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note that this is a Preliminary Agenda. Times,
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Official
Sponsor - Delaware North
| Monday,
April 26th |
| 12:00
noon - 5:00 p.m. |
Registration
Bonaire
Room
|
| Tuesday,
April 27th |
| 7:00
a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Registration
Bonaire
Room
|
| 8:30
- 9:00 a.m. |
Opening
Ceremony - Free to Public
Salon
II & III
Honor
Guard: Presentation of Colors
Chaplain: Invocation
Introduction
and Welcome: Brig. Gen. J. Gregory Pavlovich, Commander,
45 th Space Wing
Director, Eastern Range, P.A.F.B.
James W. Kennedy, Director,
Kennedy Space Center, NASA
Rocky
Randels, Mayor, Cape Canaveral
|
| 9:00
- 9:45 a.m. |
Keynote
Address - Free to Public
Salon
II & III
Speaker:
Captain Gene Cernan, Spacecraft Commander, Apollo 17
|
| 9:45 – 10:00 a.m. |
Refreshment
Break 1
East
Foyer/Main Foyer
|
| 10:00
a.m. - 12:00 noon |
 Panel
Session I - The
Future of Space Exploration
(Sponsored by L3 Communications)
Salon II & III |
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Panel Chair: John Zarrella, CNN Correspondent
Panel:
- Gary
Martin, Space Architect, NASA
- Dr. Harley Thronson, Director of Technology, Office of
Space Science, NASA
- Michael
Coats, Vice President of Advanced Space Transportation,
Lockheed-Martin
- Michael
Lounge, Director of Business Development for Exploration
Systems, The Boeing Company
- Dr.
James Garvin, Program Scientist, Mars Program, NASA
|
| 12:
00 noon - 1:00 p.m. |
 Luncheon
(Sponsored by CSR )
Salon
II & III |
| |
|
China's
foray into space
Speaker:
Joan Johnson-Freese, Chinese Space Initiative Expert and Chair, National Security
Decision Making Department, Naval War College
|
| 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
Book Signing and Refreshment Break |
| 2:00
- 3:15 p.m. |
 Panel
Session II -
Space Shuttle Return to Flight and ISS Status
(Sponsored by
ATK
Thiokol)
Salon II & III |
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Panel
Chair:
Major General
Michael Kostelnik
Possible
Panelists:
- James
W. Kennedy, Director, Kennedy Space Center, NASA
- William W. Parsons, Manager, Space Shuttle Program, NASA
- Kathy Laurini, Deputy Manager, International Space Station
Program, NASA
- Stephen
Oswald, Manager, Space Shuttle Program, The Boeing Company
- Michael
J. McCulley, President and CEO, United Space Alliance
|
| 3:15
- 3:30 p.m. |
Refreshment
Break 2
East
Foyer, Main Foyer
|
| 3:30
- 5:00 p.m. |
Panel
Session III - Updates
on Planetary Exploration
(Sponsored by ATK
Thiokol)
Salon
II & III |
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Panel Chair: Dr. Harley Thronson, Director of Technology,
Office of Space Science, NASA
- Dr. Madhulika Guhathakurta,
Living with a Star Program Scientist, NASA
- Dr.
Don Kniffen, Program Scientist, Gravity B Probe, NASA
- Dr.
Eric Smith,
James Webb Space Telescope Program Scientist, NASA
- Dr.
James Garvin, Program Scientist, Mars Program, NASA
|
| 5:30
- 8:00 p.m. |
Reception (Sponsored by TRDA)
Salon
I, II, III |
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Topic:
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)
Speaker: Dr. Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
(SETI) Institute |
| 4:00 – 6:00
p.m. |
Science
Fair (Sponsored by USA) |
| |
Science
Fair registration
KSCVC, IMAX Exhibit
Hall
|
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|
| Wednesday,
April 28th |
| 7:30
a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Registration
Bonaire Room
|
| 7:30 - 8:30 am |
Presenter's breakfast |
| 8:30
- 10:00 am |
Panel
Session IV - Launch
Vehicle Options for Exploration
(Sponsored by ATK
Thiokol)
Salon II & III |
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Panel
Chair: General Forrest McCartney (Chair) Retired – Former
Director Kennedy Space Center; Former VP of Launch Operations
with Lockheed-Martin
- Stephen
M. Francois, Manager, Launch Services Program, NASA
- Michael
Gass, Vice President, Space Transportation, Lockheed
Martin
- Daniel
J. Collins, Vice-President and Delta Program Manager,
The Boeing Company
- Col.
Michael T. Baker, Commander, 45 th Launch Group, Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station
- Mike
Kahn, Vice President of Reusable Solid Rocket Motor Program,
ATK Thiokol Propulsions
|
| 10:00
- 10:15 a.m. |
Refreshment Break 3
East
Foyer/Main Foyer
|
| 10:15
a.m. - 12:00 noon |
Panel
Session V - Commercial
Use of Spaceports
Salon II & III |
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Panel
Chair: Captain Winston Scott (USN, Ret.), former NASA Astronaut,
Director, Florida Space Authority
Panel:
- Dr.
