PROGRAM
MONDAY, JULY 6
3:00 – 6:00 PM: Registration Open
4:30 – 6:00 PM: New User Workshop
6:00 – 8:00 PM: Opening Reception
TUESDAY, JULY 7
7:00 – 8:00 AM: Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:00 – 8:15 AM: Welcome & Opening Remarks
8:15 – 8:45 AM: An ISS Welcome, Michael T. Suffredini
8:45 – 10:00 AM: A Conversation with Elon Musk
10:00 – 10:15 AM: BREAK
10:15 – 11:30 AM: International Space Station: Catalyst for the Future
11:30 – 1:00 PM: Biomedical Advancements from Space-based Protein Crystal Growth
1:00 – 2:15 PM: Best of 2015 ISS Awards Ceremony and Lunch
2:15 – 4:15 PM: TECHNICAL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
4:15 – 4:30 PM: BREAK
4:30 – 5:30 PM: New Space: Funding New Ideas and Businesses in the Emerging Commercial Space Sector
5:30 – 7:30 PM: Networking Reception
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8
7:00 – 8:00 AM: Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:00 – 8:15 AM: Welcome
8:15 – 9:30 AM: The Evolving ISS Lab: Improvements to Enable New Research and Utilization
9:30 – 11:00 AM: Viewpoints: Leveraging ISS to Enable LEO Commercialization
11:00 – 11:15 AM: BREAK
11:15 – 12:30 PM: Stem Cell Research: Impact on Therapeutics
11:15 – 12:30 PM: Commercial Remote Sensing from the ISS
12:45 – 2:15 PM: ISS User Innovation Keynote (featuring CNN’s Rachel Crane)
2:15 – 4:15 PM: TECHNICAL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
4:15 – 4:30 PM: BREAK
4:30 – 6:00 PM: Good Health: Translating Precision Medicine on the ISS National Lab to Human Wellness on Earth
6:30 – 8:00 PM: Networking Reception
THURSDAY, JULY 9
7:00 – 8:00 AM: Registration, Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:00 – 8:15 AM: Welcome
8:15 – 9:45 AM: Beyond LEO: The Role of ISS in Support of Exploration
9:45 – 10:00 AM: BREAK
10:00 – 11:00 AM: Materials Science Research: Testing and Manufacturing in Space
11:00 – 12:15 PM: STEM on the ISS : How the ISS National Lab is In uencing Students and Educators in the Area of STEM Education
12:30 – 2:15 PM: Astronaut Keynote Address & Lunch
2:15 – 4:15 PM: TECHNICAL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
4:30 – 5:30 PM: Can Humans Survive 1,000 Days in Space? The Impact of ISS One Year Missions
5:30 – 5:45 PM: Conference Closing Remarks