Full Agenda
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Space Generation Fusion Forum 2021
Held annually in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the SGFF is a two-day conference dedicated to professional development, networking, and learning for students and young professionals who are passionate about space. Delegates will have the opportunity to engage with relevant issues in the space community through a mixed program of keynote speeches, interactive panels, and discussion groups. The ultimate goal is to have delegates from various facets of the space industry fuse interdisciplinary and international perspectives in the hopes of creating new, innovative solutions.
Space Generation Fusion Forum is restricted to registered delegates and invited speakers. It is closed to media and other affiliated press.
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Sunday, August 22, 2021
Space Generation Fusion Forum 2021
Held annually in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the SGFF is a two-day conference dedicated to professional development, networking, and learning for students and young professionals who are passionate about space. Delegates will have the opportunity to engage with relevant issues in the space community through a mixed program of keynote speeches, interactive panels, and discussion groups. The ultimate goal is to have delegates from various facets of the space industry fuse interdisciplinary and international perspectives in the hopes of creating new, innovative solutions.
Space Generation Fusion Forum is restricted to registered delegates and invited speakers. It is closed to media and other affiliated press.
Separate Registration or Purchase Required
Monday, August 23, 2021
Space Generation Fusion Forum 2021
Held annually in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the SGFF is a two-day conference dedicated to professional development, networking, and learning for students and young professionals who are passionate about space. Delegates will have the opportunity to engage with relevant issues in the space community through a mixed program of keynote speeches, interactive panels, and discussion groups. The ultimate goal is to have delegates from various facets of the space industry fuse interdisciplinary and international perspectives in the hopes of creating new, innovative solutions.
Space Generation Fusion Forum is restricted to registered delegates and invited speakers. It is closed to media and other affiliated press.
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Monday, August 23, 2021
12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Track: New Generation Space Leaders
Location: Broadmoor West: Rocky Mountain Ballroom
New Generation Space Leaders: Welcome Luncheon
The New Generation Space Leaders program fosters meaningful, long-term peer relationships by providing access to top space leaders through program opportunities at Space Symposium and throughout the year. Our goal is to fuel the future for young professionals and be the driving force in helping them launch their careers further.
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Monday, August 23, 2021
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Track: New Generation Space Leaders
Location: Broadmoor West: Rocky Mountain Ballroom
New Generation Space Leaders: Leadership Exchange “Speed Mentoring”
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Monday, August 23, 2021
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Track: By Invitation Only, New Generation Space Leaders
Location: The Broadmoor Hotel
New Generation Space Leaders: Networking Reception
This reception is only open to New Generation Space Leaders Registrants and Mentors participating in the Leadership Exchange
By Invitation Only
Opening Ceremony
The Opening Ceremony celebrates the official start of the annual Space Symposium. Space Foundation honors outstanding individuals and organizations at several Symposium events, to highlight the best of the best in the space community. We are excited to announce that the Opening Ceremony for the 36th Space Symposium will feature the presentation of the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award, the highest honor bestowed by Space Foundation.
Master of Ceremonies:
- Thomas E. Zelibor, Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.)
