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11:35-12:30 PM EDT | Planet of Robots: Recent Milestones and Discoveries on Mars

10:35-11:30 AM EDT | Artemis to Mars: An International Collaboration

11:35-12:30 PM EDT | Planet of Robots: Recent Milestones and Discoveries on Mars

1:15-2:00 PM EDT | ROBOTS AND HUMANS: AN ESSENTIAL PARTNERSHIP TO ENABLE H2M AND HOW THE MOON CAN HELP
  • Steve Mackwell (The Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston | former Director)
  • Clive Neal (University of Notre Dame | Professor, Geoscience)
  • Tomohiro Usui (JAXA)
  • Hakan Svedhem (ESA | Project Scientist, ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, TGO)
  • Laurent Sibille (Southeastern University Research Association | Sr. Technology Development Scientist, Subject Matter Expert)

2:05-3:00 PM EDT | Earth, Moon, Mars: Building a Sustainable Path to Mars

3:05-4:00 PM EDT | Maintaining Momentum: What can and should be achieved in the 2020s and 2030s?
  • Moderator: Mike French (AIA | Vice President, Space Systems)
  • Alicia Brown (NASA | Associate Administrator, Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs)
  • Patrick Finley (National Space Council | Director, Civil Space Policy)
  • Joel Graham (Professional Staff Member for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS).

7:00-8:00 PM EDT | How Can Space Exploration Expand Inclusiveness and Diversity?
  • Moderator: Shawna Pandya (Orbital Assembly Corporation | Director of Medical Research)
  • Dr. Aidyl Gonzalez (IIAS | Researcher, Belldegrun Center for Innovative Leadership Curriculum Innovator and Collaborator in STEM, Upper School Science educator and Los Angeles County Science Fair SRC Chair)
  • Andrea Yip (Luna Design and Innovation | Founder & CEO)
  • Dr. Aaron Persad (MIT | Research Scientist, IIAS Director of Bioastronautics, Co-Founder, Astreas)
  • Shayla Redmond (IIAS | Director of Education, CEO/founder of STEAM Unlimited, Mechanical engineer)

10:00-10:55 AM EDT | Building a Space Workforce: Inspiring and Motivating Preprofessional and Early Professionals
  • Moderator: Aaron Shepard (Electrical Engineer/ Science Communications)
  • Anthony Razo (SEDS | Board Chair)
  • Andrea Lloyd (US Geological Survey Earth Resources Operations and Science | Technical Specialist for the Landsat Program)
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  • Morgan Irons (Deep Space Ecology | Founder & Chief Science Officer)
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  • Owen Welch (Student | Senior at William T. Dwyer High School)

11:00-11:30 AM EDT | A Conversation with Bill Nelson (NASA | Administrator) facilitated by Janet Ivey (Explore Mars | President)
  • Bill Nelson (NASA | Administrator)
  • Janet Ivey (Explore Mars | President)

11:35-12:30 PM EDT | Making it on Mars: 3-D Printing and Sustainability

1:15-2:10 PM EDT | Designing Living Space on Mars

2:15-3:15 PM EDT | Nuclear Propulsion/Surface Power

3:15-4:15 PM EDT | A Trajectory to Mars: Advantages and Challenges of Long and Short-Stay Missions to Mars

10:00-10:30 AM EDT | Hoppy Price (NASA JPL | Mars Orbital Mission 2033)

10:35-11:15 AM EDT | Janet Ivey (Explore Mars | President) interviews Naeem Altaf (IBM | Distinguished Engineer & CTO Space Tech) - The IBM State of the Space Industry Report and the IBM Cubesat Project
  • Facilitator: Janet Ivey (Explore Mars, Inc: President)
  • Naeem Altaf (IBM | Distinguished Engineer & CTO Space Tech)

12:00-1:00 PM EDT | Utilizing Resources

1:45-2:40 PM EDT | How Space Exploration Improves Life on Earth
  • Moderator: Dr. Tiffany Vora (Singularity University | Faculty & Vice Chair, Digital Biology & Medicine)
  • Jason L Kessler (NASA | Program Executive, Small Business Innovation Research & Small Business Technology Transfer Programs)
  • Shahreen Reza (Astreas | Founder and CEO)
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  • Mohsen Alawadhi (UAE Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre | Mission System Engineer – Emirates Mars Mission)
  • Larry Kuznetz (The Mars Suit Project | Founder and CEO)
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2:45-3:45 PM EDT | EVA Suits & Operations

3:45-4:30 PM EDT | Why Mars
  • Co-Moderators: Janet Ivey (Explore Mars | President) & Mat Kaplan (Planetary Radio | Host)
  • Greg Chavers (NASA | Acting Deputy Associate Adminstrator, Systems Engineering and Integration)
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  • Kavya Manyapu (NASA | Flight Operations and Training, EVA)
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  • Jim Garvin (NASA | Chief Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
  • Steve Sherman (Living Maths | Chief Imagination Officer)
  • Hunter Stanchak (Colonize Mars | Founder)
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  • Aaron Shepard (Electrical Engineer/ Science Communications)
  • Joe Cassady (Aerojet Rocketdyne | Exec. Director, Space)