Conference Schedule for Sunday, May 27

Conference Schedule

Fri. May 25	Sat. May 26	Sun. May 27	Mon. May 28
Sunday, May 27

9 am - 9:50 am
Jim Muncy, Government Relations Consultant at XCOR Aerospace; Founder, PoliSpace and Space Frontier Foundation
General Dession	Independence A

9:50 am - 10:05 am
Networking Break
Break	Independence Foyer

10:05 am - 10:55 am
Alexandra Hall, Google Lunar X-Prize
General Session	Independence A

10:55 am - 11:10 am
Networking Break
Break	Independence Foyer

11:10 am - 12 pm
NSS Heritage Panel
General Session	Independence A
Lori Garver, Deputy Administrator, NASA and Former NSS Executive Director
Ben Bova, NSS Governor
Art Dula, NSS Governor
Paul Damphousse, NSS Executive Director, Moderator
Fred Ordway, NSS Governor

12:10 pm - 13:50 pm
Rick Tumlinson, Founder, The EarthLight Institute
Luncheon	Constitution C, D, E
Space Pioneer Award Presentation to Art Dula Space Pioneer Award Presentation to Robert Farqhar

2 pm - 3 pm
Art Dula, Founder, CEO, Excalibur Almaz
Featured Session	Independence A
Student Track, organized by SEDS
Track Session	Independence F, G
Kaizad Raimalwala. Purdue Univ SEDS. Purdue SEDS chapter activities and technical teams.
Andrew Dianetti, University of Buffalo SEDS. SpaceVision Conference; SEDS run conference occurring Nov. 8-11 at UB
Farnaz Ghadaki, International Space University. International Space: developing space capabilities using small satellite programs
Daniel Nevius, University of Cambridge. Lunar 3D Printing - Launching Less By Launching More
Transhumanism and Human Space Exploration
Track Session	Independence H
The Potential of Artificial General Intelligence and Whole-Brain Emulation to Revolutionize Space Exploration. Dr. Ben Goertzel, Chief Scientist: Aidyia Holdings. Chairman: Novamente LLC, Biomind LLC, AGI Society, OpenCog Foundation. Vice Chairman: Humanity+
Living in Space, Organized by Kepler Space Institute
Track Session	Independence I
See room for speaker name and time
General Presentations
Track Session	Farragut Square
America 2.0: Enlisting Society In the Cause of Space Colonization. John Cserep
The CisLunar EconoSphere
Track Session	Lafayette Park
Introduction to CisLunar Space. Ken Murphy
Mining the Moon for L1: Lowering Risks, Sharing Costs. John Cserep

3 pm - 4 pm
Robert Zubrin, The Mars Society
Featured Session	Independence A
Student Track, organized by SEDS
Track Session	Independence F, G
Student Social Hour
Transhumanism and Human Space Exploration
Track Session	Independence H
Synthetic Sensory Experiences from Distributed Sensor Networks A Key Educational Basis for Continued Worldwide Support of Space Exploration and Colonization. David Orban. CEO, dotSUB, Founder, WideTag. Advisor, Faculty member, Singularity University. Director, Humanity+
Living in Space, Organized by Kepler Space Institute
Track Session	Independence I
See room for speaker name and time
General Presentations
Track Session	Farragut Square
Declan O'Donnell
A Comparison of Astronaut Near-Earth Object Missions. Al Globus
The CisLunar EconoSphere
Track Session	Lafayette Park
A New Affordable Paradigm of CisLunar Exploration, Education, and Commerce. Dave Dunlop
Mining Lunar Polar Ice for Fuel Production. Jim Keravala
Vermont Technical College Lunar Lander Mission. Dr. Carl Brandon

4 pm - 5 pm
Tim Pickens, Commercial Space Advisor / Chief Propulsion Engineer, Dynetics
Featured Session	Independence A
Student Track, organized by SEDS
Track Session	Independence F, G
Michael Laine, liftPort
Trina Patterson, ATK
Rick Tumlinson, Space Frontier Foundation
Paul Graham, OpenLuna
Transhumanism and Human Space Exploration
Track Session	Independence H
Dr. Paul John Werbos. Program Director. ECS. U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)
Living in Space, Organized by Kepler Space Institute
Track Session	Independence I
See room for speaker name and time
General Presentations
Track Session	Farragut Square
Ten-Year Forecast for Launches and Markets for Commercial Reusable Suborbital Vehicles. Carissa Christensen
A Strategic Path to Sustainability and Mission Profiles Relating to On-Orbit Emergency Response. Gordon Smith
The CisLunar EconoSphere
Track Session	Lafayette Park
Student Presentation: Aris, A Residence in Space
CisLunar Economic Development in Communications and Surface Transportation. Paul Graham, OpenLuna
Student Presentation: Plenidus
An Integrated Space Transportation and Logistics System Based on Fully Reusable Vehicles and Infrastructure (Nodes): The Next Big Space Access Goal

5 pm - 6 pm
Robert Farquhar, Executive for Space Exploration at KinetX, Inc., on Lagrange Point Missions
Feature	Independence A
Transhumanism and Human Space Exploration
Track Session	Independence H
Speakers To Be Announced
Living in Space, Organized by Kepler Space Institute
Track Session	Independence I
Speakers To Be Announced
General Presentations
Track Session	Farragut Square
Economics of Robotic Repairs and Refueling to Commercial Satellite Missions. Phillip Kalmanson
The CisLunar EconoSphere
Track Session	Lafayette Park
An Integrated Space Transportation and Logistics System Based on Fully Reusable Vehicles and Infrastructure (Nodes): The Next Big Space Access Goal [Continued from 4:50 pm]
Student Presentation: Concordia
GRAIL Mission Report. Dr. David Smith

6 pm - 7 pm
NSS Heritage Cocktail Reception (Cash Bar)

7 pm - 10:30 pm
Keynote Speaker, Lori Garver, NASA Deputy Administrator.
NSS Awards Dinner	Independence A
Award Presentation to Fred Ordway III. NSS Awards.

Speakers and presentations are subject to change. While we will strive to maintain an updated schedule on the website, please check with on-site volunteer and signage for any last minute changes.

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