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

Jul 27 — Deadline for AAS Awards Nominations

Aug 9-13 — AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Sep 14-17 — Space 2009 Conference & Exposition
Space: New Opportunities for a New Era
Pasadena Convention Center
Pasadena, California

Oct 12-16 — International Astronautical Congress
Space for Sustainable Peace and Progress

Online registration now open.
Daejeon, Korea

Oct 20-21 — 2nd Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium
Von Braun Center
Huntsville, Alabama

Dec 2-3 — AAS Imagine ‘09: Ideas at Work
JSC Gilruth Center
Houston, Texas

Feb 5-10 — AAS Guidance and Control Conference
Breckenridge, Colorado

Feb 14-18 – 
AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Winter Meeting
San Diego, California

Mar 10-11 — Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium
Greenbelt, Maryland

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