Space Symposium

Register by April 25 for Discounted Rate on Standard Industry Registration

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Expect full government participation at this year’s 30th Space Symposium, plus an unprecedented number of international speakers and panelists. The 30th Space Symposium will be held May 19-22 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA, and a discount is currently available on standard industry registration, if paid by April 25, 2014.

The Space Symposium website provides information in 71 languages, and includes the complete agenda and speakers list, plus registration information at www.SpaceSymposium.org.

Speakers and panelists include more than 100 top civil and military space leaders, featuring:

  • Col Dominique Arbiol, FAF, Deputy Commander, Joint Space Programme, Ministry of Defence, France
  • Col. Neal Barlow, USAF, Acting Chief Scientist, Air Force Space Command, United States Air Force Academy
  • Charles F. Bolden, Jr., NASA Administrator
  • Blake Bullock, Director, Civil Air and Space, Business & Advanced Systems Development Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems
  • Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper, Jr., USAF (Ret.), Director of National Intelligence
  • Matthew J. Desch, Chief Executive Officer, Iridium Communications, Inc.
  • Eric Fanning, Under Secretary of the Air Force, USAF
  • BG Jeffrey A. Farnsworth, USA, Deputy Commanding General for Operations, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC)/Army Forces Strategic Command (ARSTRAT)
  • Michael C. Gass, President and Chief Executive Officer, United Launch Alliance
  • Dave Gallagher, Director for Astronomy and Physics, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Samer Halawi, Chief Executive Officer, Thuraya Telecommunications Company
  • Yasushi Horikawa, Ph.D., Chairman, United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
  • Roger A. Krone, President of Network and Space Systems, The Boeing Company  
  • Letitia A. Long, Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  • John C. Mather, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate, Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope, NASA
  • Matt Mountain, Ph.D., Director, Space Telescope Science Institute
  • Walter J. Natynczyk, (General, CA, Ret.), President, Canadian Space Agency
  • Dr. Ger Nieuwpoort, Director,  Netherlands Space Office
  • Lt. Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, USAF, Commander, 14th Air Force
  • Sara Seager, Ph.D., MacArthur Fellow, Professor of Planetary Science and Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Gen. William L. Shelton, USAF, Commander, Air Force Space Command
  • Vlada Shilina, Associate Vice President, International Strategy & Business Development Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC)
  • Brig. Gen. Roger W. Teague, USAF, Director of Strategic Plans, Programs and Analyses, Air Force Space Command
  • Maj. Gen. Martin Whelan, USAF, Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Space Command
  • Deborah Westphal, Managing Director, Toffler Associates

Co-sponsors
The Space Symposium officially kicks off Monday evening, May 19, with a spectacular opening ceremony, co-sponsored by Northrop Grumman. Other co-sponsors include: a.i. solutionsAeroflex Microelectronic Solutions; Aerojet RocketdyneAirbus Group, Inc.ArianespaceATKBall Aerospace & Technologies Corp.; Booz Allen HamiltonColorado Space Business Roundtable (CSBR); El Pomar Foundation; Exelis; Government Executive Media GroupIntelsat General CorporationLockheed MartinMetiSpace Technologies, Inc.Millennium Engineering and Integration CompanyMoog Inc.Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC); PAERaytheonScitor Corporation; Secure World Foundation; SES Government Solutions; SLS and Orion Industry Team; Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC); SpaceXSpincraftSSLStellar Solutions,Inc.; The Boeing CompanyThe SI OrganizationUnited Launch Alliance; and Universities Space Research Association (USRA)Aviation WeekSatNews Publishers; SpaceNews and TechBriefs Media Group are media partners.

 

This article is part of Space Watch: April 2014 (Volume: 13, Issue: 4).


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