ISDC 2011 Current Confirmed Speakers by Session and Panels
The speaker roster for the 2011 ISDC is still being put together. To date, the following speakers have confirmed their attendance at the ISDC 2011. They are listed by the Session and Panels they are speaking.
- Book Lectures and Authors' Panels
Neda Ansari
Spatial Politics: A collection of Poems Inspiring Politicians and Others via Science
Ed Buckbee
The Rocket Man: Wernher von Braun; The Real Space Cowboys; 50 Years of Spacecraft & Rockets
Pat Duggins
Trailblazing Mars
Marianne Dyson
Home on the Moon: Living on a Space Frontier; Eat My Martian Dust: Finding God Among Aliens, Droids, and Mega Moons; Space Station Science
Loretta Hall
Out of this World: New Mexico & Space Travel
John Hickman
Reopening the Space Frontier
David Hitt
Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story
Les Johnson
Paradise Regained: The Regreening of Earth; Back to the Moon
Stephen B. Johnson
The Secret of Apollo: Systems Management in American and European Space Programs; Space Exploration and Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia
John Logsdon
Together in Orbit: The Origins of International Cooperation in the Space Station; John F. Kennedy and the Race to the Moon; Exploring the Unknown
Stephanie Osborn
Retired Rocket Scientist Turned Science Fiction Mystery Author: Burnout, Extraction Point!, The Cresperian Alliance
Travis Taylor [Invited]
Back to the Moon; Planetary Defense Against Extra Terrestrial
Rick Tumlinson[Invited]
Return to the Moon
Paul Wieland
Crossing the Threshold: Advancing into Space to Benefit the Earth
Robert Zubrin
The Case for Mars; Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror By Breaking Free of Oil - Breakthrough Science and Technology
Tore Brinck
Professor, Physical Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Jason Cassibry
Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville
Bill Cooke
Lead, Meteoroid Environment Office, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
David Hewitt
Dynetics; Education Outreach Chair, Huntsville AL L5 SocietyMukesh Monga
Dept. of Electronics, Communication Engineering, H.M.R. Institute of Technology, Management, India - Business of Space
Bruce Cordell
President and Editor, 21st Century Waves.com
Ken Davidian
Director of Research, Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
Farnaz Ghadaki
Director, Canadian Space Commerce Association (CSCA), and Marketing ConsultantJeff Foust
Senior Analyst, Futron Corporation
Joe Landon
Managing Director, Space Angels Network
Jeffrey Manber
Managing Director, NanoRacksThomas Olson
CEO, The Colony Fund
Mike Ryan
Professor, Bellarmine University - Education, History, Activism, and Outreach
- Flight System and Mission Development Forums
Flight System Development Forum
Dan Dumbacher
Deputy (Acting) Associate Administrator, Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Todd May
Project Manager, Space Launch System, NASA
Garry Lyles
Chief Engineer, Space Launch System, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Mission Development Forum
Joseph Rouge [Moderator]
Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force (Space Programs)
Gary Barnhard
Executive Director, National Space Society
Rebecca Spyke Keiser
Associate Deputy Administrator, Policy Integration, NASA Headquarters
John Olson
Director, Directorate Integration Office, Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters - Google Lunar X PRIZE (GXLP) Panel
Michael Doornbos [Moderator]
Founder, Evadot.com
William Baird
Team Lead, Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Phoenicia
Fred Bourgeois
Founder, President & CEO of Team FREDNET, Google Lunar X PRIZE TeamAJ Burke
White Label Space, Google Lunar X PRIZE TeamDonald Durm
Chief Robotics Technician, Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Omega EnvoyWes Faler
Software Development Lead, Google Lunar X PRIZE Part Time ScientistsBlaze Sanders
Team Jurban, Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Phoenicia
Tim Pickens
Chief Propulsion Engineer and Commercial Space Advisor, Dynetics. Team lead, Rocket City Space PioneersTBA
TBA, Google Lunar X PRIZE Team Penn State Lunar Lion - International Space Station (ISS) UtilizationsJesco von Puttkamer
NASA HQ; Former von Braun Rocket Team Member
ISS and Mars: A Discussion of How ISS can be used to Advance Beyond LEO Travel Panel
Azam Arastu
Chief Engineer, Advanced Solar Power Systems, BoeingEdward Hodgson
Fellow, Hamilton SundstrandAndy Hoskins
Manager,Business Development In-Space Propulsion, AerojetGerald Miller
Director, Independent Research and Development, United Space AllianceFrancisco Moreno
NASA Johnson Space CenterSam Scimemi
Deputy, International Space Station Program, NASA Headquarters - Launch Vehicle, Spacecraft and In-Space Propulsion
Stuart Feldman
Zero Point Frontiers Corp.Les Johnson
Deputy Manager, Advanced Concepts Office, NASA MSFC, and Author
Omar Mireles
Research Engineer, NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterJohn Strickland
NSS Board of DirectorsSteve McKamey
Manager, Systems Engineering Department, SAIC
Rex Ridenoure
President and CEO, Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation
Al Reisz
CEO, Reisz Engineers
Craig Russell
CEO, Space Operations Inc.
