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Registration for the 12-13 April 2012 ISS & Mars conference is open

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For conference attendess hotelrooms are available at €79 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  per room, per night +  1.50€ per person, per day for the city tax.

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 will be posted on the website soon.

program (* 4 January 2012)

Wednesday April 11, 2012
7:00 pm – Reception (Tentative)

Thursday: April 12, 2012

9:00-9:50: Keynote speaker: Dr. Reinhold Ewald (ESA – Operations Manager, Columbus Control Center; Astronaut) tentative

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) – tentative

11:30-1:00: Lunch

1:00-2:20: ISS as a test bed Missions beyond LEO and on to Mars.
Moderator: Sam Scimemi (NASA – Deputy, International Space Station)
Patrick Sunblad (ESA)
George Nelson (NASA)
Diego Urbina (Mars500)
Mike Rodriggs (NASA)
Matt Duggan (Boeing)
Jordon Metcalf (NASA)

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)
Kathy Laurini (NASA)
Ed Hodgson (Hamilton Sundstrand)
Chris Sallaberger (MDA)

4:00-4:45: Day 1 Afternoon Speaker: Berndt Feuerbacher (President, International Aeronautical Federation)

evening program

7:00 pm: Yuri’s Night/ISU 25th Anniversary Gala Reception
Speaker: Jean-Jacques Dordain (Director General, ESA – tentative)

Friday April 13, 2012

9:00-9:50: Franklin Chang Diaz (Ad Astra Rocket Company; Former NASA Astronaut) – Tentative

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)

10:00-11:30: What projects can be launched in the next 2-8 years in Cis-Lunar Space
Joe Cassady (Aerojet) tentative

11:30-1:00 - Lunch

1:00-2:20: 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)
Chris Sallaberger  (MDA)
Maria-Antonietta Perino (TASI)
Mark Kinnersley (Astrium)
Josh Hopkins (Lockheed Martin)

2:30-3:50: The ISS Partnership as a governance model for international human missions beyond LEO and eventually to Mars
Moderator: André Farand (ESA)
Kathy Laurini (NASA)

4:00-4:45: Closing Speaker- Walter Peeters (President, International Space University)

evening program
6:00 pm: Dinner (speaker)
Speaker: Franklin Chang Diaz - Tentative

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