercial industries to leverageNASA/JSC’s innovative technologies, capabilities, and expertise. Prior to joining HTC,Ms. Blackwell also worked as the Director of Strategic Relations for Jacobs, one of thelargest contractors for NASA, supporting the engineering and science contract out ofNASA Johnson Space Center. As she joins our team, she brings with her a backgroundin strategic planning, business/project management, marketing, public relations, andfundraising. In addition, Ms. Blackwell is an active member of her community serv-ing on various local boards and committees, volunteering her time and expertise whereneeded with a focus on investing in the lives of our young people. As a local resident, shegraduated with her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Houston.

Carl Carruthers – Researcher Assistant, Houston Methodist Research InstituteCarl grew up in South Florida, completing his A.A. at Broward College and B.S. inChemistry/Biochemistry at Florida Atlantic University, then moving to Texas for hisM.S. in Biochemistry at Texas A&M University. Upon graduating in 2008 he beganworking at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston, Texas in the lab ofleading nuclear receptor scientists Dr. John Baxter and Dr. Paul Webb. In the Fallof 2011, in collaboration with The University of Houston and the lab of Dr. Jan-AkeGustafsson, Carl began working on his PhD thesis, titled “Transcription Factor Activa-tion Domains and Their Role in Co-Regulator Recruitment.” Carl has been the PI ofsix microgravity experiments: two fluid dynamics experiments flown on NASA reducedgravity aircraft, a genotoxicology experiment flown on STS-91, and three protein crys-tallography projects on STS-134, STS-135 and Expedition 34/35 on the InternationalSpace Station. When not in the lab he can be found flying, photographing or staringinto space.

Carissa Christensen – Managing Partner, Tauri GroupCarissa Bryce Christensen is a founder and Managing Partner of The Tauri Group, ananalytic consulting firm based in Alexandria, Virginia. Ms. Christensen is a recognizedexpert in commercial space, and for 25 years has engaged the leading edge of the spaceindustry with innovative analysis of space systems, industry economics, advanced tech-nologies, unique regulatory requirements, and underlying demand. Her on-going workwith government agencies, industry organizations, launch firms, and satellite manufac-turers and operators helps decision makers better understand market positioning, futuredemand for space services, and competitive dynamics.

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Dr. Ioana Cozmuta – Advanced Supercomputing Division, NASA Ames ResearchCenterDr. Ioana Cozumta works for STC at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division,Ames Research Center. She has been at Ames for 10 years during which she has workedextensively in the field of nanotechnology and TPS design. She has a broad expertise inthe field of Entry, Descent, and Landing on subject areas such as TPS design and relateduncertainty analysis with participation in projects including StarDust, Orion-CEV, andMSL/MEDLI. Her major focus is to try to utilize scientific judgment, systematic andcritical thinking as well as seamless use of both theoretical, analytical, and experimen-tal techniques in the field of engineering to approach subjects such as understandingmaterial catalysis under extreme conditions, high fidelity thermal ablation models, TPSdesign, uncertainty, risk and reliability analysis, instrumentation data to inform groundbased models. In the field of surface catalysis/gas-surface interactions she is the orig-inator of a study assessing the use of various computational chemistry techniques tolook into the fundamental mechanisms underlying surface catalysis. Dr. Ioana Cozumtareceived her PhD in Physics from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands in 2001followed by two postdoctoral studies at Caltech (Computational Chemistry) and Stan-ford (Genomics/Computational Biochemistry).

John Cumbers – Synthetic Biologist, NASA AmesJohn Cumbers has been working as a synthetic biologist at NASA Ames since 2008where he was instrumental in starting NASA’s Synthetic Biology Program and wherehe co-chaired the first workshop on the applications of synthetic biology to NASA’smission. John has a Ph.D in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry fromBrown University and studied the mechanisms of radiation resistance and cold tolerancein cyanobacteria from extreme environments. His work is now in the area of bioelec-trosynthesis, using electricity as an energy source to fuel biological metabolism and inmission designs for the production of food in space from in situ resources. Outside ofNASA John works with a number of synthetic biology companies. He co-founded thestartup Universal Biomining, started the SynBio Launchpad Accelerator program andthe SynBioBeta Conference and podcast series.

Richard David – Co-Founder, CEO, Editor-in-Chief, NewSpace GlobalRichard M. David is CEO and Co-Founder of NewSpace Global, a New York-based in-formation services provider that focuses on the NewSpace industry. NewSpace Global’sAnalysts track over 400 privately and publicly held companies worldwide actively po-sitioning themselves to benefit from the commercialization of space. NewSpace Globalhas been featured by CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Le Temps, USA Today, Euro Money,MillionaireAsia, Le Monde, Suddeutsche Zeitung and Hu�ngton Post. Richard hasspoken at numerous venues worldwide including Harvard Business School, the Brazil-ian Space Agency (AEB), Stanford University, Canada Space Commerce Association,Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and the Center for Vision & Values. Prior tolaunching NewSpace Global, Richard worked as a private equity fund formation attor-ney for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in their New York and London o�ces. Richardholds a JD from the University of California at Berkeley.

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Tim DeBenedictis – Founder, Southern Stars/SkyCubeTim DeBenedictis has been writing astronomy software since his high school days. Aftergraduating from MIT in 1993 with a degree in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetaryscience, Tim found himself in Silicon Valley when the internet boom began. He heldengineering positions at several financial services and technology companies throughoutthe dot-com boom, and returned to his “astronomical roots” after the bust. Tim wasalso one of the two principal designers behind the award-winning SkySafari iPhone appand SkyFi wireless controller. Tim currently resides in San Francisco, California. Inhis spare time, he enjoys cycling, backpacking, skiing, and sailing on the San Franciscobay.

Mark Deuser – President and CEO, TechShot, Inc.Mark Deuser co-founded Techshot, Inc., a product and technology development com-pany, twenty five years ago and serves as its president and chief executive o�cer. He hasguided and successfully grown Techshot to prominence, as acknowledged by numerousawards and recognition in the national media, including being listed two consecutiveyears on Inc. Magazine’s list of 500 fastest growing companies in America. Under hisleadership, Techshot has developed equipment flown aboard seven space shuttle missionsand has become the region’s leading recipient of Small Business Innovation Researchcontracts with the federal government.

Art Dula – Chairman and Founder, Excalibur AlmazArt Dula is a renowned spaceflight visionary, an entrepreneur championing commercialspaceflight, an international business leader, and a recognized aerospace attorney. Mr.Dula has over 30 years’ experience including startup support for many new spaceflightcompanies including Eagle Aerospace Inc., Space Services Inc. which launched the firstprivate US space vehicle, Spacehab Inc. which built the Spacehab modules for theNASA Space Shuttle, Space Commerce Corporation (Dula was Director and Presidentfor the first US-Russian aerospace joint venture), and legal guidance to Ad Astra RocketCompany presently under NASA contract for future deep-space programs. His historydemonstrates legal work on international space challenges to the US Congress suchas ”Space Stations and the Law: Selected Legal Issues”, plus support to drafting thelaw controlling the licensing of private space launch services. He has been a NASAconsultant on Space Shuttle contracts and legal advisor for International Space Stationissues.

