PANELS
All times are listed in Pacific Time (PT)
Monday, July 29
3:00 p.m. — Meet the Employers Recruiting Event
Location: Forum Ballroom 134
- Angela Couture, Director, University Relations & Recruitment - The Aerospace Corporation
Tuesday, July 30
7:45 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. — Keys to a Sustainable Space Ecosystem
Location: Forum Ballroom 134
- Kevin Bell, Senior Vice President, Engineering and Technology Group - The Aerospace Corporation
- Johnathon Caldwell, Vice President and General Manager, Strategic & Missile Defense Systems - Lockheed Martin Space
- Dan Dumbacher, Chief Executive Officer - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Ben Reed, Co-founder and Chief Information Officer - Quantum Space
- Christopher Scolese, Director - National Reconnaissance Office
- Julie Van Kleeck, ASCEND Executive Producer - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Vanessa Wyche, Director - NASA Johnson Space Center
10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. — American Dynamism: How the Boom in Defense Tech Investing Impacts the Space
Location: ASCEND Exhibitor Floor
- Debra Emmons, Vice President, Office of the Chief Technology Officer - The Aerospace Corporation
- Tom Gillespie, Managing Partner - In-Q-Tel
- Joe Landon, Associate Fellow - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Stephen Rodriguez, Managing Partner - OneDefense
- Sherman Williams, Managing Partner - AIN Ventures
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. — Conjunction Assessment Performance Metrics and Current Performance Trends
Location: Forum Ballroom 119
- Matt Hejduk, Chief Engineer, Satellite Conjunction Assessment Program - The Aerospace Corporation
- Denna Baker, Senior Staff Solutions Architect - LeoLabs, Inc.
- Mark "M.J." Jeffries, Vice President, Commercial Space - ExoAnalytic
- Belinda Marchand, Chief Science Officer - Slingshot Aerospace
- Daniel Oltrogge, Chief Scientist and Director - Center for Space Standards and Innovation
3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. — Staking a Claim Together: Moonshots Achieved Through the Power of Enterprise Integration
Location: Forum Ballroom 137
- Lori Gordon, Systems Director, Space Enterprise Evolution Directorate - The Aerospace Corporation
- Kristi Bradford, Founder and Managing Director - Pragmatic Frontiers
- Theresa Lina, Senior Executive - Lina Group, Inc.
- Lee Steinke, Chief Operating Officer - CisLunar Industries
- Allen Varghese, Defense Ventures Military Fellow - Moonshots Capital
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. — Bringing Mobility to Market: Igniting Drivers to Make ISAM Routine
Location: Forum Ballroom 139
- Audrey Allison, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy and Strategy - The Aerospace Corporation
- Col. Justin Chandler, USAF (Ret.), Vice President of Government Relations and Strategic Partnerships - ThinkOrbital
- Daniel Farber, Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Orbit Fab
- Col. Edward Ferguson, Chief, Advanced Warfighter Capabilities and Resources Analysis Division; Director, Space Technical Analysis Group - United States Space Command
- Trudy Kortes, Director, Technology Demonstrations - NASA
- Ghonhee Lee, Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Katalyst Space Technologies
Wednesday, July 31
9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. — Fostering Strategic International Partnerships Within the Space Domain
Location: Forum Ballroom 137
- Ashley Kowalski, Project Leader, International Partnerships - The Aerospace Corporation
- Yuka Nakazato, Air and Space Attache - Embassy of Japan
- Lt. Col. Steffen Neumann (German Air Force), German Liaison Officer, United States Space Command Multinational Space Coordination Office
10:45 a.m. — The Good, the Fad, and the Buggy: Harnessing AI's Potential for Space
Location: Forum Ballroom 137
- Kevin Bell, Senior Vice President, Engineering and Technology Group - The Aerospace Corporation
- Belinda Marchand, Chief Science Officer - Slingshot Aerospace
- David Salvagnini, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Chief Data Officer - NASA
- Al Tadros, Chief Technology Officer - Redwire Space
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. — Move Fast & Build Things: Accelerating Resilient Space Industrial Mobilization with the Defense Production Act
Location: Forum Ballroom 134
