Aerospace Speakers at TC Sessions: Space 2022

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TC Sessions: Space features a full agenda, including Main Stage sessions; breakout sessions for startups; and networking opportunities. Join Aerospace for the full TC Sessions: Space experience, including the following sessions (all times Pacific):

MAIN STAGE EVENT

Space Workforce 2030: Inspiring, Preparing and Employing the Next Generation

11:20 AM – 11:40 AM @ Main Stage

The dawning space age offers enormous opportunities to explore new frontiers, grow the economy on orbit and strengthen our security. Making the most of this momentous time calls for an innovative workforce that can leverage diverse experiences and perspectives to solve the hard problems we’ll encounter. The Space Workforce 2030 pledge is a first-of-its-kind effort launched earlier this year that is bringing together more than 30 of the country’s leading space companies to work collaboratively to increase diversity across our industry to build a vibrant workforce for the future. Hear from space leaders about the work they’re doing to inspire, prepare and employ the next generation of scientists and engineers and how you can play a part in supporting this vital mission.

  Speakers:

  • Michael Patrick Edmonds - SVP of Strategy, Marketing, and Sales, Blue Origin
  • Steve Isakowitz - President & CEO, The Aerospace Corporation
  • Amy R. Pritchett - Professor and Head of Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
  • Melanie Stricklan - CEO & Co-founder, Slingshot Aerospace

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Bringing It to the Space Warfighting Domain

8:00 AM – 8:50 AM @ Seminar Room on 2nd Floor

Space is playing an ever-greater role in modern warfare and our broader national security. But delivering those critical space-based capabilities to warfighters and other end-users is just one step in the increasingly complex mission lifecycle. From how to incorporate the latest innovations to what role commercial capabilities can play, the way our nation’s space programs acquire, deploy and operate next-generation systems is undergoing profound shifts. Hear from space leaders about how these pieces fit together to deliver needed capabilities and the opportunities to drive greater integration for the benefit of all.

  Speakers:

  • Charlie McGillis - Vice President, Partnerships, Slingshot Aerospace
  • Jean L. Michael - General Manager, The Aerospace Corporation
  • Pete Muend - Director of Commercial Systems Program Office, National Reconnaissance Office
  • Col. Joseph Roth - Commander of Innovation & Prototyping Acquisitions Delta, USSF Space Systems Command
  • Christopher A. Solee - Acting Director of the Capability and Resource Integration Directorate (J8), United States Space Command

ISAM: A Commercial Linchpin for the New Space Economy

9:00 AM - 9:50 AM @ Seminar Room on 2nd Floor

Large-scale commercial investments will dominate the next wave of space innovation, including commercial space stations in low Earth orbit (LEO) and technologies that will enable a permanent human presence on the moon. The United States has issued national policy for developing In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities that can operationally sustain the new space economy with efficiency and scale. This session encourages participants to roll up their sleeves, break past the 411 on ISAM and get practical on how to stimulate ISAM capability development.

  Speakers:

  • Robert Hauge - President, SpaceLogistics
  • Carolyn Mercer - Chief Technologist, NASA's Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics & Space Administration
  • Dr. Debra Emmons - Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, The Aerospace Corporation
  • Lieutenant Colonel Frank T. Clark - Futures and Innovation Branch Chief of the Assured Access to Space Engineering Division, Space Systems Command, US Space Force, Space Systems Command