SpaceVision 2011 Updates: Speakers, Sponsors, and Registration

[SpaceVision 2011]

Good Evening SEDS members and alumni,

SpaceVision 2011 is excited to announce the new line of speakers and sponsors confirmed for this year's conference. We have also released a general schedule for the conference and have some announcements regarding registration and promotion.

SPEAKERS

As currently confirmed, speakers for SpaceVision 2011 include:

BILL NYE Executive Director of The Planetary Society
BOB RICHARDS Co-Founder of SEDS and ISU
GEORGE C. NIELD Assoc. Administrator for Commercial Space Trans. FAA
MARK SIRANGELO Executive VP of the Sierra Nevada Corporation
WILLIAM POMERANTZ VP of Special Projects of Virgin Galactic
JOHN GEDMARK Executive Director of the Commercial Space Foundation
ALAN STERN VP of R&D of Southwest Research Institute
DIANE MURPHY President of the Aquarius Group LLC, X PRIZE Foundation Trustee
WILLIAM WATSON Executive Director of the Space Frontier Foundation
KEN DAVIDIAN Director of Research for Commercial Space Trans. FAA

GARY BARNHARD Executive Director of the National Space Society
JANET STEVENS VP of Marketing & Communications of the Space Foundation

JEFF FEIGE CEO of Orbital Outfitters

JON GOFF CEO at Altius Space Machines
GEORGE SOWERS VP of Business Development of United Launch Alliance
JOE LANDON Director of Program Development at Space Adventures, Managing Director at Space Angels Network
ALAN LADWIG Deputy Assoc. Adm. for Public Outreach, Office of Comm. NASA
IAIN PROBERT VP of Education of the Space Foundation
BARBARA LAWTON Program Chair of Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program
JOSEPH R. TANNER Former NASA Astronaut, Senior Aerospace Engineering Instructor at CU Boulder
DANIEL J. SCHEERES Science Team Lead of OSIRIS-REx Mission, CU Boulder Aerospace Prof.
BRUCE JAKOSKY Principal Investigator of MAVEN Mission to Mars
DIANE DIMEFF Executive Director of eSpace
CARISSA CHRISTENSEN Managing Partner of The Tauri Group
JEFF FOUST Senior Analyst, Futron Corp.
BEN BROCKERT R&D Engineer of Armadillo Aerospace

More speakers will be added to this list as the conference gets closer. 

SPONSORS

Confirmed sponsors for SpaceVision 2011 currently include:

SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION

LOCKHEED MARTIN

INTELSAT

THE SPACE FRONTIER FOUNDATION

THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY

ITT CORP.

SSPI

MICROCOSM

WE WANT OUR FUTURE

SCHEDULE

The General Schedule for the conference has been released and can be viewed at spacevision2011.com/schedule. It has also been attached to this email.

 

REGISTRATION

Advanced Registration is coming to a close for SpaceVision 2011! Conference registration rates will increase to the Standard Registration rate at 11:59 PM MT on September 19th. The new rates will be as follows:

STUDENT: $50

YOUNG PROFESSIONAL: $80

PROFESSIONAL: $350

ASTRONAUT BANQUET: Prices will not change

You can register for SpaceVision 2011 at spacevision2011.com/register.

On September 27th, the discounted room-rates for SpaceVision 2011 attendees at the Millennium Harvest House will no longer exist, and full room costs will have to be paid to get a room. We strongly suggest that conference attendees book rooms through this hotel as it reduces many of the costs for the conference, therefore lowering registration and other related costs.

You can book a room at the Millennium Harvest House at the SpaceVision 2011 MHH Page or by going to spacevision2011.com/register and following the link given at the top of the page.

PROMOTION

The SpaceVision 2011 Conference Committee is calling upon all chapters to help advertise the conference! We want to be sure that as many people as possible are invited to be a part of this conference. One of our main focuses is including non-engineering/science majors in addition to engineers and scientists because modern space exploration requires the knowledge of individuals skilled in business, politics, marketing, and law among many other things. Attached is a flyer we would like chapters to email throughout their campus via school deans, advisors, professors, and organizations as well as print and post in different buildings across campus. We thank you for your help in spreading notice of SpaceVision 2011 and appreciate the effort.

CU-Boulder SEDS and the SpaceVision 2011 Committee are excited to see you all this Fall out here in Boulder for the conference in just over a month! Be sure to register soon and get your hotel room and flight booked! If you have any questions or comments about SpaceVision 2011 please email us at SpaceVi...@seds.org.

Per Aspera!

Brandon Seifert

SpaceVision 2011 Conference Chair

The SpaceVision 2011 Conference Committee

SpaceVi...@seds.org

Follow SpaceVision 2011 on Twitter: twitter.com/SpaceVision2011

Check out the event page on Facbeook: SpaceVision 2011 Event

www.spacevision2011.com