Jason Dunn – Made in SpaceJason Dunn holds two degrees in aerospace engineering and is a young space en-trepreneur currently building his second space company, Made In Space. As ChiefTechnologist of the company, he is leading a team to build and fly a 3D Printer on theInternational Space Station. Once in operation it will mark the first time in historythat Humanity has manufactured o↵-Earth. In 2008 Jason formed his first company,Earthrise Space Incorporated (ESI). The mission of ESI was to give students first handexperience building real space missions. Looking for a way to get to the future faster,Jason attended the Graduate Summer Program (GSP) at Singularity University duringthe summer of 2010. In late 2010, Jason also began work with Moon Express, a con-tender in the Google Lunar X PRIZE. In January of 2013 Jason left Moon Express todedicate his entire attention to Made In Space. Today you can find him at Made InSpace Head Quarters at NASA Ames Research Park in Mo↵ett Field, CA.

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Amanda Ehly – Science Department Chair, Magnolia Science Academy Santa ClaraAs a freshman in college, Amanda Ehly began volunteering in a 1st grade classroom.Immediately she knew teaching was what she was meant to do. She continued volun-teering until she graduated in 2002. After spending three years working with elementarystudents, she pursued her multiple subject teaching credential. She went on to teachgrades first through fifth. In 2008, Amanda returned to college to obtain her authoriza-tion to teach middle school science. Her classroom experience includes pubic schools,private schools, as well as her current position in a public charter at Magnolia ScienceAcademy Santa Clara. She has also worked with Pearson Prentice Hall publishing,NAEP testing, and Alternatives Unlimited, an educational tutoring company. She hashad students recognized yearly at the Synopsis Science Fair, formed Science Bowl andScience Olympiads teams, as well as had a student medal at the 2013 INEPO science fairin Turkey. She continues to look for new and creative ways to get students interestedin science and engineering.

Lance Erickson – Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityDr. Lance Erickson received a B.S. in physics at Sonoma State, California in 1987, and aPh. D. in astronomy at the University of Florida in 1987. Following a post-doc positionat UF, Dr. Erickson joined Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach,Florida in 1988. His work in curriculum development began with the minor in SpaceStudies introduced in 1990, then a specialization of Space Studies in ERAU’s Master inAeronautics in 1991. Dr. Erickson’s research in radio astronomy and galactic dynamicscontinued with NASA grants from the JOVE program in 1998. A recent NASA-FloridaSpace Grant Consortium grant was awarded Dr. Erickson for the development of theundergraduate degree in Commercial Space Operations. He was also awarded fundingfor curriculum development and teaching space flight and technology in the Ukraine bythe Fulbright Scholar Program during the 2011-2012 academic year. His publicationsrecord includes two textbooks in space flight: Space Shuttle Operations and Technol-ogy (Linus Publications, 2007) and Spaceflight: History, Technology, and Operations(Scarecrow Press, 2010).

Lori Garver – Deputy Administrator, NASANominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Lori BethGarver began her duties as the deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics andSpace Administration on July 17, 2009. As deputy administrator, Garver is NASA’s sec-ond in command. She works closely with the administrator to provide overall leadership,planning, and policy direction for the agency. Together with the NASA administrator,Garver represents NASA to the Executive O�ce of the President, Congress, heads ofgovernment agencies, international organizations, and external organizations and com-munities. She also oversees the work of NASA’s functional o�ces. She lives in Virginiawith her husband, David Brandt, and their sons Wesley and Mitchell.

Bill Gerstenmaier – Associate Administrator Human Exploration and Operations,NASAWilliam H. Gerstenmaier is the associate administrator for the Human Exploration andOperations Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. In this position,Gerstenmaier provides strategic direction for all aspects of NASA’s human explorationof space and cross-agency space support functions of space communications and spacelaunch vehicles. He provides programmatic direction for the continued operation andutilization of the International Space Station, development of the Space Launch Systemand Orion spacecraft, and is providing strategic guidance and direction for the commer-cial crew and cargo programs that will provide logistics and crew transportation for theInternational Space Station.

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Rich Godwin – President and CEO, Zero Gravity SolutionsMr. Godwin has been very active in the U.S. Space Exploration field and is consideredan expert on national space policy. More recently, Richard has been sub-contractedas a business development consultant for SpaceX, working on their nascent DragonLabprogram. His consultancy company clients include businesses in Bio-Tech, online pub-lishing, science, STEM education, space and alternative energy engineering as well as avariety of marketing arenas. Mr. Godwin has a long history as an entrepreneur. He hasfounded, built, and successfully sold companies in the UK, Canada and the U.S. overthe past 30 years.

Rich Godwin – President and Chief Executive O�cer, Zero Gravity Solutions, IncMr. Godwin has been very active in the U.S. Space Exploration field and is considered anexpert on national space policy; to that end he has testified at a U.S. Senate Roundtable.He was called to attend a high-level national policy group to assist in the design ofAmerica’s space policy in the wake of the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster. Morerecently, Richard has been sub-contracted as a business development consultant forSpaceX, working on their nascent DragonLab program. His consultancy company clientsinclude businesses in Bio-Tech, online publishing, science, STEM education, space andalternative energy engineering as well as a variety of marketing arenas. Mr. Godwin hasa long history as an entrepreneur. He has founded, built, and successfully sold companiesin the UK, Canada and the U.S. over the past 30 years. Notable achievements in theUK include the creation of a small restaurant chain in the late 70’s, which he quicklygrew and sold for a profit. At the age of 26, Godwin purchased a 24-bedroom countrymanor estate, increased the business revenues by a factor of 40, and sold the businessonly a year later. He next purchased a small division of Thorn EMI, Plc, in London.Again, he grew and sold the company for substantial profit in just three years. Aftermoving to America in 1987, while appointed senior, exclusive broker for one of MitsubishiCorporation’s Divisions, he identified and developed another niche industry. Later, hefounded a compact disc import company in the Chicago area; he developed and grewthis organization, which rapidly became the largest import distributor of recorded musicin the U.S. with annual sales of over thirty million dollars (US$ 30,000,000.00). Fromthere, he was able to create several sub-companies, as a part of a small conglomerate,including three record labels and a book publishing company, which he still owns today

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Steve Jurvetson – Managing Director, Draper Fisher JurvetsonSteve Jurvetson is a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, where his currentboard responsibilities include SpaceX, Synthetic Genomics, and Tesla Motors (TSLA).He was the founding VC investor in Hotmail (MSFT), Interwoven (IWOV), Kana(KANA), and NeoPhotonics (NPTN). He also led DFJ’s investments in other com-panies that were acquired for $12 billion in aggregate. Previously, Steve was an R&DEngineer at Hewlett-Packard, where seven of his communications chip designs were fab-ricated. His prior technical experience also includes programming, materials scienceresearch, and computer design at HP’s PC Division, the Center for Materials Research,and Mostek. He has also worked in product marketing at Apple and NeXT Software.He was honored as “The Valley’s Sharpest VC” on the cover of Business 2.0 and chosenby the SF Chronicle and SF Examiner as one of “the ten people expected to have thegreatest impact on the Bay Area in the early part of the 21st Century.” Steve waschosen by Forbes as one of “Tech’s Best Venture Investors”, by the VC Journal as oneof the “Ten Most Influential VCs”, and by Fortune as part of their “Brain Trust ofTop Ten Minds.” Steve was honored as a Young Global Leader by the World EconomicForum, as a Distinguished Alumnus by St. Mark’s (where he was the CommencementSpeaker), and as Deloitte’s “Venture Capitalist of the Year” for 2012.