Peter Diamandis, Chairman, X-Prize Foundation
- Peter
Taddie, Chief Safety Engineer, 45 th Space Wing, USAF
- Joseph
W. Cuzzupoli, Vice President and Program Manager, Kistler
Aerospace Corporation
- Ray
Nielsen, Fundamental Technologies Systems, X-Prize participant
- Pablo
DeLeon, DeLeon and Assoc., X-Prize participant
|
| 12:00
noon - 1:00 pm |
Luncheon
- Military Space Policy
(Sponsored by The
Boeing Company)
Salon II & III |
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Speaker:
Major General Robert S. Dickman, Deputy for Military Space,
Office of the Undersecretary of the Air Force |
| 1:30
- 5:00 pm |
Paper
Session I: Spaceport and Range Technologies |
Salon
I
|
A. |
Technologies
for Future Spaceports and Ranges
Co-Chairs:Chris Guidi and Major Jennifer Draper,
USAF |
Jamaica
Room
|
B. |
Technology
Solutions Delivered to Operational Space Programs
Co-Chairs:Dr. Robert Youngquist and Dr. Pedro Medelius |
Martinique
Room
|
C. |
Commercial
Use of Spaceport Technologies
Co-Chairs:David Makufka and Dan Winfield |
| 2:00
– 4:00 p.m |
Refreshment Break 4
Main
Foyer
|
| 9:00
a.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Science
Fair (Sponsored by USA)
|
Projects
open to public viewing
KSCVC,
IMAX Exhibit Hall
|
| 5:30
- 8:00 pm |
Gala
Reception and Space Congress Awards presentation (Sponsored
by SGS)
Salon I, II, III |
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| Thursday,
April 29th |
| 7:30
- 8:30 am |
Presenter's
breakfast |
| 8:30
- 10:00 am |
Thursday Keynote
Salon
II & III
|
| |
Topic:
Prometheus/JIMO (Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter)
Speaker:
Alan Newhouse, Director, Project Prometheus, NASA |
| 10:00
– 10:15 a.m. |
Refreshment
Break 5
East
Foyer/Main Foyer
|
| 10:15 am - 12:00 noon |
Panel
Session VI - Destinations for Robotic and Human Space
Exploration
Salon
II & III
|
| |
Panel Chair: Elliott G. Pulham, President and CEO, Space
Foundation
Panel:
- Dr. George T. Whitesides, Executive Director, National
Space Society
- Dennis Wingo, President, Skycorp
- Dr. Andrew Chaikin, Author and Lecturer
- Al Worden, Command Module Pilot, Apollo 15
|
| 12:00
noon - 1:30 pm |
 Luncheon
(Sponsored by Jacobs
Sverdrup)
Salon II & III |
| |
Topic: The
Case for Mars
Speaker: Dr.
Robert Zubrin , President, The Mars Society |
|
| 12:15
– 1:00 p.m. |
Student
briefing for Science Fair
KSCVC,
IMAX Exhibit Hall
|
| 1:00 – 5:00
p.m. |
Judging
of Science Fair Projects
KSCVC,
IMAX Exhibit Hall
|
| 1:30
- 5:00 p.m. |
Paper
Session II: Spaceport Research & Development
and Future Missions |
Salon I
|
A. |
Advanced
Materials, Advanced Structures, and Surface Physics
Co-Chairs:Karen Thompson and Carolyn Mizell |
Jamaica Room
|
B. |
Strategies,
Concepts and Technical Challenges of Human Exploration
Beyond Low Earth Orbit
Co-Chairs:Maria D. Littlefield and Bill E. Larson |
Martinique
Room
|
C. |
University
Research for Future Spaceport Applications
Co-Chairs:Dr. Sam Durrance and Mike O'Neal |
| 2:00 – 4:00
p.m. |
Refreshment Break 6
Main
Foyer
|
| 7:00
- 8:30 p.m. |
 An
Evening with the Astronauts and
Science
Fair Awards Ceremony
(Sponsored
by Lockheed Martin)
|
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Astronauts:
Jim Lovell, Wally Schirra, Al Worden
Open
to the public at the Kurt H. Debus Conference Facility – Kennedy
Space Center Visitor Complex |
|
| 5:30
pm - 7:30 pm |
Technicians Recognition Night |
| |
Radisson
Resort at the Port |
9:00
a.m. –
6:00 p.m. |
Science
Fair (Sponsored by USA)
|
| |
Projects
open to public viewing
KSCVC, IMAX Exhibit Hall |
|
| Friday,
April 30th |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Tee-Off
for Space Congress Golf Tournament
Cocoa
Beach Country Club
|
9:00
a.m. –
5:30 p.m. |
Science
Fair (Sponsored by USA)
|
| |
Projects
open to public viewing
KSCVC, IMAX Exhibit Hall |
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