8:00-9:15 AM EDT | Continental Breakfast and Registration

9:15-9:30 AM EDT | Welcome and Opening Announcements

• Chris Carberry (Explore Mars | CEO)
• Janet Ivey (Explore Mars | President)

9:30-10:25 AM EDT | Will Humans be on the Surface of the Moon by the Mid-2020s and Travel to Mars by the Mid-2030s?

• Moderator: Mat Kaplan (Planetary Radio | Host)
• Sam Scimemi (NASA HQ | Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator for Human Spaceflight) (view presentation materials)
• John Marzano (Northrop Grumman | Human Landing System Program, Director) (view presentation materials)
• Hiroshi Sasaki (JAXA | Vice President and Director General for Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate) (view presentation materials)
• David Parker (ESA | Director, Human and Robotic Exploration) (view presentation materials)

10:25-11:00 AM EDT | Networking Break

11:00-11:40 AM EDT | International Space Relations: Space Diplomacy and Security in Challenging Times

• Moderator: Allyson Reneau (Author, Mom, Humanitarian, International Motivational Speaker, Explore Mars Board Member)
• Mir Sadat (Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council' Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security; Adjunct Scholar with West Point's the Modern War Institute)
• Sam Scimemi (NASA HQ | Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator for Human Spaceflight)

11:40 AM-12:30 PM EDT | Orbiting the Moon: Artemis 1 & 2

• Moderator: Joe Cassady (Aerojet Rocketdyne | Exec. Director, Space)
• Christine Edwards (Lockheed Martin Co. | Commercial Civil Space Deputy Chief Architect) (view presentation materials)
• Sheela Logan (NASA Headquarters | Artemis Integration Lead, Orion Program Executive) (view presentation materials)
• Mary Kalayjian (Aerojet Rocketdyne: RS-25 Project & Component Engineer) (view presentation materials)
• Mike Fuller (Northrop Grumman | NASA Programs, Business Development) (view presentation materials)
• David Burks (Boeing | Director, Global Sales & Marketing, Deep Space) (view presentation materials)

12:30-2:00 PM EDT | Brown Bag Lunch Speaker Chris Carberry (Alcohol in Space | Author)

2:00-2:55 PM EDT | How Can the Human Landing System program (HLS) Advance Human Missions to Mars?

• Moderator: Jeff Foust (Space News | Senior Staff Writer)
• Tara Polsgrove (NASA | Engineer) (view presentation materials)
• Alicia Dwyer Cianciolo (NASA Langley Research Center | Senior Technical Lead for Advanced Entry, Descent and Landing Vehicle Technology Development) (view presentation materials)
• Andy Crocker (Dynetics | Human Landing Systems Program Manager) (view presentation materials)
• Karina Drees (Commercial Space Federation | President) (view presentation materials)

2:55-3:45 PM EDT | Mars Sample Return

• Moderator: Mary Engola (Aerojet Rocketdyne | Sr. Manager, Space Communications)
• Dave Murrow (Lockheed Martin Co. | Sr. Manager Business Development) (view presentation materials)
• Albert Haldemann (ESA – ESTEC | Mars Chief Engineer, Mars Exploration Group) (view presentation materials)
• Jeff Gramling (NASA Headquarters | Mars Sample Return, Program Director) (view presentation materials)

3:45-4:05 PM EDT | Networking Break

4:05-5:00 PM EDT | Maintaining Policy Momentum

• Moderator: Mike French (AIA | Vice President, Space Systems)
• Ezinne Uzo-Okora (White House Office of Science and Technology Policy | Assistant Director for Space Policy)
• Tom Hammond (House Science, Space and Technology Committee Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee | Senior Policy Adviser)
• Brian Israel (NASA HQ | Associate General Counsel for International Law)
• Jean Toal Eisen (United States Senate Committee on Appropriations | Subcommittee Staff Director, Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee)

5:00-5:30 PM EDT | Manifesting Mars, Why the Mars Generation Will Lead Us Beyond LEO

• Gitika Gorthi (NASA | Administrator) (view presentation materials)

5:30-5:50 PM EDT | NASA Goes to MARS

• Pam Melroy (NASA | Deputy Administrator)

5:50-7:30 PM EDT | Onsite Reception | The Grand Ballroom at The George Washington University (RSVP Required)

8:00-8:30 AM EDT | Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:30-8:35 AM EDT | Welcome and Opening Announcements

• Chris Carberry (Explore Mars | CEO)
• Janet Ivey (Explore Mars | President)

8:35-9:00 AM EDT | Jordanian Mars Analog Enabling Students in the Middle East

• Mac Malkawi (Borderless Labs) (view presentation materials)

9:00-9:50 AM EDT | The World Goes to Mars: International Science Missions

• Moderator: Tanya Harrison (Planet | Director of Strategic Science Initiatives)
• Lori Glaze (NASA | Director, Planetary Science Division) (view presentation materials)
• Tim Haltigin (Canadian Space Agency | Senior Mission Scientist, Planetary Exploration) (view presentation materials)
• Sanjay Vijendran (ESA | Mars Strategy Team Leader and Future Mars Studies (MarsX Team) Coordinator) (view presentation materials)
• Dr. Masaki Fujimoto (JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) | Deputy Director General) (view presentation materials)