Rob Kelso – Executive Director, PISCESRob was newly announced in November 2012 as the new Executive Director of the PacificInternational Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES). Rob was a 37 year, careercivil servant of the NASA-Johnson Space Center and a former NASA Shuttle FlightDirector in NASA’s famed Mission Control Center. Rob’s career in flight operationsspanned 21 year beginning as a flight controller on STS-1 in April 1981. In February1988, Rob was selected to the Flight Director “Class of 1988”. He directed 25 SpaceShuttle Missions in the 1980’s and 90’s. He also served as NASA Mission Directorresponsible for launch/delivery of the large Chandra X-Ray telescope, the last of thegreat NASA observatories. Later, Rob served on Johnson Space Center senior sta↵ asDeputy Director for Safety and Mission Assurance at JSC. Rob has been the recipientof the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, and NASA Exceptional Service Medal.

Elizabeth Kennick – Project Manager, Teachers in Space, Space Frontier FoundationLiz Kennick was named Project Manager and Principal Investigator for Teachers inSpace in November 2011. A member of SFF’s Board since 2009, Liz was previouslyVice President of Client Technology at Morgan Stanley with a $2M annual budget for1700 software users. She holds degrees in Information Systems / Operations Analysis,English, and Education. Liz has produced Yuri’s Night NY, a space-themed party for200+ guests, annually since 2008, and TEDxMidTownNY, as space-themed speaker se-ries, in 2010-2011. Liz created the Space Frontier Foundation’s Business Plan Bootcampfor the 5 finalists in the foundation’s 2011 Business Plan Competition, and was a judgeat the 2011 SEDS Student Business Plan Competition. She has owned and operatedEscape Guesthouse LLC, a boutique bed and breakfast in Brooklyn, New York since2006.

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Jim Keravala – COO, Shackleton Energy CompanyJim Keravala is the COO and cofounder of Shackleton Energy Company Inc. He comeswith a significant background in space development and operations. He was Director ofa space company for seven years arranging launch programs and space access with Rus-sian launch vehicles, and he subsequently joined Surrey Satellite Technology as LaunchManager for five years, overseeing several successful orbital launches on Russian, Euro-pean and U.S. launch vehicles. In this role he was also involved in the establishmentof new space programs for emerging space nations. In 2012 Jim was appointed by theGovernor of Hawaii to the Board of PISCES, establishing an industrial Lunar researchfacility, reflecting his work at Shackleton Energy Company. He has a background inaerospace, spacecraft engineering and physics. With additional operational experiencein the finance, construction, transportation and mining sectors, Jim has also success-fully raised venture capital in Silicon Valley and cofounded and led several space andtechnology companies.

Jason Kessler – NASA Asteroid Grand Challenge Program Executive, NASAJason Kessler is currently working in the Innovation O�ce within the O�ce of the ChiefTechnologist at NASA Headquarters and leading the Grand Challenge to “find all aster-oid threats to human populations and know what to do about them” by leveraging newpartnerships and individual contributions through public private partnerships, citizenscience initiatives, crowdsourcing, incentive prizes, and other participatory engagementapproaches to aid in solving this problem. Previously, he served as the Deputy ProjectDirector for NASA’s SERVIR project and as the NASA Deputy Chief of Sta↵.

Eva-Jane Lark – Vice-President, BMO Nesbitt BurnsEva-Jane Lark is a Vice-President and Investment Advisor with BMO Nesbitt Burns,one of Canada’s largest full-service investment firms. For over 20 years, she has providedexpert advice on a wide variety of investment and wealth management issues. In 2003,Eva revived her childhood passion for seeing humanity live and thrive beyond Earth.Researching the state of the space industry, she began to consider how to contribute tosuch a future by taking a more active role. She has presented papers at space confer-ences, starting with the Investment Financing of Exploration. In that e↵ort, she tooka probing look at how historical journeys of exploration had been funded, discoveringa number of parallels facing the space exploration community today. She has been aninvited speaker, panellist and judge (for several NewSpace Business Plan Competitions)to discuss topics including: financing for new space companies and markets; businessaccelerators; business case issues facing Space-Based Solar Power as a future energysource; and for her insights as a keen observer of the emerging new space industries.Eva-Jane Lark is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute and holds an HonoursBachelors Degree in Commerce. She is a member of the Management Advisory Boardfor the Center for Space Power at Texas A&M University (now called SERC – SpaceEngineering Research Center) and of the Board of Advisors of The Lifeboat Foundationand SPACE Canada.

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Lon Levin – Co-founder, XM Satellite RadioLon Levin is an entrepreneur and executive with more than 20 years experience in thespace, new media, and telecommunications industries. Lon is President of SkySeven-Ventures, which works with and invests in new technologies, particularly space basedbusinesses. He is the co-founder of XM Satellite Radio and played an integral role inthe formation and development of other satellite, media, and wireless companies in-cluding Mobile Satellite Ventures, XM Canada, Motient Corporation, American MobileSatellite Corporation, and TerreStar Networks. Before his corporate career, Lon wasa partner in the law firm Gurman, Kurtis, Blask & Freedman, where he specialized inspace, satellite, media, and wireless matters. He started his career as an attorney atthe Federal Communications Commission.

Michael Lopez-Alegria – President, Commercial Spaceflight FederationMichael Lopez-Alegria is the President of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation. Hecomes from a distinguished background in aerospace which includes positions as a NavalAviator and test pilot (Capt., U.S. Navy, Ret.), NASA astronaut and InternationalSpace Station (ISS) commander. He has over three decades of experience with the U.S.Navy and NASA in a variety of roles including Naval Aviator, Navy engineering testpilot and program manager, NASA astronaut, ISS commander, and assistant director offlight crew operations. Lopez-Alegria has flown on Space Shuttle missions STS-73, STS-92, and STS-113, and served as Commander of ISS Expedition 14 in which he flew to andfrom the ISS aboard a Soyuz TMA-9. He holds three NASA records: longest spaceflight(215 days); most number of Extravehicular Activities (EVA) (10) and cumulative EVAtime (67 hours 40 minutes). Lopez-Alegria has most recently served as the Assistantfor ISS to the Director of Flight Crew Operations at NASA’s Johnson Space Center inHouston.

Alex MacDonald – Program Executive, NASA Emerging Commercial Space O�ceAlexander MacDonald leads NASA’s Emerging Commercial Space O�ce as a ProgramExecutive within NASA’s O�ce of the Chief Technologist. He serves at NASA throughan intergovernmental personnel agreement with Carnegie Mellon University, where heis a research faculty member. His academic research has focused on the economics ofspace development, beginning with his doctoral dissertation at the University of Oxfordon the long-run economic history of American space exploration. He is also a SeniorTED Fellow and a Clarendon Scholar.

