The International Space Station (ISS) & Mars conference takes place Thursday and Friday, April 12-13, 2012 in Strasbourg, France at the International Space University (ISU). The public is invited to attend and ask questions in either of two ways:
- To attend in person, please register by visiting www.issmars-europe.eventbrite.com. Full registration is €295 (about $385 ) for the full 2 day conference; some groups have discount codes for the registration (ask your affiliation for them).
- To attend via live webcast at no cost, please visit http://www.isunet.edu/webcast . The schedule of events is below. Questions are welcomed and may be submitted via Twitter with the hashtag #issandmars
The registration price includes lunch on both days, tea and coffee during breaks, the reception on Thursday evening.
Hotel rooms are available at €79 (about $105) per room per night across the street from the ISU campus at the Holiday Inn Strasbourg-Illkirch.
Book before 15 March by calling the hotel and mentioning that you are booking for the ISS & Mars conference 12 & 13 April 2012. The ISU rate is €79 (about $105) per room, per night + €1.50 (about $2) per person, per day for the city tax. You need to book before 15 March to enjoy this discounted rate.
Holiday Inn Strasbourg-Illkirch
Boulevard Sebastien Brandt, Parc d’Innovation Illkirch, 67400 FRANCE
Hotel Front Desk: +33-388-408484
There are also a number of ISU affiliated hotels in the center of Strasbourg. Travelling from the center of the city to the ISU campus can be done easily by tramline A, tramstop ‘Campus Illkirch‘. A list of hotels can be found here:
program (* 5 March 2012)
Thursday: April 12, 2012
9:00-9:45: Keynote speaker: Dr. Reinhold Ewald (ESA – Operations Manager, Columbus Control Center; Astronaut) tentative
9:45-10:00: Morning break
10:00-11:30: What are the challenges to human exploration of Mars?
Dr. James Garvin (NASA – Chief Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center- tentative) and Dr. Bruno Gardini (ESA)
11:30-1:00: ISS as a test bed Missions beyond LEO and on to Mars.
Moderator: Sam Scimemi (NASA – Deputy, International Space Station)
George Nelson (NASA: Manager, ISS Technology Demonstration Office)
Mike Rodriggs (NASA: ISTAR Mission Manager)
Matt Duggan (Boeing: ISS Program) (not confirmed yet)
Patrik Sunblad (ESA: Head of Life Sciences Unit)
Diego Urbina (Mars500)
1:00-2:30: Speaker Lunch: Simon “Pete” Worden (NASA: Director, NASA Ames Research Center)
2:30-3:50: Transitioning from ISS to Exploration
Moderator: Mark Kinnersley
(Astrium – Director of Business Development; Orbital System and Exploration Division)
Michael Menking (Astrium: Head of Site Bremen, Senior Vice President Orbital Systems & Space Exploration)
Kathy Laurini (NASA: Senior Advisor, Exploration and Space Operations)
Ed Hodgson (Hamilton Sundstrand: Fellow)
Chris Sallaberger (MDA: VP & Director of Space Exploration)
3:50-4:00: afternoon break
4:00-4:45: Day 1 Afternoon Speaker: Berndt Feuerbacher (President, International Aeronautical Federation)
evening program
7:00 -11:00 PM: ISU 25th Anniversary Gala Reception and Yuri’s Night celebration
Speaker: tba
Friday April 13, 2012
9:00-9:45: Franklin Chang Diaz Ad Astra Rocket Company, Chairman, CEO, and President; Former NASA Astronaut) – Tentative
9:45-10:00: Morning break
10:00-11:30: What projects can be launched in the next 2-5 years in Cis-Lunar Space
Moderator: Ulrich Kübler
(Astrium – Senior Manager Business Development Head of ISS Utilization Office)
Martin Zell (ESA: Acting Head of ISS Utilisation and Astronaut Support Department, Acting Head of European Astronauts Department, Directorate of Human Spaceflight and Operations, ESTEC & EAC) -tentative
Gilles Clement (ISU: CNES Chair, Human Space Flight)
Jens Hauslage (DLR: Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Biomedical Science Support Center)
Joe Cassady (Aerojet)
11:30-1:00: Moving Beyond LEO: What missions can be accomplished in the next 10-20 years?
Moderator: Michael Raftery (Boeing: ISS Deputy Program Manager)
Kirk Shireman (NASA: ISS Deputy Program Manager)
Chris Sallaberger (MDA: VP & Director of Space Exploration)
Maria-Antonietta Perino (TASI: Head of Adv. Space Exploration Programs)
Mark Kinnersley (Astrium: Director of Business Development)
Josh Hopkins (Lockheed Martin: Space Exploration Architect)
1:00-2:00: Lunch
2:30-3:20: The ISS Partnership as a governance model for international human missions beyond LEO and eventually to Mars
Moderator: André Farand (ESA: Legal Affairs)
Kathy Laurini (NASA: Senior Advisor, Exploration and Space Operations)
Robert P. Veldhuyzen (ESA: retired)
3:30-4:15: Closing Speaker- Walter Peeters (President, International Space University)
Speakers List (as of 5 March 2012)
Walter Peeters (ISU)
Thomas Reiter (ESA) – invited
James Garvin (NASA) – tentative
Ulrich Kuebler (Astrium)
Mark Kinnersley (Astrium)
Maria Antonietta Perino (Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A)
Diego Urbina (Mars500)
Sam Scimemi (NASA)
Mike Raftery (Boeing)
Christer Fuglesang (ESA) – invited
Chris Sallaberger (MDA)
Kathy Laurini (NASA)
Josh Hopkins (LMCO)
John Shannon (NASA) – Tentative
André Farand (ESA)
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