9:50-10:15 AM EDT | Networking Break

10:15-11:05 AM EDT | Mars, Innovation, and Sustainability

• Moderator: Dr. Tiffany Vora (Singularity University | Faculty & Vice Chair, Digital Biology & Medicine)
• Melodie Yashar (ICON | Building Design and Performance, Director) (view presentation materials)
• Axel Krieger (Johns Hopkins University | Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics (LCSR)) (view presentation materials)
• Raymond ‘Corky’ Clinton (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | Associate Director of the Science & Technology Office) (view presentation materials)
• Sydney Nakahodo (Seldor Capital | Founder and General Partner) (view presentation materials)

11:05-11:50 AM EDT | Designing Livable Space on Mars

• Moderator: Beth Mund (Casual Space | Host)
• Vera Mulyani (Mars City Design | CEO) (view presentation materials)
• Alfredo Munoz (Abiboo Studio | CEO) (view presentation materials)
• Hunter Stanchak (Colonize Mars | Founder) (view presentation materials)

11:50-12:00 PM EDT | MOM (MARS OXYGEN MACHINE), THE BEARER OF LIFE | PAKISTAN STEM STUDENT PRESENTATION

• Moderator: Urooj Seemeen (E-Services and Technology | CEO)
• Ninja Brothers: Hashim, Ayaan & Usayd (Pakistan | STEM Student Innovators) (view presentation materials)
• Pink Ferries: Nusaybah, Eshaal, & Urwah (Pakistan | STEM Student Innovators) (view presentation materials)

12:00-12:30 PM EDT | Biologically Modifying the Atmospheres of Mars and Earth

• Steve McDaniel (Reactive Surfaces | Managing partner, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Innovation Officer) (view presentation materials)

12:30-2:00 PM EDT | Speaker Lunch Marc Hartzman (The Big Book of Mars | Author)

Parallel Technical Sessions

Technical Session 1 | Robots and Humans Conduct Science and Prepare for Human Missions (BETTS AUDITORIUM)

2:00-3:15 PM EDT | T1a | Robotic Precursor Missions

• Co-Moderator: Hoppy Price (NASA JPL | Mars Orbital Mission 2033) (view presentation materials)
• Co-Moderator: Linda Karanian (Karanian Aerospace Consulting | President)
• Richard M. Davis (NASA | Assistant Director for Science and Exploration) (view presentation materials)
• Michael Hecht (MIT Haystack Observatory | Principal Investigator of MOXIE) (view presentation materials)
• Michael Gernhardt (NASA JSC | Astronaut) (view presentation materials)
• Dr. Sherrie Holder (Draper Labs | Senior Space Systems Engineer) (view presentation materials)
• Dave Lavery (NASA | Program Executive for Solar System Exploration) (view presentation materials)

3:15-3:45 PM EDT | Break

3:45-5:00 PM EDT | T1b | STEM Entertainment

• Moderator: Janet Ivey (Explore Mars | President)
• José Morey (Ad Astra Media | CEO)
• Syd Blue (Syd Blue Productions | Writer and Producer; Fly Girl | Author) (view presentation materials)
• Tamara Krinsky (Tomorrow's World Today | Host)
• AJ Trauth (Marble Media | VP)
• Robert Cooper (Writer | Producer | Director)
• Bert Ulrick (NASA | Multimedia Liaison for Film and TV Collaborations)

Technical Session 2 | Essential Life Support Systems (AMPHITHEATER)

2:00-3:15 PM EDT | T2a | Closed Loop ECLSS

• Darren Samplatsky (Collins Aerospace | Associate Director Business Development)
• Robert Richter (Sierra Space | Director of Environmental Systems) (view presentation materials)
• Phoebe Henson (Honeywell | Senior Advanced Systems Engineer - Human Space R&D) (view presentation materials)
• Jim Broyan (NASA | ECLSS-CHP Systems Capability, Leadership Team Lead) (view presentation materials)
• Barry Finger (Paragon SDC | Vice President of Engineering, Chief Engineer) (view presentation materials)

3:15-3:45 PM EDT | Break

3:45-5:00 PM EDT | T2b | Mars Habitats

• Moderator: Jennifer Bowman (Northrop Grumman | Business Development Manager, NASA Programs)
• Melodie Yashar (ICON | Building Design and Performance, Director) (view presentation materials)
• Robert Howard (NASA JSC | Habitability Domain Lead, Co-Lead Center for Design and Space Architecture) (view presentation materials)
• Eleanor Morgan (Lockheed Martin Co. | Lunar Exploration Campaign, Habitation Program Manager) (view presentation materials)
• Mike Elsperman (Boeing | Director of Exploration) (view presentation materials)

Technical Session 3 | Preparing for Mars on Earth (ROOM 309)