Sean Mahoney – Chief Executive O�cer, Masten Space SystemsSean Mahoney is the CEO of Masten Space Systems, an aerospace R&D and flightservices company that creates and deploys reliable, reusable rocket vehicles and com-ponents. Since joining Masten in 2010 as Director of Business Operations, Sean hasfocused on building a sustainable, customer-funded business. He has been instrumen-tal in establishing Masten as one of the rising stars in the New Space movement. Heserved as COO during 2011-2012 and was named CEO in 2013. Sean has over 15 yearsof corporate and technology industry experience, having founded and led a number oftechnology start-up ventures, and raised multiple rounds of private funding. Sean beganhis career overseeing technical sales and building internal organizations as a managerat AT&T’s Enterprise hosting division. Sean received his MBA from Emory Univer-sity’s Goizueta Business School and serves in a leadership capacity for a number ofentrepreneurship and environmental non-profit organizations.

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Peter Marquez – Vice President, Global Engagement, Planetary Resources, Inc.Mr. Marquez served as the space policy advisor to two Presidents and has an extensivebackground in civil and national security space activities of the U.S. Marquez served asthe Director of Space Policy for Presidents Bush and Obama. He was responsible forthe development and execution of U.S. national space policy. He also held positions inthe acquisition, requirements and policy fields of U.S. national security space programs.Peter graduated from George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute with amaster’s degree in Science and Technology Policy. At Planetary Resources, Mr. Mar-quez works with the U.S. Government and the international community on domesticand global opportunities that will assist Planetary Resources in achieving its long-termmission.

Howard McCurdy – Professor, American UniversityDr. Howard McCurdy is professor of public a↵airs in the public administration andpolicy department at American University in Washington, D.C. Public management,organization theory, science policy, and financial management are the focus of ProfessorMcCurdy’s teaching and research. An expert on space policy, he recently completeda second edition of his award-winning Space and the American Imagination. A co-authored book on Robots in Space explores the human-machine debate, while Faster,Better, Cheaper provides a critical analysis of cost-cutting initiatives in the NationalAeronautics and Space Administration. An earlier study of NASA’s organizational cul-ture, Inside NASA, won the 1994 Henry Adams prize for that year’s best history on thefederal government. Among his other publications are books on public administration,the space station decision, and the myth of presidential leadership. He is often consultedby the media on public policy issues and has appeared on national news outlets such asthe Jim Lehrer News Hour, National Public Radio, and NBC Nightly News.

Ryan McLinko – Conference Chair, Space Frontier FoundationRyan McLinko is a Systems Engineer at Sierra Nevada Corporation, where he is devel-oping flight control systems for the Dream Chaser vehicle, is a Project Manager andDirector at the Space Frontier Foundation, where he chairs the annual NewSpace con-ference and serves on the Board of Directors, and is co-Founder and CEO of Rostrum,LLC, which provides integrated conference management solutions. He also serves as anadviser to the SEDS-USA Endowment Fund. Ryan is a graduate of the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering;his Master’s thesis was entitled “Structural Design of Low Cost, Rapid DevelopmentSatellites”. At each of the summers during his tenure at MIT, he has interned withvarious organizations and companies: the Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project, InfoScitexCorporation, United Launch Alliance, and SpaceX. While in school, he was heavily in-volved with SEDS, serving many roles in the MIT chapter, including President, servingas Webmaster and then Vice Chair in SEDS-USA, and chairing the SpaceVision 2007Conference. Furthermore, he was heavily involved with the MIT Satellite Team, ProjectTALARIS, Mars Gravity Biosatellite Project, MIT Rocket Team, MIT Power BeamingTeam, UAV Team, and Space Architects Group, MIT AIAA, and E33 Productions.

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Todd Meyerrose – Founder and General Partner, Talos VenturesOver the last 15 years, Dr. Meyerrose has led a successful career in regenerative medicine,completing graduate research in Craniofacial Biology and Development at the Univer-sity of Southern California and in Molecular Cell Biology at the Washington Universityin St Louis. He has helped develop therapeutic interventions for genetic disorders,wound healing, and bone marrow transplantation. Following his post-doctoral studyat the Whitehead Institute in Boston, Dr. Meyerrose has launched several successfulcompanies, aimed at accelerating the development of emerging technologies into ther-apeutic intervention. Expanding this concept to drive even more resources to thesetechnologies, he formed Evil Genius consulting and Leverage Venture Capital Groupto provide venture funds, micro-loans, and executive mentoring services to early stagehigh technology companies. Dr. Meyerrose is currently involved in technology sourcingand commercialization from within the network of NASA scientists and engineers.

Charles Miller – President & Owner, NexGen Space LLCMr. Miller is the President of NexGen Space LLC, which provides client-based servicesat the intersection of commercial space, civil space and public policy. Mr. Miller servedrecently as NASA Senior Advisor for Commercial Space where he advised senior NASAleaders on commercial space options and strategies. He also served as NASA program ex-ecutive for the Commercial Reusable Suborbital Research (CRuSR) program, managerof NASA’s Commercial RLV Technology Roadmap study, and the leader of NASA’s pro-pellant depot study team. Prior to coming to NASA, Mr. Miller co-founded NanoracksLLC, a disruptive entrepreneurial venture that has delivered over 90 paying customerpayloads to the ISS in the last two years, and has at least 120 customer payloads undercontract. In the 1990s, Miller was the founder and President of ProSpace, which wascalled “The Citizens’ Space Lobby”. Under Mr. Miller, ProSpace was instrumental inthe passage of space-related legislative initiatives, including the Commercial Space Actof 1998. Miller has received several awards for his work in the aerospace field, includingthe “Vision in Action” award from the Space Frontier Foundation.

James Muncy – Principal, PoliSpaceJames A. M. Muncy is the founder and principal of PoliSpace, an independent space pol-icy consultancy that helps space entrepreneurs and ‘intrapreneurs’ succeed at the nexusof business, public a↵airs, and technology. His current clients include several companiesand organizations in the emerging commercial launch and human spaceflight industry,ventures o↵ering commercial services to NASA science and spaceflight programs, andfirms developing operationally responsive launch capabilities for the U.S. Air Force.

Andrew Nelson – COO and VP of Business Development, XCOR AerospaceAndrew Nelson is Chief Operating O�cer and Vice-President of Business Developmentfor XCOR Aerospace. In this role, he is responsible for leading the XCOR business teamthat performs a variety of critical functions including: the establishment of commercialoperations of the XCOR Lynx suborbital vehicle at operating locations around the USand abroad, regulatory compliance & export licensing, all sales & marketing functionsof the company, intellectual property strategy, and the other administrative functions ofthe company such as fundraising, investor relations, administration, finance and humanresources. Andrew has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Ohio University focusedon avionics and space telecoms. He studied at the London School of Economics and hasan MBA with a dual focus on Finance and Entrepreneurship from MIT’s Sloan Schoolof Management.

