SPACE ECONOMY SYMPOSIUM

A Half-Day Symposium on the SPACE ECONOMY

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A Half-Day Symposium
on
THE SPACE ECONOMY

Symposium Agenda (pdf version)


Friday, March 13, 8 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1615 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20062

AGENDA

08:00 – 08:30 a.m.
08:30 – 08:45 a.m.




08:30 – 09:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast (sponsored by Cisco)
Welcome and Introduction,
 * Robert P. Hopkins, Sr. Vice President and Managing    Dirctor, Phillips & Company
* Kenneth Button, Director, Center for Aerospace    Policy Research, George Mason University

Keynote Address: "Congressional Priorities for                           Space"
* Rep. Parker Griffith (D-AL), Member, Subcommittee on    Space and Aeronautics

09:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.










 

Panel 1: "The State of the Space Economy"
* Moderator: Bill Bates, Vice President, Government Affairs,    Council on Competitiveness
* Prof. Keith Hayward, Director of Research, Royal    Aeronautical Society
* Barrie Stevens, Duputy Director, International Futures    Program, Organization for Economic Cooperation and    Development (OECD)
* Henry Hertzfeld, Research Professor of Space Policy and    International Affairs, George Washington University
* Marty Hauser, Vice President, Washington Operations,    Research and Analysis, Space Foundation

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Break (sponsored by the Coalition for Space Exploration)
Panel 2: "The Economic Benefits of the Emerging             Space Infrastructure"
* Moderator: Robert P. Hopkins, Sr. Vice President and    Managing Director, Phillips & Companyl
* Lt. Gen. Steven Boutelle, US Army (Ret.), CEO, Cisco IRIS
* Robert Richards, Founder and CEO, Odyssey Moon
* Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., Vice President, Polar    Programs, Computer Sciences Corporation
* Larry Williams, Vice President, Strategic Relationship,    SpaceX

12:00 – 12:15 p.m.

12:15 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Adjourn

The Space Economy Symposium has been made possible through the generous sponsorship of NASA, Cisco Systems, the Coalition for Space Exploration and Odyssey Moon Limited.

And is supported by:
American Astronautical Society (AAS), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Council on Competitiveness, International Space University