A NEW SPACE AGE: THE BUSINESS CASE TO DREAM, Nov 9, 2017, Seattle

The Economist will host its first global space summit on November 9, 2017 at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington from 7:15 am – 5:15 pm Pacific Time, followed by a reception. (The Museum is located at the King County International Airport in the city of Tukwila just south of Seattle).

The agenda and other information are on the event’s website.

Keynote speakers include

• Rob Carlson, managing director, Bioeconomy Capital
• Carolyn Porco, planetary scientist, Cassini mission
• Steve Jurvetson, Partner, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
• Susmita Mohanty, co-founder and chief executive, Earth2Orbit
• George Whitesides, chief executive, Virgin Galactic and the Spaceship Company
• Amarish Kollipara, VR producer and SETI Institute board member
• Yuri Milner, founder, DST Global

Panels include:

• Down to Earth: The Global Economic Impact of Space
• Astropreneurship: Our Way to the Stars
• The Data Race
• Space Junk Clean-Up Time
• Moon, Mars or Neither: What Will Elon Musk See from His Deathbed 100 Years From Now? A Three Way Debate