CIS-LUNAR SPACE: RESEARCH FOR TODAY, TRAINING FOR TOMORROW (USRA/SPI), Mar 23, 2023, DC, 1:00-5:00 pm ET

Update, March 20: An updated agenda received today shows NASA Chief Technologist A.C. Charania substituting for NASA AA for Exploration Systems Development Jim Free on the first panel.  The new agenda is:

• JEFF ISAACSON, USRA President and CEO
• SCOTT PACE, Director, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University

• ROBERT CABANA, Associate Administrator, NASA

• A.C. CHARANIA, NASA Chief Technologist
• BADRI YOUNES, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation
• LINDSAY MILLARD, Principal Director for Space, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
• EMMA RAINEY, Senior Scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

• VINT CERF, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
• JUSTIN KASPER, Advanced Technologies, BWX Technologies, Inc.
• CURTIS HERNANDEZ, Principal for Space Policy, Amazon Web Services
• DAN HENDRICKSON, Vice President of Business Development, Astrobotic

• BRIAN GILCHRIST, Chair, USRA Council of Institutions

Original Entry: The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute will hold a symposium on March 23, 2023 at the Holiday Inn Washington D.C. National Mall, 550 C Street, SW, Washington, D.C.  The event is in-person and will be livestreamed.

The topic is: “Cis-Lunar Space: Research for Today, Training for Tomorrow.”

More information is on the event’s registration website, which says:

Cis-Lunar Space: Research for Today, Training for Tomorrow

How Can Evolving Cis-Lunar Capabilities Contribute to Science, Commerce, and Security? This symposium will explore accelerating activity in Cislunar space and what it means for future scientific advances, research opportunities, and the future of the Cislunar ecosystem.

SYMPOSIUM AGENDA

1:00 P.M. Welcome and Introductory Remarks

• JEFF ISAACSON, USRA President and CEO
• SCOTT PACE, Director, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University

1:10 P.M. Frederick A. Tarantino Memorial Address

• ROBERT CABANA, Associate Administrator, NASA

1:45 P.M. Coffee Break

2:00 P.M. Cislunar Technical Challenges and Opportunities

Accelerating activity in Cislunar space necessitates new scientific advances in energy, communications, and logistics. Space is also becoming an arena for technological shows of economic and military force. Panelists will discuss the technical challenges and opportunities in the coming decades.

• JAMES FREE, NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development
• BADRI YOUNES, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Communications and Navigation
• LINDSAY MILLARD, Principal Director for Space, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
• EMMA RAINEY, Senior Scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

3:15 P.M. Coffee Break

3:45 P.M. Commercial Innovations and Opportunities in Cislunar Space:

Panelists will provide insight for universities preparing for near-term government and commercial research opportunities in cislunar space. With rapidly increasing spaceflight activities in cislunar space, attendees will hear from government and commercial sector leaders about upcoming innovations and potential opportunities for their respective institutions in space research and development.

• VINT CERF, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google
• JUSTIN KASPER, Advanced Technologies, BWX Technologies, Inc.
• CURTIS HERNANDEZ, Principal for Space Policy, Amazon Web Services
• DAN HENDRICKSON, Vice President of Business Development, Astrobotic

5:00 P.M. Invitation to the Reception

BRIAN GILCHRIST, Chair, USRA Council of Institutions