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Joshua Neubert – Executive Director, Night Rover ChallengeMr. Neubert has extensive experience managing non-profit organizations and incentiveprize competitions. He began his career at the X PRIZE Foundation where he led thedevelopment of the X PRIZE Cup education programs engaging over 12,000 students inscience and technology competitions, demonstrations, and hands-on activities. Duringhis time at the X PRIZE Foundation he also created the Spirit of Innovation Awards.Mr. Neubert then teamed up with Nancy Conrad, wife of late Apollo 12 CommanderPete Conrad, to expand the Spirit of Innovation Awards and launch Conrad Founda-tion. In 2011, he partnered with the Cleantech Open and NASA’s O�ce of the ChiefTechnologist to launch the Night Rover Challenge, a $1.5 Million dollar energy storagecompetition. This competition is part of NASA’s successful Centennial Challenges pro-gram driving innovation in revolutionary technologies of interest to the space agency.In 2012, Mr. Neubert founded Zozude.com to help students and teachers better connectwith educational competitions, and co-founded the Institute of Competition Sciences, anon-profit think-tank on competition based innovation.

George Nield – Associate Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration O�ce ofCommercial Space TransportationDr. George C. Nield serves as the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Trans-portation at the FAA. He has over 30 years of aerospace experience with the Air Force,at NASA, and in private industry. Dr. Nield came to FAA from the Orbital SciencesCorporation, where he served as Senior Scientist for the Advanced Programs Group.His previous assignments include working as an Astronautical Engineer at the Spaceand Missile Systems Organization, a Flight Test Engineer at the Air Force Flight TestCenter, and an Assistant Professor and Research Director at the USAF Academy. Hewas the Manager of the Flight Integration O�ce for the Space Shuttle Program at theNASA Johnson Space Center, and later worked on both the Shuttle/Mir Program andthe International Space Station Program. A graduate of the United States Air ForceAcademy, he holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from StanfordUniversity, and an MBA from George Washington University. He is also a Flight TestEngineering graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School. Dr. Nield is a registered Profes-sional Engineer and a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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Geo↵ Notkin – Meteorite MenGeo↵ Notkin hosts the award-winning television adventure series Meteorite Men onScience Channel and has also appeared in shows for Discovery, NASA EDGE, TLC,PBS, A&E, National Geographic Channel, History Channel, Travel Channel, and theBBC. He is a science writer, meteorite specialist, photographer, world traveler, and theowner of Aerolite Meteorites LLC, a company that provides meteorite specimens tocollectors and institutions worldwide. Geo↵ has appeared on Coast to Coast and theToday show, and has been interviewed by The Washington Post, The Hu�ngton Post,Space.com and many other leading publications. An award-winning author, Geo↵ haspublished more than 150 articles on meteoritics, paleontology, astronomy, adventuretravel, history, and the arts, with his work appearing in Astronomy, Astronomy Now,Sky & Telescope, USA Today, Wired, Reader’s Digest, The Village Voice, Seed, Rock &Gem, Geotimes, American Digger, Meteorite, and many other national and internationalpublications. He is the author of the books Meteorite Hunting: How To Find TreasureFrom Space and Rock Star: Adventures Of A Meteorite Man, and a popular science andarts blog, The Logical Lizard, for TucsonCitizen.com. Geo↵ has worked with many of theworld’s major institutions including The American Museum of Natural History, NewYork; The Natural History Museum, London; and The Center for Meteorite Studiesat ASU, Tempe. He is a member of The Explorer’s Club, the Electronic FrontierFoundation, the International Meteorite Collectors’ Association, and the Associationof Applied Paleontological Sciences. A lifelong space program devotee, he is on theadvisory boards of Deep Space Industries and the Astrosociological Research Institute.The minor planet 132904, discovered at Mount Palomar, was named after Geo↵ inrecognition of his contributions to science and education. Adventuring has taken Geo↵to forty-five countries and some of our planet’s most remote areas including northernSiberia, Chile’s Atacama Desert, the Australian Outback and he has three times crossedthe Arctic Circle.

Gary Oleson – Senior Engineer, TASCGary Oleson is a strategist and systems analyst with training in operations research,statistics, and decision analysis. He has been a senior aerospace engineer at TASCfor over 16 years supporting several government agencies. Before TASC, he workedas a systems engineer in the Space Station Program O�ce as primary Systems Engi-neering liaison with the logistics and maintenance communities. Oleson’s experiencespans intelligence, national security, civil, and commercial endeavors. In addition to theaerospace industry, he has worked in the computer manufacturing, civil justice, energy,and software industries. Oleson has a long history in space advocacy, starting with thecampaign against the Moon Treaty in 1979. He was the L5 Society representative inWashington during the Congressional debate over the first space station budget. He isan Advocate of the Space Frontier Foundation and a member of the American Insti-tute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He was given the Space Pioneer Award by theNational Space Society.

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Rich Phillips – Founder and President, Phillips & CompanyRich Phillips is the President of Phillips & Company, a management consulting firmthat helps leading companies achieve sustainable revenue growth through strategic com-munications and business development campaigns. For more than 20 years, Phillips hasworked with our nation’s leading companies and political leaders to help build lead-ership positions for companies, products, issues and ideas. With a focus on spacetechnology, homeland security, mobile computing, telecommunications and green tech-nology, Phillips & Company helps organizations own the issues driving their respectivemarkets through public relations, integrated marketing, business development, brandpositioning and public a↵airs. Phillips is currently Executive Director of the Next Stepin Space Coalition and founder of the Space Economy Leadership Summit series.

Bruce Pittman – Flight Projects Director, NASA Ames Space PortalBruce Pittman is the founder and president of Profit Engineering Technologies and iscurrently working as a contractor at NASA as the Director of Flight Projects and ChiefSystem Engineer in the NASA Space Portal and the Emerging Commercial Space O�ceat the NASA Ames Research Center. He has been involved in high technology projectdevelopment, project management and system engineering in a variety of industries forover 30 years. Mr. Pittman started his career working as a civil servant at NASA Ameson a number of space projects including Pioneer Venus, the Infrared Astronomy Satellite(IRAS), and the Cryogenic Grating Spectrometer. Mr. Pittman has also been a founderand member of the startup team in a number of early growth companies includingSpaceHab, Kistler Aerospace, and New Focus. He has authored or co-authored over 3dozen papers on a technical, management and business topics in aerospace and hightechnology. For his technical work Mr. Pittman has been awarded 2 NASA SpecialAchievement Awards and four NASA Group Achievement Awards. In 2012 he waspresented with the “Service to the Frontier” award by the Space Frontier Foundation.

Peter Platzer – CEO, NanoSatisfiPeter is a high-energy physicist who passionately believes that everyone should haveaccess to space. Originally from Austria, he trained at CERN and the Max PlanckInstitute before turning to business with the Boston Consulting Group in Germany,Singapore, and Thailand. Peter started a quantitative investment management firmout of Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and has spent the pastdecade on Wall Street, including with Deutsche Bank and The Rohatyn Group. Afterattending Singularity University’s inaugural Executive Program in 2009 and realizingthe potential for commercial space exploration, Peter decided to leave finance to pursuehis true passions – space and education. He went on to graduate from the mastersprogram at the International Space University, interned at NASA Ames’ Space Portal,and started NanoSatisfi in 2012 to make space exploration available to everyone. Peteralso continues to serve as a Career Coach at HBS and has been named a White HouseChampion of Change in 2013 for his groundbreaking work in using crowd-funding forcommercial space exploration.

