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Wednesday, September
19, 2007 |
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6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Athenaeum, Caltech
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Welcome Reception and Registration
Hosts
Ares
Rosakis Director GALCIT; Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, California
Institute of Technology
Dwight Streit Vice President,
Northrop Grumman Space Technology |
Thursday, September
20, 2007 |
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7:30 a.m Outside Beckman Auditorium
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Registration and Continental Breakfast |
8:30 a.m.
Beckman Auditorium |
Introduction and Welcome
Jean-Lou
Chameau President, California
Institute of Technology
Keynote Speaker
Ronald
D. Sugar Chairman, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Reflection on Fifty Years in Space
(transcript of remarks, pdf)
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9:00 a.m.
Beckman Auditorium
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The Story of Space Exploration
Session
Chair
Paul
Dimotakis Chief Technologist, JPL; John K. Northrop Professor of Aeronautics and Professor of Applied Physics, California
Institute of Technology
Speakers
Honorable Harrison "Jack" Schmitt Astronaut
How Science High-Jacked the Apollo Program
Ed Stone Director Emeritus, JPL; David Morrisroe Professor of Physics, California
Institute of Technology
A New View of the Solar System
Gentry
Lee Chief Engineer for the Planetary Flight
Systems Directorate, JPL
The Evolution of Space Engineering |
10:15 a.m.
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Coffee Break and Model Exhibit |
10:45 a.m.
Beckman Auditorium
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Panel Discussion: Space and
the Environment, Sensible Space Investment
Introduction and Welcome
Charles
Elachi Director, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory
Moderator
Miles
O'Brien Chief Technology and
Environment Correspondent, CNN
Panelists
William F. Ballhaus, Jr. President and CEO, Aerospace Corporation Frank Fernandez Director Emeritus, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
Abdul
Kalam 11th President of India, Distinguished
Professor, IIT
Charles Kennel Professor and Director Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego Burt Rutan Founder, President, and CEO, Scaled Composites, LLC
Honorable Andrea Seastrand Executive Director, California Space Authority |
12:30 p.m.
Outside Beckman Auditorium
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Lunch and Displays/Exhibits |
1:45 p.m.
Beckman Auditorium
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The
Future of Space Exploration I
Session Chair
David Rutledge, Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Kiyo and Eiko Tomiyasu Professor of Electrical Engineering, California
Institute of Technology
Speakers
Michael Griffin Administrator,
NASA
Fifty Years of Space
Yannick d'Escatha President,
Centre National d'Études Spatiales
Space to Increase Our Knowledge of the Universe, the French
Contribution
Jean-Jacques Dordain Director General,
European Space Agency
Discovering Planet Earth and the Universe - An ESA View on Space
Exploration
Abdul Kalam 11th
President of India, Distinguished Professor, IIT
World Space Vision 2050
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3:10 p.m.
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Coffee Break and Model Exhibit |
3:40 p.m.
Beckman Auditorium
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The Future of Space Exploration II
Session Chair
Tom Romesser Vice President, Northrop Grumman Space Technology
Speakers
Ronald Sega Under Secretary, United States
Air Force
Enabling Space Exploration
Masato Nakamura Project Manager, Project-C Satellite, Institute of Space & Astronautical Science (ISAS/JAXA)
JAXA's Space Exploration Scenario for the Next Twenty Years
France CÓrdova President, Purdue University
The Next 50 Years in Space: Inspiring A
New Generation To Reach For The Stars
Ares Rosakis Director GALCIT; Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, California
Institute of Technology
A "Model" Program to Educate Future Space Engineers and Scientists
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6:30 p.m.
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Pasadena
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Reception and Conference Banquet
Host
Jean-Lou Chameau President, California
Institute of Technology
Keynote Speaker
John
C. Mather James Webb Space Telescope Senior Project Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; 2006 Nobel Laureate for
Physics
The Next Fifty Years of Scientific Exploration
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Friday, September
21, 2007 |
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7:30 a.m.
Outside Beckman Auditorium
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Continental Breakfast |
8:30 a.m
Beckman Auditorium
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Special Session
A Tribute to Simon Ramo
Alexis
Livanos President,
Northrop Grumman Space Technology
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9:00 a.m.
Beckman Auditorium
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The Future of Space Exploration:
Industry Perspective
Session Chair
Robert S. Dickman Executive
Director, AIAA
Speakers
Elon Musk CEO, SpaceX
The Future of Space Exploration from the
Private Sector
David Thompson Chairman and CEO, Orbital Sciences
Corporation
From Wall Street to Olympus Mons: Can the
Commercial Space Sector Help Advance Space Exploration?
Joanne Maguire Executive Vice President, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
The Next 50 Years in Space
David Whelan Corporate
Vice President, Boeing Corporation
Working Together - Future Space Exploration
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10:25 a.m.
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Coffee Break |
10:55 a.m.
Beckman Auditorium
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The Future of Space Exploration:
Academic and Scientific Perspective
Session Chair
Eugene Tattini Deputy
Director, JPL
Speakers
Berrien
Moore III Director, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans,
and Space, University of New Hampshire
As Riders on the Earth Together
Jonathan Lunine Professor
of Planetary Sciences and Physics, University of Arizona
New Worlds Beyond the Asteroids: The Exploration of Saturn's Moons
Michael
Werner Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Closing Keynote Speaker
Neil deGrasse Tyson Director,
Hayden Planetarium
Delusions of Space Enthusiasts - Past, Present, and Future |
12:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
Click here for one page pdf of program.


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