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October 14

9:00AM–10:00AM: Check In & light Breakfast
 


10:00AM–10:30 AM: Opening Remarks

 

10:30AM–11:00AM: New Worlds, New Wealth: An Off-World Business Case

Moderator: Jack kuhr research director payload pro

  • Krystle Caponio Chief Business Officer AstroForge
  • George Sowers Professor Colorado School of Mines
  • Adrian Mangiuca Managing Partner Rational Futures
  • Mehak Sarang Director of Industry Integration Open Lunar Foundation

11:00AM–11:30AM: Built for LEO, Bound for Mars

Moderator: Jacqueline Feldscher Managing editor payload

  • Eric Romo President & COO Impulse Space
  • Topher Haddad Cofounder & CEO Albedo
  • John Reed Chief Rocket Scientist United Launch Alliance
  • Rob Chambers Director of Disruption Lockheed Martin

11:30AM–12:00PM: Making History, Making Tracks: Commercial Landers on the Move

Moderator: Jacqueline Feldscher Managing Editor Payload

  • Jason Kim CEO Firefly Aerospace

  • Elizabeth Kryst CEO ispace-U.S.

12:00PM–1:30PM: Lunch

1:30PM–2:00PM: From Red Tape to Red Planet

Moderator: Loren Grush Space reporter Bloomberg News

  • Dave Cavossa President Commercial Space Federation (CSF)

  • Mary Guenther Head of Space Policy Progressive Policy Institute

  • John Neal Executive Director, Space Policy US Chamber of Commerce

2:00PM–2:30PM: A fireside chat Presented by booz allen hamilton

Moderator: Mo islam ceo arkaea media group

  • Josh Arceneaux Director of Human Spaceflight Booz Allen

2:30PM–3:00PM: Reporter's Notebook: Covering the Second Space Age

Moderator: Mo Islam CeO payload

  • Jacqueline Feldscher managing editor payload

  • Loren Grush Space reporter Bloomberg News
  • Eric Berger Reporter Ars Technica

3:00PM–3:30PM: Break

3:30PM–4:00PM: Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Innovation Over

Moderator: Jack Kuhr research director payload pro

  • Jaret Matthews Founder & CEO Venturi Astrolab, Inc. 

  • Trent Martin SVP of Space Systems Intuitive Machines

  • Justin Cyrus ceo Lunar Outpost

4:00PM–4:30PM: Harvesting the High Ground

Moderator: Jack Kuhr Research Director Payload pro

  • Andrew Hazelton Cofounder Interstellar Mapping

  • Matt Gialich ceo AstroForge

  • Chris Salvino CEO and Chief Engineer Lunar Helium-3 Mining, LLC

4:30PM–5:00PM: break

5:00PM–5:30PM: Commercial at the Core: Engineering an Industry-Led Economy (presented by the aerospace corporation)

Moderator: Ron Birk Principal Director Space Enterprise Evolution The Aerospace Corporation

  • Walter Schroeder Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer CisLunar Industries

  • Timothy Bulk Chief Technical Officer Aurex

  • Kelli Kedis Ogborn Vice President Global Space Programs Space Foundation

5:30PM–6:00PM: Harvesting the High Ground

Moderator: Douglas Gorman Reporter payload

  • Andrew Hazelton Cofounder Interstellar Mapping

  • Matt Gialich ceo AstroForge

  • Chris Salvino CEO and Chief Engineer Lunar Helium-3 Mining, LLC

5:30PM–6:00PM: From Regolith to Runways: Building the Future in Space

Moderator: Jack Kuhr Research Director Payload pro

  • Kari Abromitis Senior Lead - Space Infrastructure Redwire Space 

  • Evan JensenS VP of Engineering Icon

  • Sam Ximenes CEO / Space Architect Astroport Space Technologies

  • Ross Centers ceo Ethos Space

6:00PM–8:00PM: Cocktail Reception

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9:30AM–10:15AM: Check In & light Breakfast

 

10:15AM–10:30AM: Opening Remarks

 

10:30AM–11:00AM: Going Boldly, Investing Smartly

Moderator: Mo islam ceo arkaea media group

  • Jim Zukin CoFounder Houlihan Lokey

11:00AM–11:30AM: Space Law 2.0: Challenges for the Next Wave of Exploration

Moderator: Caryn Schenewerk President CS Consulting 

  • Alex Gilbert VP of Regulation Zeno Power

  • Michelle Hanlon Professor University of Mississippi and For All Moonkind
  • Indra Hornsby COO Interlune

11:30AM–12:00pM: A fireside chat

Moderator: jacqueline feldscher payload

  • jim bridenstine former nasa administrator

12:00pM–1:30pM: lunch

1:30pM–2:00pM: Mars or Bust: Navigating the Propulsion Challenges Ahead

Moderator: Douglas Gorman reporter payload

  • Jeff Thornburg CoFounder & CEO Portal Space Systems

  • Joel Sema Director, Space Programs bwxt

2:00pM–2:30pM: Lunar Utilities: Fueling the Future of Long-Term Lunar Activity

Moderator: Jacqueline Feldscher managing editor payload

  • Paul Damphousse President Volta Space Technologies
  • Darren Charrier Director of Business Development KSAT
  • Margarita Marinova Principal Mars and Moon Engineer vast

2:30pM–3:00pM: The Next Giant Leap: Navigating the Barriers to Living Off World

Moderator: Douglas Gorman reporter payload

  • Barbara Belvisi ceo Interstellar Lab

  • Tammy Radford SVP of Extravehicular Activity Axiom Space

  • Grant Anderson Chief Innovation Officer Paragon Space

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