Agenda
BEYOND EARTH SYMPOSIUM
November 1, 2023
Registration and refreshments
Welcoming remarks
Steve Wolfe, President & Co-Founder, Beyond Earth InstituteCourtney Stadd, Executive Vice President, Beyond Earth Institute
Keynote: American Preeminence in Space and Going Together in Global Partnership
Dr. Ezinne Uzo-Okoro, Asst Director for Space Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology PolicyPanel: We Go Together: Global Perspective on Space Development
All nations are waking up to the commercial potential of space. International coordination and norms of behavior are key in order to ensure fair and robust competition and cooperation in the space domain. The panel will reflect on the advances and remaining challenges for global coordination to ensure success in space for all peaceful nations.
Part I: International Norms and Agreements
Speakers:
Kenneth Hodgkins, Co-Chair Off-World Approach, The Hague Institute for Global Justice (Moderator)Sohair Salam Saber, President, The Hague Institute for Global Justice
Mike Gold, Chief Growth Officer, Redwire
Part II: Emerging International Commitment to Space
Speakers:
Marlène M. Losier, Principal, Legal Expert in International LawPrincipal, Legal Expert in International Law, Losier González, PLLC (Moderator)Aniello (Nello) Violetti, Space Attache, Embassy of Italy
Krunal Joshi, Counsellor, Space at Embassy of India, ISRO Representative in USA
Masami Onoda, Director, Washington D.C. Office, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Nicolas Maubert, CNES Representative and Space Attaché - Embassy of France in the USA
Break
Keynote: The Role of Armed Services in a Commercially Driven Cislunar Economy
Lt. Gen. John Shaw , Lt Gen (ret), USSF, and former Deputy Commander of United States Space Command (virtual)Featured Speaker: Managing Space Traffic to Enable a Cislunar Economy
Richard Dalbello, Director, Office of Space Commerce, U.S. Department of CommercePanel: Making the Case for Beyond Earth Communities
Every space advocate is asked why we go to space. The bigger question is why the human race may choose to make homes beyond Earth. This session will explore the practical answers to this question as well as those that speak to a deeper sense of purpose.
Speakers:
Steve Wolfe, President & Co-Founder, Beyond Earth Institute (Moderator)Frank White, Author, The Overview Effect
Bhavya Lal, Former Associate Administrator, Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy, NASA
Peter Garretson, Senior Fellow in Defense Studies, American Foreign Policy Council
Frank DiBello, former President & CEO, Space Florida
Featured Speaker: Managing Financial Risk on the High Frontier
Christopher Kunstadter, Global Head of Space, AXA XLClosing Remarks
Welcome Reception
November 2, 2023
Registration & light breakfast
Welcoming Remarks
Courtney Stadd, EVP, Beyond Earth InstituteSimon “Pete” Worden (Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.), Chairman, Breakthrough Prize Foundation (virtually)
Keynote: NASA's Transition to Tenant in the New LEO Economy
Kenneth Bowersox, Associate Administrator for Space Operations, NASAPanel: Ensuring Success of Commercial Space Stations for a Post-ISS Era
NASA’s Commercial LEO Destination program, initiated to replace the International Space Station by 2030, faces significant challenges and uncertainties, such as technical risks, regulatory hurdles, and market demand. In particular. This panel will focus on these three critical topics.
Speakers:
Robert Hampton, Director of Payload Operations, International Space Station National Laboratory (Moderator)Olivia Gámez Holzhaus, Founder and CEO, Rhodium Scientific
Brad Powell, Associate General Counsel, Vast
Lee Pagel, Program Executive Commercial Spaceflight Division, NASA
Announcing the Beyond Earth Business Challenge
Stephan Reckie, Executive Director, GEN - SpaceBreak
Keynote: Commercial Destinations: The Next Step Toward Space Settlement
Jeffrey Manber, President of International and Space Stations, Voyager SpacePanel: From Surviving to Thriving in Space: Making Life Sciences A Priority
Even as private launch companies take more people to space, much is still not understood about keeping the human body healthy and thriving for Long-duration spaceflight and habitation. This research will continue for decades, and require data gathered from those who go to space. Are private operators willing to share life-critical innovations?
Speakers:
Dr. Heath Mills, Chief Scientific Officer, Rhodium Scientific, LLC (Moderator)Dr. Angie Bukley, Technical Fellow, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
Dr. Jeffrey Davis, CEO, Exploring4Solutions
Dr. Jenn Fogarty, Chief Scientist, Translational Research Institute for Space Health
Lunch
Featured Speaker: An Update and Announcement on DARPA’s LunA-10 program
Michael “Orbit” Nayak, Program Manager, DARPAAIAA Cislunar Ecosystem Task Force – An Ambitious Collaborative Effort
Dennis Paul, Senior Project Lead, The Aerospace CorpGuest Speaker: The Commercial Space Exchange
John Neal, U.S. Chamber of CommercePanel: Building a Cislunar Ecosystem
Over the next two decades, the Moon will be transformed from “pristine desolation” into a hive of machine and human activity sponsored by governments and private enterprises. This panel will address issues and opportunities for the cislunar ecosystem – including the need for government investment in cislunar infrastructure elements that can be used by all actors.
Speakers:
Michelle Hanlon, Executive Director, Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi (Moderator)Alan Campbell, Senior Program Manager, Draper
John Reed, Chief Rocket Scientist, ULA
Walt Engelund, Deputy AA for Programs in the STMD, NASA
Break
Keynote: Artemis Is Just the Beginning: What it Will Take to Create the Future Lunar Economy
Tonya Ladwig, Vice President for Human Space Exploration Lockheed MartinPanel: Financing Pathways for Large-Scale Space Infrastructure and Communities
Managing the extreme costs of large space infrastructure elements is at the heart of scaling up the cislunar economy. This session will look at the future of financing ever-larger space ventures from inflection point to inflection point. Understanding these future inflection points will inform project financing policies in the near term.
Speakers:
Dr. Greg Autry, Clinical Professor and Director of Space Leadership, Thunderbird School of Global Management (Moderator)Andy Aldrin, Program Coordinator, Masters of Space Operations, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Hoyt Davidson, Founder and Managing Partner, Near Earth LLC
Michael Mealing, General Partner, Starbridge Venture Capital