AEROSPACE SESSIONS AT 2023 ASCEND

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PANELS

All times are listed in Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, October 23

8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. — From Dreaming to Doing: Utilizing Creativity and Imagination to Accelerate our Off-World Future 

  • Kara Cunzeman, Director of Strategic Foresight at The Aerospace Corporation
  • Dan Hawk, Principal Scientist for United First Nations Planetary Defense
  • Lt Gen (R) Nina Armagno, United States Space Force
  • Jay Kim, Chairman and CEO of Boryung
  • Afua Richardson, Artist
  • Daniel Suarez, New York Times Bestselling Science Fiction Author
  • Julie Van Kleeck, ASCEND Executive Producer, AIAA
  • Debra Facktor, Head of U.S. Space Systems for Airbus U.S. Space & Defense

10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. — Space Workforce 2030: A Diversity Pledge to Go Boldly, Together 

  • Daniel Hastings, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Steve Isakowitz, President and Chief Executive Officer The Aerospace Corporation
  • Jay Patel, Vice President of Remote Sensing Programs at Northrop Grumman
  • Sonia Phares, Vice President of Ignite at Lockheed Martin Space

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — Making a Case for Space 

  • Sarah Georgin, Project Lead on the Strategic Foresight Team at The Aerospace Corporation
  • Jacqui Belleau, Creative Director at Teague
  • Mike Lewis, Chief Innovation Officer at Nanoracks, a Voyager Space company
  • Tim Morton, Director of Global Design Husqvarna

5:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m. — Responsible Operations in Space 

  • Audrey Allison, Senior Policy Analyst at The Aerospace Corporation
  • Angie Bukley, Technical Fellow at The Aerospace Corporation
  • Robin Dickey, Space Policy Analyst The Aerospace Corporation

Tuesday, October 24

10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. — Commercial Telecom Services During Conflict

  • Jeremy Leader, Deputy Director of Commercial Space Office for U.S. Space Force
  • Chris Gates, Technical Director at LEO Labs Federal
  • Ben Reed, CTO and Co-Founder of Quantum Space
  • Brian Bone, Principal Director Commercial Space Futures at The Aerospace Corporation
  • John Reed, Chief Rocket Scientist at United Launch Alliance

11:00 a.m.-2:00p.m. — A CA Screening and Conjunction Management Operational Prototype for Traditional and Autonomous Constellations (Special workshop in Academy Rooms 408/409)

  • Dr. Matthew Hejduk, NASA Chief Engineer for Conjunction Assessment at The Aerospace Corporation
  • Alex Petrov, Conjunction Assessment Lead at SpaceX

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — The Future of Work

  • Angie Bukley, Technical Fellow at The Aerospace Corporation
  • Nelson Pedreiro, Vice President of Advanced Technology Center at Lockheed Martin
  • Paul Nielsen, Director and CEO of Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI)
  • Lawrence "Robbie" Robertson, Lead Space Experimentalist Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
  • Simon Potter, UK Managing Director of BryceTech

2:00 p.m.-2:45 p.m. — Know Before you Go: Are Astronaut Analogs Useful Prep for High-Stakes Human Spaceflight?

  • Ashley Kowalski, Project Leader at The Aerospace Corporation
  • Sandra Magnus, Chief Engineer for Space Office of Space Commerce, Department of Commerce
  • William 'Brandon' Vessey, Element Scientist at NASA Johnson Space Center

3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m. — Exploring the Unexpected Impact of Unconventional Career Paths to Space

  • Uma Bruegman, Assistant General Manager, Strategic Assessment at The Aerospace Corporation
  • Lizbeth De La Torre, Creative Technologist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Melissa Kirkner, Director of Strategy at L3Harris Technologies
  • Carrie O'Quinn, Systems Director at The Aerospace Corporation

Wednesday, October 25

11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. — Guiding and Accelerating Research, Technology, and Capability Delivery to Enable and Accelerate the Cislunar Ecosystem

  • Thomas Cwik, Chief Technologist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Merri Sanchez, Technical Fellow at The Aerospace Corporation
  • Alan Campbell, Program Manager at Draper
  • Arthur Lue, Senior Staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
  • Emma Rainey, Principal Professional Staff at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
  • Kaitlyn Raub, Senior Space Systems Engineer MITRE Corporation

1:00 p.m.-1:45p.m. — Safety Frameworks for Commercial Human Spaceflight

  • Kelvin Coleman, Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation Federal Aviation Administration
  • William Gerstenmaier, Vice President of Build and Flight Reliability at SpaceX
  • Mary Guenther, Vice President of Space Policy at Commercial Spaceflight Federation
  • Josef Koller, Systems Director at The Aerospace Corporation
  • Doug Ligor, Acting Director at RAND Corporation

1:00 p.m.-1:45 p.m. — Bridging the 'Valley of Death': Overcoming the Communication Challenges in Advancing Research & Development

  • Lael Woods, Systems Director at The Aerospace Corporation
  • Paula Pool, Project Leader at The Aerospace Corporation
  • Sean Wilson, Director of Communications at The Aerospace Corporation

TECHNICAL PAPER PRESENTATIONS

Monday, October 23

2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. — Orbital Debris Mitigations

  • Josef Koller, Systems Director at The Aerospace Corporation

3:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m. — Valley of Death Survival Tips: Transitioning Commercial Space Technologies to Defense Programs

  • Karen Jones, Senior Project Leader at The Aerospace Corporation

3:40 p.m.-4:00 p.m. — Space Ecosystem: Collaborating for Continuous Development, Deployment, and Delivery

  • Carrie O'Quinn, Systems Director at The Aerospace Corporation
  • Ronald Birk, Associate Principal Director at The Aerospace Corporation

Tuesday, October 24

2:20 p.m.-2:40 p.m. — The Economic Case for an Orbital Satellite Factory 

  • Alejandro Trujillo, Manager of Vehicle Design and Innovation at The Aerospace Corporation

4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. — Space Sustainability Frameworks 

  • Angie Bukley, Technical Fellow at The Aerospace Corporation