Gordon Smith
DSER Strategy Group. Co-author of "Space Policy via Macro-Economic Analysis" - Living in SpaceNisag Behara
DPS,Rourkela Odisha,India
Sherry Bell
NSS Board of Directors; Dean, School of Psychology, Kepler Space University
Lowry Burgess
Artist, Leads the "Moon Arts Group" in the Studio for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie MellonAkshat Dutt
DPS,Rourkela Odisha,India
Robert Frantz
President, Kepler Space University
Feng Hsu
Sr. Vice President, Systems Engineering & Risk Management, Space Energy
Janet Ivey
Founder and Star of Awards winning Janet's Planet TV ShowEdward Kiker
General Engineer, Office of the Chief Scientist, US Space and Missile and Defense Command (SMDC)
Bob Krone
Provost, Kepler Space UniversityJanet Ivey
Founder and Star of Awards winning Janet's Planet TV Show
Frank Pietronigro
Co-Founder and Director of Zero Gravity Arts Consortium; Professor, New Media School at the Academy of Art Univ., San Francisco.
Lonnie Schorer
Author, Kids to Space
David Schrunk
Founder and Chairman of the Quality of Laws Institute
Neville Marzwell
CEO, Strategic Technology Management ConsultingMike Snead
Professional Engineer
Frank White
Author, Founder of The Overview Effect Institute
John Wilkes
Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Military Space
Session Presentation
John London
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC)
Global Space Surveillance Panel
Joseph Rouge [Chair]
Special Assistant to the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force (Space Programs)Lt Col. Richard Benz
Division Chief, SA and C2 Operations, USAF HQ AFSPC/A3C
Col Victor Budura (ret)
Program Manager, Space Operations, Davis Strategic Innovations, Inc.
Col Jonathan Campbell (ret)
Research Scientist, Engineer, and PI, University of Alabama Huntsville
Operationally Responsive Space Panel
Steve Cayson
Deputy Director, Space & Cyber Directorate, Technical Center, US Army SMDC/AFSC
Mike Graves
Manager, Space Vehicles Department, Dynetics; Technical Lead, GXLP Rocket City Space PioneersJohn London
U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC)
Col. Carol Welsch
Deputy Director, Space Development & Test Directorate Director, DoD Space Test Program, U.S. Air Force SMC/SDD - NASA Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) Panel
Dennis Stone [Moderator]
Manager, Program Integration, Commercial Crew and Cargo Program, NASA
Adam Harris
Vice President for Government Affairs, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).