Richard Pournelle – Senior Vice-President of Business Development, NanoracksRichard Pournelle has been involved in commercial space for over ten years. Prior toNanoRacks, he worked for investment bank Near Earth helping aerospace companiesraise capital. Richard spent eight years working at Mojave Spaceport as Director ofBusiness Development for XCOR Aerospace and served as Professional Sta↵ for theCommittee on House Administration where he helped create the THOMAS legislativeinformation system.

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Dan Rasky – Director, Emerging Commercial Space O�ceDr. Rasky is an internationally recognized expert on advanced entry systems and ther-mal protection materials. He has developed his expertise working five years for the U.S.Air Force and more than 20 years for NASA. In 2009, Rasky completed a one-year In-teragency Personnel Assignment (IPA) with the Space Grant Education and EnterpriseInstitute, Inc., San Diego, Calif., where he spent considerable time at SpaceX provid-ing expert consultation about the design and development of the heat-shield for theirDragon spacecraft. In addition to the SpaceX Dragon capsule, Rasky has made signifi-cant contributions to flight hardware used on eight NASA missions, including the NASAStardust comet sample return mission. Today, Rasky is the director and co-founder ofthe Space Portal at the NASA Research Park, Mo↵ett Field, Calif. Through their initia-tives and collaborations the Space Portal has had a significant role in the establishmentof several notable and successful NASA programs, including the Commercial OrbitalTransportation Systems (COTS) program and the Commercial Reusable SuborbitalResearch (CRuSR) program. He has six patents and 64 publications.

Duane Ratli↵ – Chief Operating O�cer, Center for the Advancement of Science inSpaceDuane Ratli↵, CASIS Chief Operating O�cer, has most recently served as senior vicepresident at Dynamac Corporation, with operations expertise in supply chain manage-ment, government program management, space-based R&D, biotech facilities support,and payload development and execution. He also served as the liaison between SpaceFlorida and NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) for all operations and logistics plan-ning for the Space Life Sciences Laboratory. As the o�cial liaison to NASA, the COOengages with requisite research and implementation centers to develop relationshipsthat enable full utilization of NASA capabilities and legacy expertise. The directorserves as a critical interface to the NASA ISS program o�ce, coordinating the plan-ning and execution of CASIS-managed payloads via identifying appropriate resourcesand technology partners to ensure mission success of payloads and facilitating payloaddevelopment, testing, integration and execution of flight projects in collaboration withthe NASA ISS payloads o�ce.

Benjamin Reed – Deputy Project Manager, NASA SSCOBenjamin Reed is the Deputy Project Manager of NASA’s Satellite Servicing Capabili-ties O�ce (SSCO). He started working for NASA in 1998 as the materials engineer forthe Hubble Space Telescope. Most recently, he was the deputy project manager for theRobotic Refueling Mission. He received his bachelors of science in chemistry from TheCatholic University of America.

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Bob Richards – Co-Founder & CEO, Moon Express, Inc.Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards is a space entrepreneur and futurist. He is a Co-Founder ofthe International Space University, Singularity University, SEDS, the Space GenerationFoundation and Google Lunar X PRIZE competitors Odyssey Moon Ltd. and MoonExpress, Inc., where he currently serves as CEO. As Director of the Optech SpaceDivision from 2002-2009, Bob led the company’s technology into orbit in 2004 and tothe surface of Mars in 2007 aboard the NASA Phoenix Lander, making the first discoveryof falling Martian snow. Bob studied aerospace and industrial engineering at RyersonUniversity; physics and astronomy at the University of Toronto; and space science atCornell University where he became special assistant to Carl Sagan. Bob is an evangelistof the “NewSpace” movement and has been a catalyst for a number of commercial spaceventures. He is a contributing author of “Blueprint for Space” (Smithsonian Institution1992); “Return to the Moon” (Apogee Books 2005) and “The Farthest Shore” (ISUPress 2009). In 2005 Bob received a Doctorate of Space Achievement (honoris causa)from the International Space University for “distinguished accomplishments in supportof humanity’s exploration and use of space.”

Rex Ridenoure – Founder and CEO, IZUP LLCRex is founder and CEO of IZUP LLC, a NewSpace consultancy operating at the inter-section of the space-technology, commercial space-development and investor communi-ties. He is also an active Board member at Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation (home ofthe RocketCamTM product family), a firm he co-founded in 2001 and led as CEO andPresident through spring 2012. Rex is a space-mission engineer by education and expe-rience and entrepreneur by nature. Before Ecliptic, he was Chief Mission Architect atSpaceDev (1998-99) and BlastO↵ Corporation (2000), focused on defining commerciallunar, Mars and near-Earth asteroid missions. In 1998 at Microcosm, Inc., he played acatalytic role in the successful salvage of the commercial communications satellite Asi-aSat 3 via a novel lunar swingby trajectory—and still the only commercial spacecraftto have ever traveled to the vicinity of the Moon. For the first 20 years of his careerat Hughes, Lockheed, Utah State University and JPL, Rex held technical and projectleadership positions on twenty pathfinding space missions and projects as a spacecraftsystems engineer, test conductor, mission engineer, mission planner, mission architect,project engineer and study leader. Notable missions include Viking/Mars (as an under-graduate student intern), some of the first Shuttle-launched commercial communicationssatellites, the Hubble Space Telescope, Voyager/Neptune, Deep Space 1, Shuttle GetAway Special experiments and SURFSat.

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Dana Rohrabacher – Congressman, U.S. House of RepresentativesCurrently serving his 13th term in Congress, Dana Rohrabacher represents California’sscenic 48th District. Stretching along the Pacific coastline of Orange County from SealBeach to Laguna Beach, the district includes Seal Beach, Sunset Beach, Surfside, Coronadel Mar, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Aliso Viejo, Newport Coast,Newport Beach, Laguna Niguel, Fountain Valley as well as portions of Midway City,Westminster, Santa Ana and Garden Grove.As Chairman of the Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats Subcommittee of theHouse Foreign A↵airs Committee, Rohrabacher is a most forceful spokesman for hu-man rights and democracy around the world. For example, during the 110th Congress,Rep. Rohrabacher championed the e↵ort to boycott the 2008 Beijing Olympics byintroducing a resolution to that e↵ect emphasizing China’s litany of human rights vio-lations. Rohrabacher is also committed to securing our borders and a staunch opponentof amnesty for illegal immigrants. During his tenure as Chairman, one of his first prior-ities was to investigate the U.N. Oil for Food program and potential foreign influence inthe Oklahoma City Bombing. Rep. Rohrabacher will continue to look into technologytransfer issues, visa policies practiced by the State Department, Chinese proliferation ofnuclear weapons technology as well as other volatile areas of concern such as the massivecultivation of opium poppies in Afghanistan. As a senior member of the InternationalRelations Committee, Rohrabacher led the e↵ort to deny Most Favored Nation tradingstatus to Communist China, citing the rogue nation’s dismal human rights record andopposition to democracy.Rohrabacher is a strong voice for lower government spending and taxes. His record offiscal restraint and pro-growth policies has won him acclaim from the National TaxpayersUnion, Citizens Against Government Waste, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and theNational Federation of Independent Business.

