Corporate Partnership Dinner will Feature Under Secretary of the Air Force

Eric Fanning, the Under Secretary of the Air Force, USAF, is this year’s featured speaker at the 30th Space Symposium Corporate Partnership Dinner. A key event at the annual Space Symposium, the Corporate Partnership Dinner recognizes the organizations that support Space Foundation education, research, analysis, policy and space awareness programs.

The dinner will be held on May 20 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA, and is co-sponsored by Raytheon, with corporate host Lynn A. Dugle, president, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS), and Space Foundation board member.

Fanning is responsible for all Air Force affairs on behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force, including organizing, training and equipping the force. He serves as acting Secretary of the Air Force in the Secretary’s absence. Prior to assuming his current position, he served as the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy/Deputy Chief Management Officer.

The 30th Space Symposium is scheduled for May 19-22 at The Broadmoor, and will attract over 9,000 participants, including more than 100 top-level speakers and panelists representing military, civil, commercial and academic organizations from around the globe.

Reserve Dinner Tickets Now
Register for the Space Symposium and reserve meal tickets at www.spacesymposium.org. A discount is currently available on standard industry registration, if paid by April 25, 2014.

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. solutions; Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions; Aerojet Rocketdyne; Airbus Group, Inc.; Arianespace; ATK; Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.; Booz Allen Hamilton; Colorado Space Business Roundtable (CSBR); El Pomar Foundation; Exelis; Government Executive Media Group; Intelsat General Corporation; Lockheed Martin; MetiSpace Technologies, Inc.; Millennium Engineering and Integration Company; Moog Inc.; Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC); PAE; Raytheon; Scitor Corporation; Secure World Foundation; SES Government Solutions; SLS and Orion Industry Team; Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC); SpaceX; Spincraft; SSL; Stellar Solutions,Inc.; The Boeing Company; The SI Organization; United Launch Alliance; and Universities Space Research Association (USRA); Aviation Week, SatNews Publishers; SpaceNews and TechBriefs Media Group are media partners.

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