George Nield
Associate Administrator, Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
Phil McAlister
Acting Director, Commercial Human Spaceflight, NASA HeadquartersPete McGrath
Director of Business Development, BoeingMark Sirangelo
Executive VP and Chair Space Systems, Sierra Nevada - Planetary Defense Panel
Simon 'Pete' Worden
Director, NASA Ames Research Center - Remembering the Von Braun Team
The Wernher von Braun Rocket Team Remembered
Ed Buckbee [Moderator]
Former NASA Public Affairs Official, Author, Lecturer, Director Emeritus US Space & Rocket Center, Curator of Von Braun Papers and Weekly Notes
David Christensen
Aerospace Consultant, Expert on Redstone, Jupiter, Saturn Liquid Rocket Propulsion Systems and UAHuntsville Researcher
Robert Schwinghamer
Former MSFC Associate Director, Technical and Internationally Recognized Expert in the Manufacturing of Manned-Rated Space Vehicles
Frank Williams
Former Director of MSFC Future Projects Office, and Special Assistant to Wernher von Braun
The Rest of the Story: The Second Generation
Klaus Dannenberg [Moderator]
Deputy Executive Director, AIAA
Heidi Weber Collier
Army Civilian Human Resources Agency, Redstone Arsenal; Paperclip2 Coordinator
Martin Dahm
Miltec Systems Company
Uwe Hueter
SAIC - Space and Planetary Sciences
Barbara Cohen
Planetary Scientist, NASA MSFC
Wes Colley
Senior Research Scientist, University of Alabama Huntsville
Michela Muñoz Fernández
NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryAdam Goldstein
Physics Department, Univ. Alabama Huntsville
Daniel Irwin
Research Scientist, SEVIR Project, NASA MSFCNazirah Jetha
Research Associate, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville
Junichiro Kawaguchi
Project Manager, JAXA Hayabusa Team
Michael Le Page
University of Western Australia
Richard Norman
Dark Sky Representative, Von Braun Astronomical SocietyLakshmi Raju
Alabama School of Fine Arts
S.T. Wu
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR), Univ. of Alabama HuntsvilleRoy Young
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - Space Colonization and Settlement
John Cserep
Laser Engineer. Former Director of the Space Frontier Foundation
Peter Curreri
Project Scientist, In Situ Resource Utilization, NASA MSFC
Anita Gale
Boeing and NSS Director
Al Globus
Senior Software Engineer, San Jose State University and NSS Director
Edward McCullough
Chair Emeritus, AIAA Space Colonization Technical Committee
Ken Murphy
President, NSS of North Texas; CEO, Lunar Library LLCEdward Kiker
General Engineer, Office of the Chief Scientist, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command
Ronald Kohl
President, R. J. Kohl & Assoc.
Tony Lavoie
Deputy Manager, Space System Dept, NASA MSFCRam Ramachandran
Chair, AIAA Space Colonization Technical Committee
Peter Schubert
Senior Director, Space & Energy Research, Packer EngineeringDavid Smitherman
Technical Manager, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Paul Spudis
Senior Staff Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute
Varun Vruddhula
State University of New York at Buffalo
Gordon Woodcock
Boeing Retired, Last President of the L5 Society, Former Chairman of the NSS Executive Committee - Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN)
Jim Schier
Manager of Planning Systems, NASA Space Communications & Navigation Program, NASAAndrew J. Cecil
Ground Data System Engineer, NASA MSFC
Keith Gendreau
NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterTom Roberts
NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryRobert Romanofsky
Adjunct Profession, Cleveland State University; National Security Space Office - Special Presentation by Aurora Aerospace
Howard Chipman
Aurora Aerospace
Veronique Koken-Balsa
Aurora Aerospace - Special Presentation by HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Chris Gunter
Director of Research Affairs, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology - Special Presentation by Virgin Galactic
George Whitesides
CEO, Virgin Galactic - Space Solar Power Symposium
Dallas Bienhoff
Manager, In-Space & Surface Systems, Boeing
Stephen Covey
Software and Internet Consultant; Former Director of Research & Development for Applied Innovation
George Dietrich