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Monday, August 23, 2021
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: Lockheed Martin Exhibit Center
Grand Opening: Lockheed Martin Exhibit Center
When visiting the Lockheed Martin Exhibit Center, it becomes evident that going to space is just the beginning! It’s what you do when you get there that matters. Lockheed Martin builds satellites and spacecraft that do amazing things in space for government and commercial customers. The satellites give earlier warning of severe weather, connect troops on the battlefield and deliver GPS directions to a billion people worldwide. Connecting people. Advancing discovery. And protecting what matters most.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Salon Breakfast
Ready Now: Radio Frequency GEOINT is a Game Changer for Global Security
Commercial space-based RF data and analytics (RF GEOINT) is changing the paradigm of how the defense and intelligence agencies operate. By providing a new unclassified shareable layer of RF intelligence, Agencies can see what was previously invisible, the RF emitter activity across land, air, sea, and space. RF GEOINT is critical to understanding human activity and cueing other intelligence collections for a comprehensive understanding of the environment. Please join us for breakfast to review the latest updates on HawkEye 360 and how we can support your mission.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
10:50 am - 11:20 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
11:25 am - 11:40 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Salon Luncheon
“Financing Early Stage Space Companies”
Moderator:
- Paul Croci – Managing Director, Head of Aerospace and Defense Investment Banking
Panelists:
- Jonathan Baliff – President and CFO Genesis Park I SPAC and Board Member RedWire
- Lear Beyer – Managing Director, Head of Equity Capital Markets for Wells Fargo
- Petros Kitsos – Advisor to Aries I SPAC and early stage Space Investor
- Fatih Ozmen – Co-founder and CEO of Sierra Nevada Corporation
- Suzanne Vautrinot – Major General USAF, retired, President of Kilovolt Consulting and Board Member Wells Fargo
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LEO Constellations: New Technologies, Business Models and New Challenges
Topics: Benefits and drawbacks of LEO constellations, hybrid LEO/GEO systems, successes and failures
Moderator:
- Christopher Baugh
Panelists:
- Maj. Gen. Clinton Crosier, USSF (Ret.)
- Mark Dankberg
- Chris Johnson
- Dr. Fred Kennedy
- Neil Masterson
- Gwynne Shotwell
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Tuesday, August 24, 2021
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: Lockheed Martin Exhibit Center
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Track: Meal Event, Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Corporate Partnership Dinner
At the Corporate Partnership Dinner, we salute all the companies that support Space Foundation throughout the year. Their donations, in-kind contributions, and voluntary efforts are essential to the success of Space Foundation’s programs. The financial backing and on-going participation by corporate members in Space Foundation programs have helped us grow into the leading organization we are today.
Corporate membership is an investment in the future of our industry, the returns are endless. Learn more about Corporate Membership (external link).
Master of Ceremonies:
- Jeffrey Grant
Featured Speaker:
- Gen. John E. Hyten, USAF
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Satellite Forum Breakfast
Topic: The Evolution of Space Operations Command and it’s Support to U.S. and Allied Forces
Master of Ceremonies:
- Thomas Dorame
Featured Speaker:
- Lt. Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, USSF
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
7:30 am - 8:45 am
Track: By Invitation Only
Location: The Broadmoor Hotel
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
8:30 am - 8:40 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
8:40 am - 9:45 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Heads of Agency
Moderator:
- Dr. Kathryn C. Thornton
Panelists:
- Ian Annett
- Dr. Josef Aschbacher
- Philippe Baptiste
- Lisa Campbell
- Sen. Bill Nelson
- Dr. Walther Pelzer
- Giorgio Saccoccia
- Volodymyr Taftai
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: The Broadmoor Hotel
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Track: Affiliated Event
Location: The Broadmoor Hotel
ICESCO Agreement Signing Ceremony and Networking
Space Foundation CEO, Tom Zelibor, Rear Admiral, USN (Ret.) welcomes to the 36th Space Symposium His Excellency Director General, Dr. Salim M. AlMalik of ICESCO (Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), which represents 54 member countries around the globe. In June of this year, Space Foundation and ICESCO partnered on a successful event in Rabat, Morocco, to build awareness about the benefits of space science and technology to economic development across industry, government, and academia. The agreement being signed expands this emerging partnership with additional events and programming that will occur in November and beyond. Prior to the signing ceremony, both leaders will deliver remarks. Kevin O’Connell, CEO of Space Economy Rising, Simonetta di Pippo, Director of UNOOSA, and Shelli Brunswick, COO of Space Foundation, will also speak, and the networking social in the same location will conclude the event.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
10:20 am - 11:05 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
International Military Collaboration
Moderated by:
- Kelli Seybolt
Panelists:
- MGEN Michel Friedling, FRA-AF
- Lt. Gen. Klaus Habersetzer
- Gen. Shunji Izutsu, JSDF
- MG. Pasi Jokinen, FAF
- Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, USSF
- Col. Luis Felipe Saez, FACH
- ACM Marshal Mike Wigston, RAF
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
11:10 am - 11:35 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Track: Meal Event, Symposium Program
Location: Colorado Hall
Space Warfighters Luncheon
This luncheon honors the service and contributions to our national and global security by our military forces and those of our global partners. Remarks from a distinguished leader in the Space domain.
