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

May 13-14 — George H. Born Symposium
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado

May 17-19 — Kyle T. Alfriend Astrodynamics Symposium

Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa
Monterey, California

Jun 11-13 — 6th Student CanSat Competititon
Amarillo, Texas

July 27-30 — 12th International Space Conference of Pacific-basin Societies (ISCOPS)
Delta Montréal Hotel
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Deadline for new abstracts is April 15.

Aug 2-5 — AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
Sheraton Centre Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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