President, SPACE CanadaTatsuhito Fujita
Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyAl Globus
Senior Software Engineer, San Jose State University and NSS DirectorFeng Hsu
Sr. Vice President, Systems Engineering & Risk Management, Space EnergyRoyce James
Co-managing Partner, Exploration Partners, LLC
Nobuyuki Kaya
Kobe University, Japan
Narayana Komerath
Professor, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
John C. Mankins
President, Artemis Innovation Management Solutions LLC
Seth Potter
Associate Technical Fellow, BoeingDarel Preble
President, Solar Power InstituteThomas Taylor
Co-Managing Member, Exploration Partners LLCPaul Jaffe
Section Head, NCST Systems Integration, Naval Research Lab - Technology Track and Space Technology Roadmap
Session Presentation
Jonathan Campbell
Research Scientist, Engineer, and PI, University of Alabama HuntsvilleStephen CoveySusmita Das
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
Richard Fork
Professor, Dept. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of Alabama HuntsvillePeter Schubert
Senior Director, Space & Energy Research, Packer Engineering
Ron Murdock
Progeny Systems CorporationRex Ridenoure
President and CEO, Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation
Space Technology Roadmap Panel
Joe Parrish
Director for Early Stage Innovation, Office of the Chief Technologist, NASA HQLes Johnson
Deputy Manager, Advanced Concepts Office, NASA MSFC, and Author. TA02 Roadmap Co-Chair
Andrew Keys
Center Chief Technologist, NASA MSFCPaul McConnaughey
TA01 Roadmap Chair, NASA MSFC - U.S. and International Policy and Law
Individual Presentations
James "Clay" Moltz
Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School
Declan O'Donnell
Declan Joseph O'Donnell, PC
James Rendleman
Rendleman and Associates
How Space gets Done Panel
Rebecca Spyke Keiser
Associate Deputy Administrator, Policy Integration, NASA HeadquartersJohn Logsdon
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington Univ.
Peter Marquez
Vice President, Strategy and Planning, Orbital Sciences Corporation; Former Director of Space Policy, National Security Council
Building a Long Term Support for Space Panel
Shar Hendrick
President, The Hendrick Group, LLC, Former Manager, NASA Marshall External Relations
Andrew J. Dunar
Chair, History Department, University of Alabama Huntsville
Mark K. Craig
NASA Account Manager, SAIC; Former NASA Director of Space Exploration
Chuck Atkins
Former Chief of Staff, U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology
The Future of International Cooperation Panel
Nicole Buckley
Canadian Space Agency
Andreas Diekmann
Head, European Space Agency (ESA) Washington D.C Office
Norimitsu Kamimori
Director, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Washington D.C. OfficeJohn Logsdon
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington Univ.
The Liability Atmosphere of Commercial Human Spaceflight Panel
Doug Griffith [Moderator]
Aviation & Spaceflight Attorney
Michael Leventhal
Attorney, Founder of MC Squared, The Law Firm; and MC Squared, The ConsultancyJames Dunstan
Owner, Mobius Legal Group PLLC.
2nd Spaceflight Lawyers Roundtable
Doug Griffith [Moderator]
Aviation & Spaceflight Attorney - All Speakers and Special Guests
P.J. Benfield
Deputy Director, Center for Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Julius Braun
Brig. Gen. U.S. Army Retired
Marcia Fiamengo
Chief Operating Officer, Federation of Galaxy ExplorersPhilomena Grodzka
Huntsville Area Technical Societies (HATS) STEDTRAIN Committee and HAL5 MemberDavid Hewitt
Dynetics; Education Outreach Chair, Huntsville AL L5 SocietyStephen B. Johnson
NASA MSFC. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Sam Ortega
Program Manager, Centennial Challenges Program, NASAAl Reisz
CEO, Reisz Engineers
Brice Russ
Chair, NSS Social Networking Committee; Assistant Director and Media Team Chair, Yuri's Night, the World Space Party.Navdeep Sharma
Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, India
Stephanie Smith
NASA Learning TechnologiesJohn Wilkes
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jay Wittner
Executive Director, Space Literacy Foundation
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