ISDC 2011 - Speakers and Special Guests

Confirmed Speakers and Special Guests

The speaker roster for the 2011 ISDC is still being put together. To date, the following speakers and honored guests have confirmed their attendance at the ISDC.

Buzz Aldrin
Former Apollo 11 Astronaut, Author, and Founder, ShareSpace Foundation

Neda Ansari
Spatial Politics: A collection of Poems Inspiring Politicians and Others via Science

Azam Arastu
Chief Engineer, Advanced Solar Power Systems, Boeing

Chuck Atkins
Former Chief of Staff, U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology

William Baird
Team Lead, Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Phoenicia

Gary Barnhard
Executive Director, National Space Society

Deborah Barnhart
CEO, U.S. Space and Rocket Center

Sherry Bell
NSS Board of Directors; Dean, School of Psychology, Kepler Space University

Lt Col. Richard Benz
Division Chief, SA and C2 Operations, USAF HQ AFSPC/A3C

Dallas Bienhoff
Manager, In-Space & Surface Systems, Boeing

Robert Bigelow
Founder and President, Bigelow Aerospace

Fred Bourgeois
Founder, President & CEO of Team FREDNET, Google Lunar X PRIZE Team

Julius Braun
Brig. Gen. U.S. Army Retired

Tore Brinck
Professor, Physical Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Ed Buckbee
Former NASA Public Affairs Official, Author, Lecturer, Director Emeritus US Space & Rocket Center, Curator of Von Braun Papers and Weekly Notes

Victor Budura
Program Manager, Space Operations, Davis Strategic Innovations, Inc.

Lowry Burgess
Artist, Leads the "Moon Arts Group" in the Studio for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon

AJ Burke
White Label Space, Google Lunar X PRIZE Team

Jonathan Campbell
Research Scientist, Engineer, and PI, University of Alabama Huntsville

Chris Carberry
Executive Director and Co-Founder, Explore Mars, Inc.

Jason Cassibry
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville

Steve Cayson
Deputy Director, Space & Cyber Directorate, Technical Center, US Army SMDC/AFSC

Andrew J. Cecil
Ground Data System Engineer, NASA MSFC

David Christensen
Aerospace Consultant, Expert on Redstone, Jupiter, Saturn Liquid Rocket Propulsion Systems and UAHuntsville Researcher

Barbara Cohen
Planetary Scientist, NASA MSFC

Wes Colley
Senior Research Scientist, University of Alabama Huntsville

Heidi Weber Collier
Army Civilian Human Resources Agency, Redstone Arsenal; Paperclip2 Coordinator

Bruce Cordell
President and Editor, 21st Century Waves.com

Stephen Covey
Software and Internet Consultant; Former Director of Research & Development for Applied Innovation

Mark K. Craig
NASA Account Manager, SAIC; Former NASA Director of Space Exploration

John Cserep
Laser Engineer. Former Director of the Space Frontier Foundation

Peter Curreri
Project Scientist, In Situ Resource Utilization, NASA MSFC

Martin Dahm
Miltec Systems Company

Klaus Dannenberg
Deputy Executive Director, AIAA

Ken Davidian
Director of Research, Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration

Susmita Das
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India

Andreas Diekmann
Head, European Space Agency (ESA) Washington D.C Office

George Dietrich
President, SPACE Canada

Declan O'Donnell
Declan Joseph O'Donnell, PC

Michael Doornbos
Founder, Evadot.com

Hugh Downs
Chairman, NSS Board of Governors, broadcaster, television host, producer, and author

Dan Dumbacher
Deputy (Acting) Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters

James Dunstan
Owner, Mobius Legal Group PLLC.

Pat Duggins
Author. News director, Alabama Public Radio. Former NPR news analyst

Arthur Dula
NSS Board of Governors. Founder, CEO, Excalibur Almaz

Andrew J. Dunar
Chair, History Department, University of Alabama Huntsville

Donald Durm
Chief Robotics Technician, Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Omega Envoy

Marianne Dyson
Home on the Moon: Living on a Space Frontier; Space Station Science: Life in Freefall; Space and Astronomy: Decade by Decade

Wes Faler
Software Development Lead, Google Lunar X PRIZE Part Time Scientists

Stuart Feldman
Zero Point Frontiers Corp.