Martine Rothblatt – Founder & CEO, United TherapeuticsMartine Rothblatt, Ph.D., launched United Therapeutics Corporation(www.unither.com) in 1996 and has served as Chairman of its Board of Directors andChief Executive O�cer since its inception. Prior to forming United Therapeutics shestarted Sirius Satellite Radio (1990) and served as its Chairman & CEO. Dr. Rothblattearned a Ph.D. in Medical Ethics from the Royal London College of Medicine &Dentistry, chaired the International Bar Association’s Law & Medicine Committeeand authored the book Your Life or Mine: Resolving the Conflict Between Publicand Private Interests in Xenotransplantation (Ashgate House, 2004). Dr. Rothblatthas also published several other books on satellite communications, gender di↵erences,genetic engineering, organ transplantation and Middle East peace.

Robbie Schingler – Co-Founder, Planet LabsRobbie is responsible for Planet Labs’ business operations and product development.Previously, Robbie worked at NASA serving as the Chief of Sta↵ for the O�ce ofthe Chief Technologist, incubating the Space Technology Program. He managed theexoplanet-finding mission TESS, and served as lead for NASA’s Open Governmentactivities. Robbie received a BS in Engineering Physics from Santa Clara University,an MBA from Georgetown and a Masters from the International Space University.

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Mark Sirangelo – Chairman, Sierra Nevada Corporation - Space SystemsMr. Sirangelo leads Sierra Nevada Corporation Space Systems, a producer of satellites,space transportation vehicles, propulsion systems and space subsystems. SNC SpaceSystems over its 25 years of business has been engaged on over 400 space missions andhas produced over 4,000 systems, subsystems and components for a wide variety of earthorbit and planetary missions. SNC is also the owner and prime developer of the DreamChaser, a LEO orbital space vehicle transportation system currently being funded inpartnership with NASA. Mr. Sirangelo was formerly the Chairman & CEO of SpaceDev,Inc., prior to its merging with SNC and has spent his earlier career leading aeronautics,space and technology companies. Mr. Sirangelo’s industry board memberships includebeing the Chairman Emeritus of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, the foundingand current Chairman of eSpace, The Center for Space Entrepreneurship and a Trusteefor the Aeronautics Industries Association. His charity boards include being a boardmember and trustee of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and afounder, Vice Chairman and Treasurer of the International Centre for Children. Corpo-rate and personal awards include NASA/Space Foundation’s Technology Hall of Fame,the Defense Industry’s Fast Track 50, Deloitte’s Fast Track 500, being a finalist in Ernst&Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year and on Inc. Magazine’s top 200 companies. Mr. Sir-angelo holds Doctorate, MBA and Bachelor of Science degrees, has been scientificallypublished, has served as an o�cer in the US Military and is a licensed pilot.

Dennis Stone – Manager of Program Integration, Commercial Crew & Cargo Pro-gram, NASADennis Stone is a commercial space expert with 35 years of experience. He is currentlyManager of Program Integration in NASA’s Commercial Crew & Cargo Program O�ce(C3PO) at the Johnson Space Center. This innovative Program manages an $800 millioninvestment in Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS). NASA’s two COTSpartners, SpaceX and Orbital Sciences, are developing and demonstrating commercialcapability to transport cargo to LEO and ISS. SpaceX has successfully completed itsCOTS program, while Orbital plans demonstration launches in 2013. He earned twoBachelor of Science degrees, in Physics and Electrical Engineering, from the Universityof Hawaii. He is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA. He enjoys travelling, having visited30 nations.

Berin Szoka – President, TechFreedomBerin Szoka is the President of TechFreedom. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow and theDirector of the Center for Internet Freedom at The Progress & Freedom Foundation.Before joining PFF, he was an Associate in the Communications Practice Group atLatham & Watkins LLP, where he advised clients on regulations a↵ecting the Internetand telecommunications industries. Szoka received his Bachelor’s degree in economicsfrom Duke University and his juris doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law.He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia and California (inactive).He has served on the Steering Committee for the D.C. Bar’s Computer & Telecom-munications Law Section, and currently serves on the FAA’s Commercial Space Trans-portation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). Szoka has chaired, and currently serveson, the Board of Directors of the Space Frontier Foundation, a non-profit citizens’ ad-vocacy group founded in 1988 and dedicated to advancing commercial opportunity andexpansion of human civilization in space.

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Frank Todaro – Host, The Invisible WorldFrank Todaro is a NYC-based actor/voice actor/host of radio programs and liveevents/producer/director/board op/ film curator/ninja-robot from the future. He hasgiven a voice to many larger than life characters in animation, commercials and videogames, such as “Weaver” the giant talking spider in Two Worlds 2, as well as smallerfolks such as “Buzz Lightyear” in Littlebigplanet; Toy Story 3. Each week Frank at-tempts to connect the dots as the award-winning host of The Invisible World, a weeklyparanormal and science based radio program, and also performs as “Mister Voice” theannouncer and lighting/sound board op for the improv competitions at National Com-edy Theatre. Frank has made a home on screen with guest spots on shows such as TheScience Channel’s Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible with Michio Kaku, as wellas on stage as a member of several improvised comedy troupes including Start Trekkin’and Critical Hit!. When not giving a voice to fictitious characters, Frank does so foremerging artists in his position as Film Curator for the The Tank, a nonprofit theatrein midtown Manhattan.Frank has set out to be the Indiana Jones of the broadcast industry, with experience onboth sides of the camera, stage, and mic. His mission is on track.

Rick Tumlinson – Co-founder, Space Frontier FoundationRick N. Tumlinson Co-Founded the Space Frontier Foundation. Mr. Tumlinson led theteam which took over the Russian Mir Space Station as the world’s first commercialspace facility. He was a founding trustee of the XPrize and is credited with helping startwhat is called the “NewSpace” revolution. Rick worked for Gerard K. O’Neill at theSpace Studies Institute in Princeton New Jersey, founded the New York City L-5 Society,and was a key player in starting the Lunar Prospector project. He also helped pass theSpace Settlement Act of 1988. Tumlinson produced the animated videos used to gainfunding for the Air Force’s DC-X rocket project, the International Space University, theX-33 rocket program, and the Air Force’s Space Command. Rick was also ExecutiveDirector and co-Founder of the Foundation for the International Non-GovernmentalDevelopment of Space (FINDS). Rick founded the Permission to Dream project, whichhas placed dozens of telescopes in the hands of schools and educational groups aroundthe world. He helped start NASA’s prestigious Lunar Exploration Analysis Group.In 2005 Mr. Tumlinson founded Orbital Outfitters, which produced the world’s firstcommercial space suit in 2007. He is also working on Project: Space Diver, whose goalis to return people from space without spacecraft to start the world’s most extremesport.

