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InterContinental Hotel, Dallas, Texas
Crystal 4&5 Ballroom
Wednesday, May 23
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Registration - West Registration Second Floor
Thursday, May 24
7:00 am – 10:00 pm Registration - West Registration Second Floor
Friday, May 25
7:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration - West Registration Second Floor
8:30 am
Conference opening
* Kirby Ikin, Chairman, National Space Society Board of Directors
* Keith Graf, Director, Office of the Governor, Aerospace and Aviation, State of Texas
9:00 am – 10:00 am
* Congressman Nick Lampson, United States Congress, Texas 22nd Congressional District
* Michael Coats, Center Director, NASA Johnson Space Center
10:00 am - 11:00 am
* Alex Tai, Chief Operating Officer, Virgin Galactic
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
* Shannon Lucid, NASA Astronaut
* Don Pettit, NASA Astronaut
12:00 pm - 2:00pm Featured Luncheon
* Eric Anderson, President and CEO, Space Adventures
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
* George Nield, FAA Deputy Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation
* Scott Hubbard, Carl Sagan Chair at the SETI Institute
* Jim Benson, Founder/CEO, Benson Space Company
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
* John Carmack, CEO, Armadillo Aerospace
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
* Greg Allison, Executive Vice President, National Space Society
* Tim Pickens, President, Orion Propulsion
* David Gump, CEO, Transformational Space LLC
* Chuck Lauer, Vice President of Business Development, Rocketplane Kistler
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
* Rick Tumlinson, Co-Founder, Space Frontier Foundation; CEO XTreme Space; Chairman, Orbital Outfitters
* Granger Whitelaw, President, Rocket Racing League.
* Charles M. Chafer, Chief Executive Officer, Space Services Inc.
* John Spencer, President, Space Tourism Society
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm - Dinner
* Ben Bova, Science Fiction Author and Editor
* NSS Space Settlement Student Awards
Saturday, May 26
8:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration - West Registration Second Floor
9:00 am - 10:00 am
* Congressman Ralph Hall, United States Congress, Texas 4th Congressional District
* Neil Woodward, Deputy Director, Constellation Systems, NASA
10:00 am - 11:00 am
* General Simon 'Pete' Worden, Director, NASA Ames Research Center
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
* Paul Spudis, Geologist and Lunar Scientist
* Laurie Leshin, Director of Sciences and Exploration, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Featured Luncheon
* Buzz Aldrin, Apollo Astronaut
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
* Alan Lindenmoyer, Manager, Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office, NASA
* George French, Chairman and CEO, Rocketplane Kistler
* Gwynne Shotwell, Vice President Business Development, Space Exploration Technologies
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
* Brett Alexander, President, Personal Spaceflight Federation
* Rick Homans, Executive Director, New Mexico Spaceport Authority
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
* Robert Hopkins, Chief of Strategic Communications, NASA
* Joe Mayer, Chairman, Coalition for Space Exploration
* Lori Garver, Parter, The Avascent Group
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm - Space Bloggers Summit
* Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit.com
* Anthony Duignan-Cabrera, Managing Editor, Space.com and Editor, Ad Astra Magazine
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm - NSS Gala
* Speaker: Steve Squyres, Principal Investigator for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission
* Presentation of the Von Braun Award to Dr. Squyres
* Presentation of the Space Activist of the Year
* Presentation of the NSS National Excellence Awards
* Presentation of the Space Pioneer Awards
8:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration - West Registration Second Floor
9:00 am - 10:00 am
* Robert Zubrin, President of the Mars Society
10:00 am - 11:00 am
* Donna Shirley, Former Mars Exploration Program Director, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
* Ben Bova, Author and Editor
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
* Dr. Alain Bensoussan, Former Chairman of the European Space Agency (ESA) Council
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Featured Luncheon
* Rusty Schweickart, Apollo 9 Astronaut and Chairman, B612 Foundation
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
* Ken Davidian, Program Manager, Centennial Challenges Program, NASA
* Brad Edwards, President and Founder, Carbon Designs Inc.
* William Pomerantz, Director of Space Projects, X Prize
3:00pm - 4:00 pm
* Alan Hale, Discoverer of Comet Hale-Bopp
* Wallace Fowler, Director, Texas Spacegrant Consortium
| * Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides, President, Space Generation Foundation * Elizabeth Bozek, Chairman, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space * Jessy Cowan, Ames Research Center * Andrew Hoppin, Ames Research Center |
| * Dr. Eugene Hargrove, Professor, University of North Texas * Dr. Mark Lupisella, Researcher, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm - Dinner
* Speaker: Senator Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, Apollo 17 Mission Scientist and former U.S. Senator
* Presentation of the inaugural O'Neill Award for Space Settlement to Senator Schmitt
* Presentation of the NSS Chapter Awards