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Doubletree Crystal City Hotel
February 5&ndash6, 2008

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Time	Events
7:00 a.m.	Registration Opens
7:30 a.m.	Space Transportation Association Breakfast (separate registration required)  Speakers: Ms. Lori Garver, Mr. James Muncy
9:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks: Dr. George Nield, Acting Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation
9:15 a.m.	Keynote Address: The Hon. Brian Dubie, Lt. Governor of Vermont, Chairman of the Aerospace States Association
9:45 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m.	Session 1 – Enabling Technologies for Future Markets (Mr. Chuck Larsen) Andy Petro, NASA Tom Ligon Dr. Melchor Antunano, FAA/CAMI Steve Davis, SpaceX
11:30 a.m.	Special Guest: The Hon. Robert Sturgell, FAA Acting Administrator
12:00 p.m.	Luncheon – Dr. Melchor Antunano, FAA/CAMI
1:30 p.m.	Session 2 – Insurance Considerations (Mr. Phil Brinkman) Brett Alexander, X Prize Foundation Ralph Harp, Falcon Insurance Agency of Houston Ray Duffy, Willis Inspace Kelly Alton, United Solutions, Inc
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:20 p.m.	Session 3 – Software for Space Flight (Mr. Jay Naphas) Dr. Nancy Leveson, MIT Martha Wetherholt, NASA Jerry Miller, United Space Alliance Sri Iyengar, ULA
5:00 p.m.	Session Ends
5:30 p.m.	Welcome Reception

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Time	Events
8:00 a.m.	Featured Speaker – Mr. Frank Culbertson, SAIC
8:45 a.m.	NASA's Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Vertical Launch Site at Kennedy Space Center – Mr. James Ball
9:00 a.m.	Session 4 – Alternative Approaches to Space Education (Ms. Brooke Owens) Loretta Hidalgo-Whitesides, Space Generation Foundation Steve Brody, International Space University Diana Trujillo, NASA Academy Michelle Peters, Zero Gravity Corporation
10:30 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Featured Speaker: Mr. Eric Andersen, Space Adventures
11:15 a.m.	Session 5 – ELV Prospects and Markets (Mr. Al Wassel) Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX Deborah Facktor Lepore, AirLaunch Gary Payton, USAF Dave Markham, Lockheed Martin
12:45 p.m.	Lunch
2:00 p.m.	Session 6 – Crew Training for Space Flight (Mr. Sherman Council) Dr. Julia Tizard, Virgin Galactic Jeff Greason, XCOR Jeff Feige, Orbital Outfitters Glenn B. King, NASTAR Maurice Kennedy, United Space Alliance
3:45 p.m.	Break
4:00 p.m.	Session 7 – Point to Point Suborbital Flight – What's Needed?  (Mr. Ken Wong) James Dunstan, VPrize Mark Simonoff, Department of State Ken Myers, FAA/ATO Chuck Lauer, Rocketplane Global, Inc.
5:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks – Dr. George Nield, Acting Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation
5:45 p.m.	Session Ends