Jacques Vallee – General Partner, Euro-America VenturesJacques F. Vallee serves as a General Partner of Euro-America Ventures, a SiliconValley group that invests in North America and Europe, primarily in high-technology.He was born in France, where he received a B.S. in mathematics at the Sorbonne andan M.S. in astrophysics at Lille University. Coming to the U.S. as an astronomer at theUniversity of Texas, where he co-developed the first computer-based map of Mars forNASA, Jacques later moved to Northwestern University where he received his Ph.D. incomputer science. He went on to work at SRI International and the Institute for theFuture, where he directed the project to build the world’s first network-based groupwaresystem as a Principal Investigator on Arpanet, the prototype for the Internet.

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Werner Vavken – AMSE Advisory Board Chairmen, Valley Christian Schools, VicePresident of STEM Partnerships at Quest Institute for Quality EducationMr. Vavken retired in the year 2000 from a career in telecommunication research andproduct development engineering spanning 30 years. He has personally designed as wellas managed large engineering teams to develop equipment used by Fortune 500 compa-nies, equipment onboard Air-Force One, the U.S. Presidential ranches, and in privateindustry in over 30 countries. During that time Mr. Vavken also consulted for numerouscompanies in the Silicon Valley and Europe and founded two electronics companies inCalifornia. He also taught engineering seminars at California State Polytechnic Uni-versity as well as served on Cal Poly’s School of Engineering Advisory Board for over10 years. In 2000 he was called into full-time ministry as the Senior Associate Pastorof Family Community Church. While serving at this church it became the 4th fastinggrowing AOG church in America, growing from 250 to over 2600 attendees. Since 2008,Mr. Vavken has served as the Director of Students of the school’s Applied Math, Scienceand Engineering Institute (AMSE), that provides a unique curriculum and co-curricularprogram for students interested in career paths in those areas.

Dr. Erika Wagner – Business Development Manager, Blue OriginDr. Erika Wagner serves as Business Development Manager for Blue Origin, supportingthe development of technologies to enable human access to space at dramatically lowercost and increased reliability. Prior to joining Blue Origin, Dr. Wagner worked withthe X PRIZE Foundation as Senior Director of Exploration Prize Development andfounding Executive Director of the X PRIZE Lab@MIT. Previously, she served at MITas Science Director and Executive Director of the Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program, amulti-university spacecraft development initiative to investigate the physiological e↵ectsof reduced gravity. Her interdisciplinary academic background includes a bachelor’sin Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University, a master’s in Aeronautics &Astronautics from MIT, and a PhD in Bioastronautics from the Harvard/MIT Divisionof Health Sciences and Technology. She is also an alumna of the International SpaceUniversity.

Dennis Wingo – President, SkycorpDennis Wingo is a 35 year veteran of the computer, academic, and commercial space-flight communities. Dennis began his career in the late mainframe/early microcomputerera as a field engineer, test engineer and later a design engineer working on systemsas disparate as mainframe based printers to early local area networking for computers.Dennis began his career in academic research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville(UAH) where he pioneered the use of COTS computers as experiment controllers formeasuring the microgravity environment on the Space Shuttle. Dennis then moved tothe commercial space arena where his company Skycorp had the first commercial spaceact agreement for the deployment of satellites from the International Space Station (ISS)in 2000. Dennis and Skycorp patented methods associated with satellite assembly onorbit based on that e↵ort. Following that e↵ort Dennis was a founder of Orbital Recov-ery Corporation, the world’s first commercial on orbit servicing company. Dennis andSkycorp continue today in these pioneering e↵orts and Dennis’s book “Moonrush” de-scribed the economic and political basis for the commercialization and industrializationof the Moon.

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Conference Team

Conference Team

Ryan McLinko (Space Frontier Foundation, Sierra Nevada Corporation) – Conference ChairSara Jennings (Space Frontier Foundation, Marketwired) – Assistant ChairJonathan Card (Space Frontier Foundation) – Development ManagerBen Corbin (Space Frontier Foundation, Astronauts4Hire) – Saturday Day ManagerCurtis Iwata (Georgia Tech) – Thursday Day ManagerDaniel Pastuf (SEDS-USA) – Friday Day ManagerOrian J. Breaux (Space Frontier Foundation, inSparq) – Registration Desk ManagerBrad Cheetham (We Want Our Future Initiative ) – VIP LiaisonCameron Crowell (Virginia Tech) – Exhibits ManagerJules Feldhacker (University of Colorado) – Catering ManagerPaul Fuller (Space Frontier Foundation) – Finance ManagerLilian Haney (Space Frontier Foundation) – PR ManagerRick Hanton (Yuri’s Night) – A/V ManagerLaura Stiles (University of Colorado) – Gala ManagerJames Tumber (Space Frontier Foundation) – Hotel LiaisonBrandon Willey (Space Frontier Foundation) – Exhibits DirectorBrian Young (Rostrum LLC, Space Frontier Foundation) – Website ManagerMichael Zwach (Deep Space Industries, SEDS-USA ) – Volunteer ManagerBrian Jennings (USC) – Assistant Registration ManagerHannah Kerner (University of Northern Carolina) – Assistant Day Manager - SaturdayEkaterina Khvostova (University of Northern Carolina) – Assistant Day Manager - ThursdayJustin Siples (Deep Space Industries) – Assistant A/V ManagerAurelien Stamper (Virginia Tech) – Assistant Catering ManagerAna Tarano (Stanford) – Assistant Volunteer ManagerVarun S Vruddhula (University at Bu↵alo) – Assistant Day Manager - FridayAbigail Wallace (Biola University) – Assistant PR ManagerNick Caiello (Rochester Institute of Technology) – Assistant A/V ManagerBrogan Davey (MSU Denver) – Assistant Registration DeskMarcus Bautista (Chaun-Choung Technology Corp.) – General VolunteerJenissa Garcia (Moon and Back Travel, Exelis) – General VolunteerJasmine Johns (Deep Space Industries) – Social MediaBrent Justice (Purdue University, SpaceX) – Assistant Hotel ManagerLuisa Fernanda Zambrano Marin (Spaceport Puerto Rico) – General VolunteerJoseph Moellers (Iowa State University, Interplanetary Reactions) – Assistant Finance Manager/Gen VolYuvraj Singh (Venture Capital International) – General VolunteerSimon Sorensen (San Jose State University) – General Volunteer

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Space Frontier Foundation New Space 2013

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Now interviewing

for full-time, part-time & 1099 positions

to support International Space Station

Technology Development Missions

Testing Delay Tolerant Networking (DTN) Technology with Real World Requirements

Pervasively Networked DTN Gateway for International Space Station

Near Earth Emergency Preparedness and Response Network

cis-Lunar Pervasively Networked Communications

Space-to-space/surface Power Beaming

Advanced Vision and Task Area Recognition (AVATAR)

Converged Electrophoresis and Lithography Locker (CELL)Converged Electrophoresis and Lithography Locker (CELL)

Spacecraft Planning and Control Environment (SPaCE)

Practical Cost Effective Near Real Time State/Process Flow Modeling

High Value 3D Printing in the Space Environment

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