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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?

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

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

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

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

5:30-5:50 PM EDT | NASA: We're Going to MARS
  • Pam Melroy (NASA | Deputy Administrator)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

The 2022 Humans to Mars Summit Interviews

with Mat Kaplan & Beth Mund

The 2022 Humans to Mars Summit | Interview Shahreen Reza & Daniel Tomkins
  • Mat Kaplan (Planetary Radio | Host)
  • Beth Mund (Casual Space | Host)
  • Shahreen Reza (Astreas | Founder and CEO)
  • Daniel Tomkins (GrowMars | Founder and CEO)

The 2022 Humans to Mars Summit | Interview Jennifer Bowman & Hoppy Price
  • Mat Kaplan (Planetary Radio | Host)
  • Beth Mund (Casual Space | Host)
  • Moderator: Jennifer Bowman (Northrop Grumman | Business Development Manager, NASA Programs)
  • Hoppy Price (NASA JPL | Mars Orbital Mission 2033)

The 2022 Humans to Mars Summit | Interview Dave Murrow & Sian Proctor
  • Mat Kaplan (Planetary Radio | Host)
  • Beth Mund (Casual Space | Host)
  • Dave Murrow (Lockheed Martin Co. | Sr. Manager Business Development)
  • Sian Proctor (Inspiration4 | Astronaut & Mission Pilot with SpaceX)

The 2022 Humans to Mars Summit | Interview Lori Glaze
  • Mat Kaplan (Planetary Radio | Host)
  • Beth Mund (Casual Space | Host)
  • Lori Glaze (NASA | Director, Planetary Science Division)

The 2022 Humans to Mars Summit| Interview Melody Yashar
  • Mat Kaplan (Planetary Radio | Host)
  • Beth Mund (Casual Space | Host)
  • Melodie Yashar (ICON | Building Design and Performance, Director)