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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

4th Annual Space Investment Summit

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Morning

Hugh Downs
Broadcaster
Chairman, NSS Board of Governors

Will Whitehorn
President, Virgin Galactic

Elon Musk
Founder, SpaceX

Robert Bigelow
Bigelow Aerospace (invited)

Lunch

Dr. Anthony Tether
Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Afternoon

Space Solar Power Panel

John Mankins
President, Space Power Association

Lt Col Paul Damphousse, USMC
Chief of Advanced Projects,
National Security Space Office

Google Lunar X PRIZE Panel

Space Law Panel

Doug Griffith

Space Business Track

Space Procurement Panel

Greg Olsen
Space Investor

Young Professionals' Reception

Michael Simpson
President, International Space University

Dinner

Speaker To Be Announced

Friday, May 30, 2008

Morning

Hon. Nick Lampson
United States House of Representatives

Doug Cooke
Deputy Associate Administrator,
Exploration Systems Mission Directorate,
NASA

Mark Uhran
Program Manager, International Space Station

Dr. Alan Stern
Associate Administrator,
Science Mission Directorate,
NASA

Dr. S. Pete Worden (Brig. Gen., USAF, ret.)
Director, NASA Ames Research Center

Lunch

Speaker To Be Announced

Afternoon

Election 2008 Space Debate

Miles O'Brien
CNN
(Moderator)

Wyle Labs Space Medicine Panel

Dr. Vernon McDonald
Director, Commercial Human Space Flight
Wyle Labs
(Chair)

Dr. Jeff Davis
Director, Space Life Sciences
NASA Johnson Space Center

Dr. Richard Jennings
Space Medicine Advisor, Space Adventures
Director, Aerospace Medicine Program, University of Texas Medical Branch

Dr. Jim Vanderploeg
Chief Medical Officer, Virgin Galactic
Aerospace Medicine Program, University of Texas Medical Branch

International Panel and Track

China Panel

Commercial Benefits of Space Panel

Lunar Track

Space Weather Track

NSS Annual Gala Dinner

Miles O'Brien
CNN
(Master of Ceremonies)

Additional Guests To Be Announced

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Morning

Peter Diamandis
Founder, X PRIZE

Climate Change Panel
Sponsored by Northrop Grumman

Space Tourism Panel

Eric Anderson
CEO, Space Adventures

Anousheh Ansari and Greg Olsen
Private Space Explorers

Lunch

Speaker To Be Announced

Afternoon

Space Weather Panel

Space Media (Bloggers') Summit

Space Medicine Track

Near Earth Objects and Planetary Defense Track

Space Settlement Track

Space Solar Power Track

Computers in Space: Apollo vs. Orion

David Wingo
Author, Moon Rush

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Morning

Program To Be Announced

Lunch

Speaker To Be Announced

Please note: Secondary Registration (additional cost) is required to attend Lunch and Dinner presentations.