- Brian Bone, Principal Director, Commercial Space Futures Office - The Aerospace Corporation
- Uyen Dinh, Vice President of Government Relations and Strategy - BlackSky
- Mike Patton, Vice President, Product Center - Lockheed Martin Space
- Melanie Preisser, Executive Vice President/General Manager - York Space Systems
- Karla Smith Jackson, Senior Procurement Executive, Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer and Assistant Administrator for Office of Procurement - NASA
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. — In-space Incident Response and Rescue Responsibilities
Location: Forum Ballroom 139
- Grant Cates, Senior Project Leader, Space Architecture - The Aerospace Corporation
- Layne Carter, Chief, SARSAT Division (CG-SAR-3) - USCG Officer of Search and Rescue
- Tom Marshburn, Chief Medical Officer - Sierra Space
- Jan Osburg, Senior Engineer - RAND Corporation
- Shawna Pandya, Director, Space Medicine Group - International Institute for Astronautical Sciences
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. — From Art to Architecture: Inspiring Our Version of a Star Trek Future
Location: Forum Ballroom 134
- Ashley Kowalski, Project Leader, International Partnerships - The Aerospace Corporation
- Ubaldo Ciminieri, Chief of Staff - Cislunar Industries
- Sarah Kalmeta, Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Pivot Point International
- Sabrina Thompson, Chief Executive Officer and Founder - Girl in Space Club
- Garrett Wang (actor), Ensign Harry Kim, Star Trek: Voyager
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. — Accelerating Development of the Space Ecosystem - An AIAA Task Force
Location: Forum Ballroom 113
- Dennis Paul, Senior Project Leader, Development Directorate, Civil System Group - The Aerospace Corporation
- Michael Mealling, General Partner - Starbridge Venture Capital
- Mike Gold, Chief Growth Officer - Redwire Space
- Lee Steinke, Chief Operating Officer - CisLunar Industries
Thursday, August 1
3:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. — New Treaty Enabling Lunar Missions; Management of Orbital Resources; and New Space Capabilities: How WRC-23 Advances Space Missions
Location: Ballroom 139
- Audrey Allison, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Space Policy and Strategy - The Aerospace Corporation
- George John, Senior Associate - Hogan Lovells
- Joseph Koller, Principal, Space Safety and Sustainability - Amazon Kuiper
- Catherine Sham, Lunar and Human Spaceflight Spectrum Manager - NASA Johnson Space Center
TECHNICAL PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Monday, July 29
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. — Topics in Heat Transfer
Location: Academy Ballroom 415
- Patrick Yee (Co-Chair), Senior Engineer Specialist, Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering - The Aerospace Corporation
10:30 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. — Characterization of Thermal Conductance Between a Ball and Parallel Plates for Spacecraft Bearing Applications
Location: Academy Ballroom 415
- Natalie Walsh, Member of Technical Staff, Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering - The Aerospace Corporation
Tuesday, July 30
1:20 p.m. to 1:40 p.m. — Novel Strategies for Cislunar Conjunction Assessment and Collision Avoidance
Location: Forum Ballroom 125
- Travis Lechtenberg, Engineering Specialist, Modeling & Simulation and Operations Systems Engineering - The Aerospace Corporation
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. — Aerodynamics of Inlets and Nozzles
Location: Academy Ballroom 403
- Matthew Conway (Chair), Senior Engineer Specialist, Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering - The Aerospace Corporation
Wednesday, July 31
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. — Theoretical and Computational Heat Transfer II
Location: Academy Ballroom 415
- Patrick Yee (Chair), Senior Engineer Specialist, Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering - The Aerospace Corporation
Thursday, August 1
1:20 p.m. to 1:40 p.m. — The Connectivity Anywhere Zeitgeist and Supplemental Coverage from Space
Location: Summit Ballroom 207
- Karen Jones, Senior Project Leader, Space Policy and Strategy - The Aerospace Corporation
3:30 p.m. — Missile/Projection/Munition Aerodynamics
Location: Academy Ballroom 405
- Matthew Conway (Chair), Senior Engineer Specialist, Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering - The Aerospace Corporation