Master of Ceremonies:
- Peter Trainer
Featured Speaker:
- Lt. Gen. John E. Shaw, USSF
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
3:10 pm - 4:10 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Building a Digital Force
Moderator:
- Eaton Kuh
Panelists:
- Carol Erickson
- Stephen Kitay
- Dr. Scott Nowlin
- Brig. Gen. John M. Olson, USAF
- David Ray
- COL Michael Teter, USA
- Robert Zitz
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Our Search for Life’s Origin and Extent in the Universe
Two questions have long driven humanity’s curiosity: Where do we come from? And are we alone? In the past, the search for life was a thing of science fiction. Today, we are all embarking on this quest in a very real way together. Join us as we discuss NASA’s Science Mission Directorate’s (SMD) bold missions in pursuit of life beyond our own world and the efforts necessary to bring home this amazing science.
Our panel’s exploration begins right here, in our own local laboratory. NASA SMD’s Heliophysics and Earth Science Divisions explore the delicate relationship between our Sun and Earth, teaching us more about our own heliosphere, the only one we know harbors life. Our growing fleet of Heliophysics missions, including the groundbreaking Parker Solar Probe, help us unravel how our Sun works and in turn how it, and the solar wind it produces, interacts with our home planet, a world teeming with life.
Our search for life continues as NASA SMD’s Planetary Science Division takes us farther out to the solar system’s many other ocean worlds, most of them moons orbiting the giant planets of the outer solar system. The Europa Clipper flagship mission and the recently awarded Dragonfly mission will explore two of these ocean worlds: Jupiter’s moon Europa, which holds twice as much water as Earth; and Saturn’s largest moon Titan, an alien world with complex organics and two solvents, water and methane, offering us tantalizing new information on extraterrestrial habitability and prebiotic chemistry.
NASA SMD’s Astrophysics Division extends exploration to beyond our solar system. With the Kepler telescope’s discovery that planets are a natural outcome of the star formation process, we now know there are more planets than stars in the universe. The upcoming James Webb Space Telescope and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will observe the atmospheres of these worlds, determine their chemical fingerprints and reveal whether other Earth-like worlds are common in nearby solar systems.
These pioneering missions require large, interdisciplinary teams that span government, education, and commercial sectors. Strengthening these partnerships, along with continued advocacy and technology investments, will maintain these missions’ cadence and success. NASA’s commercial partners must continue to rise to the challenge to help solve the engineering and programmatic challenges of building and deploying uniquely instrumented spacecraft. Our continued exploration of habitable worlds near and far will reshape our understanding of the origin and extent of life itself.
Opening Remarks:
- Dr. Jason Kalirai
Moderator:
- Dipak Srinivasan
Panelists:
- Dr. Mercedes Lopez-Morales
- Tommy Sanford
- Dr. Elizabeth “Zibi” Turtle
- Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
6:15 pm - 7:30 pm
Track: By Invitation Only
Location: The Broadmoor Hotel
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Thursday, August 26, 2021
7:00 am - 8:45 am
Track: New Generation Space Leaders
Location: Broadmoor West: Rocky Mountain Ballroom
New Generation Space Leaders: Breakfast
The New Generation Space Leaders program fosters meaningful, long-term peer relationships by providing access to top space leaders through program opportunities at Space Symposium and throughout the year. Our goal is to fuel the future for young professionals and be the driving force in helping them launch their careers further.