Michela Muñoz Fernández
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Marcia Fiamengo
Chief Operating Officer, Federation of Galaxy Explorers

Richard Fork
Professor, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of Alabama Huntsville

Jeff Foust
Senior Analyst, Futron Corporation

Robert Frantz
President, Kepler Space University

Tatsuhito Fujita
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Anita Gale
Boeing and NSS Director

Bill Gardner
National Space Society

Richard Garriott
Space Tourist, Video Game Pioneer

Owen Garriott
Skylab and Space Shuttle Astronaut, Author

Lori Garver
Deputy Administrator, NASA [Invited]

Keith Gendreau
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Farnaz Ghadaki
Director, Canadian Space Commerce Association (CSCA), and Marketing Consultant

Al Globus
Senior Software Engineer, San Jose State University and NSS Director

Adam Goldstein
Physics Department, Univ. Alabama Huntsville

Mike Graves
Manager, Space Vehicles Department, Dynetics; Technical Lead, GXLP Rocket City Space Pioneers

Jeff Greason
CEO and Co-Founder, XCOR Aerospace

Doug Griffith
Aviation & Spaceflight Attorney

Philomena Grodzka
Huntsville Area Technical Societies (HATS) STEDTRAIN Committee and HAL5 Member

Chris Gunter
Director of Research Affairs, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

Loretta Hall
Out of this World: New Mexico & Space Travel

Adam Harris
Vice President for Government Affairs, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).

Shar Hendrick
President, The Hendrick Group, LLC, Former Manager, NASA Marshall External Relations

David Hewitt
Dynetics. HAL5, HAL5 Education Outreach Chair.

John Hickman
Reopening the Space Frontier

David Hitt
Author, Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story

Edward Hodgson
Fellow, Hamilton Sundstrand

Andy Hoskins
Manager,Business Development In-Space Propulsion, Aerojet

Mark Hopkins
Chairman of the Executive Committee, National Space Society

Andy Hoskins
Manager,Business Development In-Space Propulsion, Aerojet

Feng Hsu
Sr. Vice President, Systems Engineering & Risk Management, Space Energy

Uwe Hueter
SAIC

Daniel Irwin
Research Scientist, SEVIR Project, NASA MSFC

Janet Ivey
Founder and Star of Awards winning Janet's Planet TV Show

Paul Jaffe
Section Head, NCST Systems Integration, Naval Research Lab

Royce James
Co-managing Partner, Exploration Partners, LLC

Nazirah Jetha
Research Associate, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville

Les Johnson
Deputy Manager, Advanced Concepts Office, NASA MSFC, and Author

Stephen B. Johnson
NASA MSFC. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Norimitsu Kamimori
Director, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Washington D.C. Office

Junichiro Kawaguchi
Project Manager, JAXA Hayabusa Team

Nobuyuki Kaya
Kobe University, Japan

Rebecca Spyke Keiser
Associate Deputy Administrator, Policy Integration, NASA Headquarters

Andrew Keys
Center Chief Technologist, NASA MSFC

Edward Kiker
General Engineer, Office of the Chief Scientist, US Space and Missile and Defense Command (SMDC)

David King
Executive Vice President, Dynetics

Ryan Kobrick
Executive Director, Yuri's Night, the World Space Party.

Ronald Kohl
President, R. J. Kohl & Assoc.

Narayana Komerath
Professor, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Bob Krone
Provost, Kepler Space University

Joe Landon
Managing Director, Space Angels Network

Tony Lavoie
Deputy Manager, Space System Dept, NASA MSFC

Michael Le Page
University of Western Australia

Michael Leventhal
Attorney, Founder of MC Squared, The Law Firm; and MC Squared, The Consultancy

John Logsdon
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington Univ.

John London
US Space and Missile and Defense Command (SMDC)

Garry Lyles [Invited]
Chief Engineer, Space Launch System, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Glenn Mahone
Chairman of the Coalition for Space Exploration, and Vice President of Communications, Aerojet/GenCorp

Jeffrey Manber
Managing Director, NanoRacks

John C. Mankins
President, Artemis Innovation Management Solutions LLC

Peter Marquez
Vice President, Strategy and Planning, Orbital Sciences Corporation; Former Director of Space Policy, National Security Council

Neville Marzwell
CEO, Strategic Technology Management Consulting

Todd May [Invited]
Project Manager, Space Launch System, NASA

Phil McAlister
Acting Director, Commercial Human Spaceflight, NASA Headquarters

Paul McConnaughey
TA01 Roadmap Chair, NASA MSFC

Edward McCullough
Chair Emeritus, AIAA Space Colonization Technical Committee

Pete McGrath
Director of Business Development, Boeing

Steve McKamey
Manager, Systems Engineering Department, SAIC

Gerald Miller
Director, Independent Research and Development, United Space Alliance

