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AAS National Conference and 55th Annual Meeting
“Space Science and Exploration in the Next Decade”
Pasadena Hilton
Pasadena, California
November 17-19, 2008

Conference Registration

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Corporate sponsorship opportunities are available. Please download a corporate sponsorship form (.pdf).

Logistics

For information about travel and lodging for the conference, please see the logistics page.

Conference Program

The AAS National Conference will feature the Carl Sagan Memorial Lecture, panels on current and relevant topics, two special luncheon presentations and receptions. See the full conference program for more details.

Update, 2008-12-01: Slide presentations from the conference are posted in the individual sessions. See the links below.

Monday 17 November

Future Leaders Networking Reception (sponsored by Lockheed Martin)

Tuesday 18 November

Keynote Address / Sagan Memorial Lecture: Lennard A. Fisk
Session 1: Space Policy – Expectations and Reality
Session 2: Space Science – the Next Decade
Session 3: Role of Education in American Competitiveness
Reception – Celebrating JPL (sponsored by Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp)

Wednesday 19 November

Session 4: Mars – The Best is Yet to Come
Session 5: Space Entrepreneurs
Luncheon Speaker: Andrea Seastrand
Session 6: Exploration – One Year On
Session 7: Earth Science – the Next Decade
Session 8: Report on the Hubble Servicing Mission

Networking

Coming to Pasadena? RSVP and meet other AAS National Conference attendees on Upcoming or Facebook.

For professional networking, registered conference attendees (including Future Leaders Networking Reception Attendees) are invited to join the AAS National Conference 2008 on LinkedIn.