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.
Apply Here: https://spacegeneration.org/sgff2021-home
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.
Apply Here: https://spacegeneration.org/sgff2021-home
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.
Apply Here: https://spacegeneration.org/sgff2021-home
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
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.
Separate Registration or Purchase Required
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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. The 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 the 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 North and South
Grand Opening: Lockheed Martin Exhibit Center North and South
When visiting the Lockheed Martin Exhibit Center North and South, 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
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
10:00 am - 10:15 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
10:55 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
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. (Ret.) Clinton E. Crosier
- Daniel Jablonsky
- Dr. Fred Kennedy
- Neil Masterson
- Gwynne Shotwell
Speaker
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: Lockheed Martin Exhibit Center North and South
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 the Space Foundation throughout the year. Their donations, in-kind contributions, and voluntary efforts are essential to the success of the 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).
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Satellite Forum Breakfast
Commercial space companies are sending more satellites into orbit than ever before, providing a constant stream of data and images. Their innovation increases transparency and efficiency across the space industry and have had tremendous impact on areas including: national security, emergency response, agriculture, shipping, environmental impact, weather, and the economy. With DOD investing over a billion in LEO; and several national security agencies transitioning their assets to Space Force procurement programs, hear what this means for satellite providers, manufacturers, and launchers.
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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
8:30 am - 9:45 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Heads of Agency
Moderator:
- TBA
Panelists:
- Dr. Josef Aschbacher
- Philippe Baptiste
- Lisa Campbell
- Dr. Walther Pelzer
- Giorgio Saccoccia
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
10:20 am - 11:05 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
International Military Collaboration
Moderated by:
- Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, USSF
- Kelli Seybolt
Panelists:
- TBA
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
11:10 am - 11:35 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
11:40 am - 11:50 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.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2021
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
2:50 pm - 3:05 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
3:20 pm - 4:10 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
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
Speaker
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.
Separate Registration or Purchase Required
Thursday, August 26, 2021
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Thursday, August 26, 2021
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: The Broadmoor Hotel
Thursday, August 26, 2021
10:15 am - 11:10 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Technology Drives Exploration: Paving the Next Era of Space Exploration
Presented in association with NASA
Thursday, August 26, 2021
11:15 am - 11:40 am
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
Thursday, August 26, 2021
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
Track: Symposium Program
Location: International Center
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.
Separate Registration or Purchase Required
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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.
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