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Day 1: Keynote Address: Lennard Fisk | Session 1: Space Policy – Expectations and Reality | Session 2: Space Science – the Next Decade | Session 3: Role of Education in American Competitiveness
Day 2: 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

Session 3: Role of Education in American Competitiveness

Moderator: Angela Phillips Diaz, NASA Ames; Special Assistant to the Chancellor, University of California, Riverside

Panelists:
Julie Van Kleeck, Vice President, Space Programs, Aerojet
Susan Hackwood, Executive Director, California Council for Science and Technology
Chauncey Veatch, National Teacher of the Year 2002-2003
Victoria Conner, Principal and Founder, Strategic Vitality, LLC
Brandon Hensley, Caltech/ARCS Foundation Scholar

Angela Phillips Diaz, “Role of Education in American Competitiveness”

Julie Van Kleeck, “The Role of Education in American Competitiveness: Industry Perspective”

Susan Hackwood, “California Council on Science and Technology”

Victoria Conner, “Influencing STEM Progress through Collaboration: Non-Governmental Organization Impact”

Looking Ahead – Key Space Events

Sep 27-Oct 1 — International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
Prague Congress Centre
Prague, Czech Republic

Oct 10-24 – USA Science & Engineering Festival 
Washington, DC

Oct 25-27 — Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, Alabama

Nov 5-7 — SEDS-USA National Conference
“SpaceVision 2010″
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Nov 16-17 — AAS National Conference
“ISS: The Next Decade”
Radisson Resort at the Port
Cape Canaveral, Florida

Feb 4-9 — AAS Guidance and Control Conference
Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center
Breckenridge, Colorado
Abstract Deadline September 1, 2010

Feb 13-17 — AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Winter Meeting
Lowes New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
Abstract Deadline October 11, 2010

Mar 15-17 — Space, Propulsion & Energy Sciences International Forum
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland

Mar 30-31 — 49th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium
Greenbelt Marriott
Greenbelt, Maryland

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