Omar Mireles
Research Engineer, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

James "Clay" Moltz
Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School

Ken Money
President, National Space Society. Former Canadian astronaut

Francisco Moreno
NASA Johnson Space Center

Ron Murdock
Progeny Systems Corporation

Ken Murphy
President, NSS of North Texas; CEO, Lunar Library LLC

George Nield
Associate Administrator, Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration

Richard Norman
Dark Sky Representative, Von Braun Astronomical Society

John Olson
Director, Directorate Integration Office, Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters

Thomas Olson
CEO, The Colony Fund

Frederick Ordway, III
NSS Board of Governors, Space pioneer and author

Sam Ortega
Program Manager, Centennial Challenges Program, NASA

Stephanie Osborn
Retired Rocket Scientist Turned Science Fiction Mystery Author: Burnout, Extraction Point!, The Cresperian Alliance

Tim Pickens
Chief Propulsion Engineer and Commercial Space Advisor, Dynetics. Team lead, Rocket City Space Pioneers

Frank Pietronigro
Co-Founder and Director of Zero Gravity Arts Consortium; Professor, New Media School at the Academy of Art Univ., San Francisco.

Seth Potter
Associate Technical Fellow, Boeing

Darel Preble
President, Solar Power Institute

Greg Pruitt
Von Braun Center for Science & Innovation, Inc.

Lakshmi Raju
Alabama School of Fine Arts

Ram Ramachandran
Chair, AIAA Space Colonization Technical Committee

James Rendleman
Rendleman and Associates

Rex Ridenoure
President and CEO, Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation

Al Reisz
CEO, Reisz Engineers

Tom Roberts
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Robert Romanofsky
Adjunct Profession, Cleveland State University; National Security Space Office

Joseph Rouge
Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force (Space Programs)

Brice Russ
Chair, NSS Social Networking Committee; Assistant Director and Media Team Chair, Yuri's Night, the World Space Party.

Craig Russell
CEO, Space Operations Inc.

Mike Ryan
Professor, Bellarmine University

Blaze Sanders
Team Jurban, Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Phoenicia

Jim Schier
Manager of Planning Systems, NASA Space Communications & Navigation Program, NASA

Lonnie Schorer
Author, Kids to Space

David Schrunk
Founder and Chairman of the Quality of Laws Institute

Peter Schubert
Senior Director, Space & Energy Research, Packer Engineering

Robert Schwinghamer
Former MSFC Associate Director, Technical and Internationally Recognized Expert in the Manufacturing of Manned-Rated Space Vehicles

Sam Scimemi
Deputy, International Space Station Program, NASA Headquarters

Michael Simpson
NSS Board of Governors. President, International Space University

Mark Sirangelo
Executive VP and Chair Space Systems, Sierra Nevada

Mike Snead
Professional Engineer

Gordon Smith
DSER Strategy Group. Co-author of "Space Policy via Macro-Economic Analysis"

Stephanie Smith
NASA Learning Technologies

David Smitherman
Technical Manager, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Paul Spudis
Senior Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute

Dennis Stone
Manager, Program Integration, Commercial Crew and Cargo Program, NASA

John Strickland
NSS Board of Directors

Travis Taylor
Back to the Moon

Thomas Taylor
Co-Managing Member, Exploration Partners LLC

Rick Tumlinson
Founder/Chairman of Orbital Outfitters and Co-Founder of the Space Frontier Foundation

Jesco von Puttkamer
NASA HQ; Former von Braun Rocket Team Member

Varun Vruddhula
State University of New York at Buffalo

Col. Carol Welsch
Deputy Director, Space Development & Test Directorate Director, DoD Space Test Program, U.S. Air Force SMC/SDD

Frank White
Author, Founder of The Overview Effect Institute

George Whitesides
CEO, Virgin Galactic

Paul Wieland
Author

John Wilkes
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Frank Williams
Former Director of MSFC Future Projects Office, and Special Assistant to Wernher von Braun

Jay Wittner
Executive Director, Space Literacy Foundation

Gordon Woodcock
Boeing Retired, Last President of the L5 Society, Former Chairman of the NSS Executive Committee

Simon 'Pete' Worden
Director, NASA Ames Research Center

S.T. Wu
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), Univ. of Alabama Huntsville

Roy Young
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Robert Zubrin
Founder and President, Mars Society

Past ISDCs Speakers

Click here for a list of speakers at the 2010 ISDC.
Click here for a list of speakers at the 2008 ISDC.