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Apply Now to Attend Space Generation Fusion Forum 2015

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Feb. 19, 2015) - The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is accepting applications until March 28 to attend the Space Generation Fusion Forum 2015, a U.S. space event for select university students and young professionals from around the world.

Fusion Forum 2015 will take place April 12 and 13 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA, and will be held in conjunction with the Space Foundation's 31st Space Symposium.

Fusion Forum assembles a select group of up to 50 top young professionals and students from various areas of space -- government, industry and academia -- for interactive panel discussions, presentations from today's space sector leaders and a unique opportunity to engage with peers from around the world.

Fusion Forum attendees will have the opportunity to meet many high-level international space leaders through networking events and select Space Symposium activities, including a New Generation reception, the Space Symposium's opening ceremony and the Ball Aerospace Exhibit Center opening event. The Space Foundation's New Generation Space Leaders programs at the Space Symposium help young space professionals gather insight through interaction with senior industry leaders.

Apply by March 28 to be chosen for the Space Generation Fusion Forum 2015 at http://spacegeneration.org.

See more about the 31st Space Symposium at www.spacesymposium.org.

About SGAC
Based in Vienna, Austria, SGAC is a non-governmental organization representing students and young space professionals in the space sector to the United Nations, space agencies, industry and academia. SGAC has permanent observer status in the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), and was conceived at the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Space (UNISPACE-III) in Vienna in 1999. SGAC currently has a network of 5,000 university students and young professionals in the space sector in over 90 countries. For more about SGAC, go to http://spacegeneration.org.

About the Space Foundation
Founded in 1983, the Space Foundation is the foremost advocate for all sectors of space, and is a global, nonprofit leader in space awareness activities, educational programs and major industry events, including the annual Space Symposium, in support of its mission "to advance space-related endeavors to inspire, enable and propel humanity." Space Foundation World Headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA, has a public Discovery Center, including El Pomar Space Gallery, Northrop Grumman Science Center featuring Science On a Sphere® and the Lockheed Martin Space Education Center. The Space Foundation has a field office in Houston and conducts government affairs from its Washington, D.C., office. It annually publishes The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, and through its Space CertificationTM and Space Technology Hall of Fame® programs, recognizes space-based innovations that have been adapted to improve life on Earth. Visit www.SpaceFoundation.org, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter and YouTube, and read our e-newsletter Space Watch.


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