New Generation Space Leaders Program Offers Mentoring, Networking

The annual Space Symposium features events, mentoring and networking opportunities specifically aimed at young space professionals age 35 or younger.

Workshops, luncheons and presentations help New Generation participants understand critical space issues, such as how policy and budgets are developed. Multiple networking events bring young professionals together with senior leaders in an informal environment. Plus, the daily Space Symposium master moderators are selected from the New Generation ranks.

SpaceSLAM
A new networking opportunity will be offered this year for New Generation participants. SpaceSLAM is a competition between space enthusiasts and professionals in front of a live audience for applause, bragging rights and prizes.

SpaceSLAM is part of the Space Foundation’s New Generation Initiatives and is co-sponsored by SLS and Orion Industry Team, with host Hans Davies, Senior Associate at Toffler Associates, and special guest Bill Nye.

Who Should Attend New Generation Space Leader Events?
Young space professionals who:

• Are looking to advance their careers
• Want to create new contacts and gain visibility
• Are eager to learn more about their chosen career field
• Want to help set the direction for the future of the space industry

See the Space Symposium’s New Generation Space Leaders Program agenda here.

Co-sponsors
a.i. solutions; Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions; Aerojet Rocketdyne; Airbus Group, Inc.; Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI); Arianespace; ATK; Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.; Booz Allen Hamilton; Colorado Space Business Roundtable (CSBR); Colorado Space Coalition; EaglePicher Technologies, LLC; El Pomar Foundation; Euroconsult; Exelis; FedEx; Fisher Space Pen; Government Executive Media Group; High Impact Creative; Holland & Hart LLP; Inmarsat; Intelsat General Corporation; Launchspace; Lockheed Martin; Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB); MetiSpace Technologies, Inc.; Millennium Engineering and Integration Company; Moog Inc.; Müller-BBM VibroAkustik Systeme, Inc.; National Science Teachers Association; Northrop Grumman; Orbital Sciences Corporation; Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC); PAE; Pulsed Harmonix; 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: May 2014 (Volume: 13, Issue: 5).