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Current Confirmed Speakers In Alphabetical Order

The list will be updated as information becomes available.

Speaker
Ade Abiodun
Former Chairman of UN COPUOS
Eric Anderson
Eric Anderson
Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Planetary Resources (Bio)
speaker
Gary Barnhard
President and CEO, Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships, Inc. (XISP-Inc); NSS Vice President at Large, NSS BoD exOfficio, NSS CEC/CEO and ED emeritus
Speaker
Ashley Bander
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy
speaker
Edward Birrane
Senior Professional Staff, Space Department, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Charles Bolden
Charles F. Bolden
Administrator, NASA (Bio)
Ben Bova
Ben Bova
Science Fiction Author and Editor; NSS Board of Governors (Bio)
Speaker
Chris Carberry
Executive Director, Explore Mars, Inc.
Scott Carpenter
Commander Scott Carpenter
Member of NASA's "Mercury Seven" astronauts, Mercury 7 Astronaut. (Bio)
Speaker
Sean Casey
Co-Founder, Silicon Valley Space Center
Speaker
Joe Cassady
Executive Director, Advanced Programs Engineering, Aerojet
Speaker
John Cassanto
President, BioSpace Experiments, Inc.
Speaker
Christine Chaplain
Government Accountability Office
Speaker
Carissa Christensen
Founder and Managing Partner, The Tauri Group
Speaker
Howard Chipman
Aurora Aerospace
Speaker
Lynn Cline
NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, Retired
Speaker
Sean Connaughton
Secretary of Transportation, Commonwealth of Virginia
Steve Cook
Steve Cook
Director of Space Technologies, Dynetics (Bio)
Speaker
Patricia Cooper
President, Satellite Industry Association
speaker,
John Cserep
Laser Engineer. Former Director of the Space Frontier Foundation
Damphousse
Paul Damphousse
Executive Director, National Space Society (Bio)
speaker
Brendan Dessanti
Graduate Student, Georgia Tech College of Engineering
VIP
Jeanne DiFrancesco
Principal, ProOrbis, LLC (Bio)
Hugh Downs
Hugh Downs
Chairman, NSS Board of Governors; broadcaster, television host, producer, and author (Bio)
Matt Duggan
Matt Duggan
Manager, ISS Systems Integration, Boeing (Bio)
Arthur Dula
Arthur Dula
Founder, CEO, Excalibur Almaz; NSS Board of Governors (Bio)
Brian Duffy
Vice President and JSC Program Manager, Space Launch Systems, ATK Aerospace Group (Bio)
Robert W. Farquhar
Robert W. Farquhar
Executive for Space Exploration at KinetX, Inc.
Speaker
Sarah Factor
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy
speaker
Don Flournoy
Professor of Telecommunications, Ohio University
speaker
John Garred
Attorney, Tucker Ellis and West, LLP
Peter Garretson
Peter Garretson
Former Chief of Future Science and Technology Exploration for Headquarters, USAF; NSS Board of Directors (Bio)
Lori Garver
Lori B. Garver
Deputy Administrator, NASA (Bio)
John Glenn
Senator John H. Glenn
Member of NASA's "Mercury Seven" astronauts, Mercury 6 and Space Shuttle Astronaut; NSS Board of Governors. (Bio)
Speaker
Al Globus
Senior Research Associate, San Jose State University
Speaker
Mike Gold
General Counsel, Bigelow Aerospace
Speaker
Richard Godwin
Consultant, SpaceX
Paul-Graham
Paul Graham
Project Manager, OpenLuna Foundation (Bio)
Jeff Greason
Jeff E. Greason
CEO and Co-Founder, XCOR Aerospace (Bio)
Speaker
David Gump
President, Astrobotic Technology
Alex Hall
Alexandra Hall
Senior Director, Google Lunar X PRIZE (Bio)
Speaker
Philippe Hazane
CNES Representative and Space Attache, French Embassy
Speaker