2:00-4:00 PM EDT | T3 | The Critical Role of Analogs to Prepare for Mars

• Moderator: Beth Mund (Casual Space | Host)
• Dr. Shawna Pandya (Orbital Assembly Corporation | Director of Medical Research) (view presentation materials)
• Jason Michaud (Stardust Technologies | Chief Executive Officer) (view presentation materials)
• P.J. Marcellino (Analog astronaut | Documentarian) (view presentation materials)
• Mac Malkawi (Borderless Labs, Inc. | Founder and CEO) (view presentation materials)

5:00-5:30 PM EDT | Unveiling a radically different EVA Spacesuit for Mars

• Larry Kuznetz (Planetary Protech | CTO; NASA Veteran)

6:30-8:00 PM EDT | Reception at the City View Room at GWU | Ardbeg Scotch tasting

8:00-8:45 AM EDT | Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:45-9:00 AM EDT | Welcome and Opening Announcements

• Chris Carberry (Explore Mars | CEO)
• Janet Ivey (Explore Mars | President)

9:00-9:25 AM EDT | CUTTING EDGE: THE STATE OF SPACE IBM

• Moderator: Janet Ivey (Explore Mars | President)
• Naeem Altaf (IBM | Distinguished Engineer & CTO Space Tech)

9:25-10:20 AM EDT | Nuclear vs. Chemical Propulsion

• Moderator: Bhavya Lal (NASA | Associate Administrator, Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy)
• Hoppy Price (NASA JPL | Mars Orbital Mission 2033) (view presentation materials)
• Tim Kokan (Aerojet Rocketdyne | Principal Engineer)
• Jonathan Cirtain (BWX Technologies, Inc. | Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer)

10:20-10:50 AM EDT | Networking Break

10:50-11:45 AM EDT | Entry Descent, Landing – and Ascent!

• Moderator: Joe Cassady (Aerojet Rocketdyne | Exec. Director, Space)
• Dave Murrow (Lockheed Martin Co. | Sr. Manager Business Development) (view presentation materials)
• Douglas Trent (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | Space Systems Team Lead, Advanced Concepts Office) (view presentation materials)
• Dr. Philip Hattis (Draper Labs | Laboratory Fellow) (view presentation materials)

11:45 AM- 12:40 PM EDT | Keeping Crews Healthy and Happy During Long-Duration Space Missions

• Moderator: Dr. Shawna Pandya (Orbital Assembly Corporation | Director of Medical Research)
• Dr. Kristin Fabre (NASA | Human Research Program Deputy Chief Scientist) (view presentation materials)
• Dr. Sheyna Gifford (Preventive and Occupational Medicine, Medical Operations | Disability Rights and Inclusion in Aerospace) (view presentation materials)
• Dr. Saralyn Mark (iGiant | Founder and CEO)

12:40-1:00 PM EDT | TREKKING TO MARS: FACT AND FICTION

• Morgan Gendel (Star Trek The Next Generation | Screenwriter; Planetary Shelter LLC | Developer) (view presentation materials)
• Bob Moses (Two Planet Species | Founder & President)

1:00-2:00 PM EDT | Lunch

2:00-2:50 PM EDT | Enjoying Food on Mars

• Moderator: Jared Angaza (The Human Space Program | Executive Director)
• Sian Proctor (Inspiration4 | Astronaut & Mission Pilot with SpaceX)
• Pascal Rosenfeld (Aleph Farms | Director New Ventures & Space) (view presentation materials)
• Shahreen Reza (Astreas | Founder and CEO)
• Scot Bryson (Orbital Farms | Founder and CEO)
• Daniel Tomkins (GrowMars | Founder and CEO) (view presentation materials)

3:00-3:50 PM EDT | Art and Music in Space: How the Arts Advance Mars Exploration

• Moderator: Christina Korp (Astronaut Wrangler | Space Advisor | Director of Space for a Better World) (view presentation materials)
• Sian Proctor (Inspiration4 | Astronaut & Mission Pilot with SpaceX) (view presentation materials)
• Nicole Stott (Artist | Astronaut | Earthling) (view presentation materials)
• Jancy McPhee (SciArt Exchange | Founder and Executive Director) (view presentation materials)

3:50-4:10 PM EDT | Networking Break

4:10-4:25 PM EDT | Awards Ceremony

• Chris Carberry (Explore Mars | CEO)
• Janet Ivey (Explore Mars | President)
• Mat Kaplan (Planetary Radio | Host)
• Sian Proctor (Inspiration4 | Astronaut & Mission Pilot with SpaceX)

4:25-5:15 PM EDT | How Can Humans on Mars Unite the World?

• Co-Moderators: Beth Mund (Casual Space | Host) & Mat Kaplan (Planetary Radio | Host) (view presentation materials)
• Kim Macharia (Space Prize Foundation | Executive Director; Space Frontier Foundation | Chair of The Board of Directors)
• Artemis Westenberg (Explore Mars Europe | Founder & CEO)
• Janet Ivey (Explore Mars | President)
• Jim Garvin (NASA | Chief Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) (view presentation materials)
• Priya Abiram (International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) | Citizen Scientist-Astronaut Trainee)
• Daniel Fox (SPACE 100.10 | Founder; THE FUTURE OF SPACE | founder)
• Tanya Harrison (Planet | Director of Strategic Science Initiatives)
• Chris Lyons (Janet's Planet Astronaut Academy | Student)