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Salon Breakfast
Title: Startup Innovation for Space, an Executive Roundtable
Abstract: In the global space industry, small startups are able to make a big impact by introducing innovative new space technologies. As we look to the future, the cloud will be critical to accelerating experimentation, expanding automation, and delivering deeper insights. Hear directly from five executives from the inaugural AWS Space Accelerator for startups, about their innovative visions for tackling space’s greatest challenges, and how they are achieving results using the AWS cloud. Join us for breakfast and this exciting roundtable discussion.
Moderator:
- Clint Crosier, Director, AWS Aerospace and Satellite
Panelists:
- Dan Ceperley, CEO and Co-Founder, LeoLabs
- Justin Cyrus, CEO and Founder, Lunar Outpost
- Adam Kaplan, CEO of Edgybees
- Adam Maher, CEO and Founder, Ursa Space
- Rob Rainhart, Chief Operation Officer, Hawkeye 360
By Invitation Only
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Navy and Space
Moderator:
- RDML Eric Ruttenberg
Panelists:
- RDML Michael Bernacchi
- RDML Stephen Donald
- MajGen Ryan Heritage
- RADM Gene Price
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Thursday, August 26, 2021
9:35 am - 10:00 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Thursday, August 26, 2021
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: The Broadmoor Hotel
Thursday, August 26, 2021
10:15 am - 10:40 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Thursday, August 26, 2021
10:40 am - 11:00 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Thursday, August 26, 2021
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Technology Drives Exploration: Paving the Next Era of Space Exploration
In support of Space Foundation’s 2021 Space Symposium scheduled for August 23-26th, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) will host a moderated panel discussion titled “Technology Drives Exploration: Paving the Next Era of Space Exploration.” The panel will focus on the importance of continued investments to mature space technology to enrich our Nation’s society and economy through a fair and equitable approach. STMD’s mission to drive innovation and advance technology to ensure American leadership will benefit all of humanity while opening greater opportunities for partnerships from industry, academia, and small businesses.
The diverse discussion will include exploring NASA and STMD’s investment needs from various areas that will enable unique opportunities to contribute to NASA’s mission in space exploration; Build and attract a diverse future STEM workforce through engaging opportunities and partnerships; Strengthen and foster authentic relationships with internal and external partners and provide connections to NASA’s mission and work.
Presented in association with NASA
Moderator:
- Trudy Kortes
Panelists:
- Lisa Callahan
- Latonia Jones
- Dr. Janet Kavandi
- Dr. Bhavya Lal
Thursday, August 26, 2021
12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Track: Meal Event, Symposium Program
Location: Colorado Hall
Women’s Global Gathering Luncheon
The Annual Women’s Global Gathering is an inspirational and memorable program. Participants will hear from accomplished senior leaders as they share their insights on the important role of women in the exploration of space.
Master of Ceremonies:
- Shelli Brunswick
Moderated by:
- Jacqueline “Jackie” Schmoll
Panelists:
- Maj. Gen. DeAnna M. Burt, USSF
- Lisa Callahan
- Prof. Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund
- Audrey Schaffer
- Vanessa Wyche
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Game Changers
Moderator:
- Jesse Klempner
Panelists:
- Kari Bingen
- Tim Ellis
- Tina Ghataore
- Dan Hart
- Lars Hoffman
- Robbie Schingler
- Dr. Harold “Sonny” White
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Space as a Critical Infrastructure
Presented in association with Space ISAC
Moderated by:
- Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, USAF (Ret.)
Panelists:
- Frank Backes
- William Chappell
- Travis Langster
- Carey Smith
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Thursday, August 26, 2021
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Track: Meal Event, Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Space Technology Hall of Fame Dinner
At the Space Technology Hall of Fame® Dinner we honor those who transform technology originally developed for space exploration into products that help improve the quality of life here on Earth. Join us to celebrate these technologies and conclude a week of successful discussions and networking at the 36th Space Symposium.
Master of Ceremonies:
- CAPT Frank L. Culbertson, Jr., USN (Ret.)
Featured Speaker:
- The Honorable Michael Bennet
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Thursday, August 26, 2021
9:00 pm - 12:30 am
Track: New Generation Space Leaders, Symposium Program
Location: Colorado Hall