Bill Hill
Bill Hill, NASA Headquarters, Moderator
speaker
Thomas B. Joslyn
LtCol. USAF, U.S. Air Force Academy/DFAS
Jim-Keravala
Jim Keravala
Chief Operating Officer and cofounder of Shackleton Energy Company Inc. (Bio)
Amaresh Kollipara
Amaresh Kollipara
Principal, Space Angels Network(Bio)
speaker
Narayanan Komerath
Professor, Georgia Tech College of Engineering
Hitoshi Kuninaka
Hitoshi Kuninaka
Program Director, JSPEC (Lunar Planetary Program Group)/JAXA (Bio)
Speaker
Michael Leventhal
Attorney, Founder of MC Squared, The Law Firm; and MC Squared, The Consultancy
Chris Lewicki
Chris Lewicki
President and Chief Engineer, Planetary Resources (Bio)
Speaker
Juergen K. von der Lippe
Principal, VDLConsult
VIP
Michael Lopez-Alegria
President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation (Bio)
VIP
Garry Lyles
Chief Engineer, NASA Space Launch System, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
speaker,
Jeff Manber
President, NanoRacks Inc.
VIP
Todd May
Program Manager, Space Launch System, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Speaker
Doug McCuiston
Director, Mars Exploration Program, NASA
Speaker
Charles Miller
speaker,
Jim Muncy
Government Relations Consultant at XCOR Aerospace; Founder, PoliSpace and Space Frontier Foundation
Speaker
Andrew Nelson
Chief Operating Officer, XCOR Aerospace (Bio)
speaker,
Declan O'Donnell
Declan Joseph O'Donnell, PC
Frederick Ordway
Frederick I. Ordway, III
Space pioneer and author; NSS Board of Governors (Bio)
Speaker
Blake Ortner
Explore Mars, Inc.
Tim Pickens
Tim Pickens
Commercial Space Advisor / Chief Propulsion Engineer, Dynetics (Bio)
Richard Phillips
Richard Phillips
Phillips and Company
speaker
Bruce Pittman
Director, Flight Projects and Chief System Engineer, NASA Space Portal
Seth Potter
Seth Potter
Associate Technical Fellow, Boeing
speaker,
Rex Ridenoure
President, Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation (Bio)
speaker
Keith Scott
Principal Engineer, The MITRE Corporation
Speaker
Kevin Schmadel
VP, Government Relations, Universities Space Research Association
Speaker
John Schumacher
Astrium North America
Tom Shelley
Tom Shelley
Tom Shelley, President, Space Adventures, Ltd. (Bio)
speaker,
Wayne Sidney
Spacecraft Engineer, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA JPL
Michael Simpson
Michael K. Simpson
Executive Director, Secure World Foundation; NSS Board of Governors (Bio)
VIP
Mark Sirangelo
Chairman, Sierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems Board (Bio)
speaker,
Gordon Smith
DSER Strategy Group. Co-author of "Space Policy via Macro-Economic Analysis"
VIP
Rick Tumlinson
Founder of The EarthLight Institute (Bio)
Speaker
Philip Varhghese
Project Manager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA JPL
Natasha Vita-More,
Natasha Vita-More
Chairman of Humanity+. Advocate of human enhancment and radical life extension. (Bio)
Speaker
Marh Voytek
NASA Lead for Astrobiology and Deputy Program Scientist, Mars Science Laboratory
Speaker
James Warren
Attorney, Tucker Ellis and West, LLP
Speaker
Bob Werb
speaker
Ludmilla Werbos
Partner, IntControl LLC.
speaker
Paul Werbos
Partner, IntControl LLC.
Speaker
Laurie Wiggins
speaker
Dennis Wingo
CEO, Skycorp Inc.
speaker,
Robert Zubrin
Founder and President, Mars Society
Richard Zurek,
Richard Zurek
Project Scientist, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA JPL (Bio)


Speakers and program subject to change.


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