[tt] New Space 2008

[Bryan Bishop]

http://www.space-frontier.org/Events/NewSpace2008/

Begins July 17 in Virginia.

NewSpace 2008 Preliminary Agenda
Conference Chair: William J. Watson – 
wwatson at spacefrontierfoundation.org
.	Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
6:00 pm
to 8:30 pm	SEDS-ISU Dinner (Ticketed Event)
Introduction to ISU-DC Network
• Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides – ISU-USA President, International Space 
University
Featured Dinner Speaker
• Bob Richards – CEO, Odyssey Moon, Lmt.
6:30 pm
to 8:30 pm	George Washington University Teachers In Space Event
7:00 pm
to 11:00 pm	Networking Dinner & Drinks at the DoubleTree SkyDome Lounge 
(on your own)

.	Thursday, July 17th, 2008
NewSpace Policy
8:00 am
to 9:00 am	French Breakfast & Registration
9:00 am
to 9:10 am	NewSpace Policy Day Opening Remarks
James Muncy – Co-Founder, Space Frontier Foundation, President, 
PoliSpace
9:10 am
to 9:30 am	Keynote Address: Island of Man & the Future of NewSpace...
Alex Downie – Minister of Space, Island of Man Government
9:30 am
to 10:25 am	VSE: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?
Concerning the present Vision for Space Exploration, what should the 
next U.S. President do? An exploratory discussion of the possibilities 
and more likely outcomes over the next administration.
Charles Miller (Session Chair) – President, Space Policy Consulting, 
Inc.
Brett Alexander – Executive Director, X Prize Foundation
Roger Launius – Senior Curator, Division of Space History, National Air 
and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Paul Carliner – President, Carliner Strategies LLC
Eric Sterner – former NASA Associate Deputy Administrator, former Staff 
Director, House Subcommittee on Space & Aeronautics
10:25 am
to 10:50 am	NewSpace Press Event
Announcement of National Summit on CATS
10:50 am
to 11:45 am	The Elusive CATS (Cheap Access to Space)
Past government & private ventures have been unable to field drastically 
cheaper and/or more responsive access to space systems. How are present 
initiatives different and can the U.S. Government use market friendly 
policies to close "the gap".
Charles Miller (Session Chair) – President, Space Policy Consulting, 
Inc.
Gary Hudson – Founder and Chairman, AirLaunch, LLC
George Whitesides – Senior Advisor, Virgin Galactic; Executive Director, 
National Space Society
Charles Lauer – Co-founder and Vice President of Business Development 
for Rocketplane Global
11:45 am
to 12:45 pm	Exploring Space ITAR Reform
The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which govern 
transfers of space technologies to foreign persons, have been widely 
criticized as counter-productive. The last year has seen a flurry of 
studies suggesting that, by controlling too much too tightly, the ITAR 
is unintentionally driving innovation in space technologies overseas 
and thus undermining American leadership in space rather than 
protecting it.
What is the right balance between openness and control? How can we limit 
the proliferation of truly sensitive technologies while ensuring that 
America regains its leadership in innovation? Which technologies should 
be controlled by the ITAR? How could the ITAR be made to work better, 
especially for entrepreneurial companies?
James Muncy (Session Chair) – Co-Founder, Space Frontier Foundation, 
President, PoliSpace
Mike Gold – Corporate Counsel, Bigelow Aerospace
Franceska O. Schroeder – Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Edward M. Morris – Director, Office of Space Commercialization, U.S. 
Department of Commerce
Dennis Burnett – Director, Export Control Division, EADS North America
12:45 pm
to 2:00 pm	Lunch: Sponsored by Boeing
Space Investment Summit Update - Bringing New Investors to NewSpace:
Paul Eckert – The Boeing Company
Featured Speaker:
Dr. George Nield – Associate Administrator for Commercial Space 
Transportation, FAA
2:00 pm
to 3:00 pm	State Policy Tools for Space Commercialization
What are States doing now to attract NewSpace business & what potential 
lies in additional space policy tools?
Jim Dunstan (Session Chair) – Partner, Garvey Schubert Barer
Marshall L. Heard – Chairman, Florida Aviation and Aerospace Alliance; 
Consultant, Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast
John Gedmark – Executive Director, Personal Spaceflight Federation; 
co-Founder/Board Member, Roosevelt Institution
Jack Kennedy – Founding Director at V-PRIZE Foundation, Inc.; former 
State Senator, Virginia General Assembly
3:00 pm
to 4:00 pm	Federal Policy Tools for Space Commercialization
Other than ITAR reform (discussed earlier) and better partnership with 
NASA (discussed Friday), what legal and regulatory changes can be made 
at the Federal level to support and encourage space commercialization? 
Topics will include tax incentives, government use of prizes, the 
future of AST regulation, U.S. policies on commercial communications 
and remote sensing satellites, liability issues, orbital debris and 
structural changes inside the U.S. Government.
Berin Szoka (Session Chair) – Progress & Freedom Foundation Visiting 
Fellow
Dr. George Nield – Associate Administrator for Commercial Space 
Transportation, FAA
Edward M. Morris – Director, Office of Space Commercialization, U.S. 
Department of Commerce
4:00 pm
to 4:15 pm	Networking Break
4:15 pm
to 5:15 pm	Human Spaceflight and American Education
Study math and science, and you can become an astronaut. That's been the 
dream for 50 years. Can we make it real?
Edward Wright (Session Chair) – Program Manager, Teachers in Space
Alan Ladwig – WBB Consulting, Board of Directors of the Challenger 
Center
Tim Bailey – Space Generation Council
5:15 pm
to 5:30 pm	Featured Speaker: VPRIZE & Government's Hand in NewSpace
Jim Dunstan – Partner, Garvey Schubert Barer
5:30 pm
to 7:00 pm	Reception
7:00 pm
to 9:30 pm	Space Frontier Foundation Advocates Dinner (for active status 
Advocates)
7:00 pm
to 11:00 pm	Informal Dinner & Drinks at the DoubleTree SkyDome Lounge 
(on your own) 

.	Friday, July 18th, 2008
NewSpace Business
8:00 am
to 9:00 am	French Breakfast & Registration
9:00 am
to 9:10 am	NewSpace Business Day Opening Remarks
Rich Pournelle – Director of Business Development, XCOR
9:10 am
to 9:30 am	Keynote Address: Discussion on NASA motivations for COTS & 
the program's future
Dennis Stone – NASA - COTS
9:30 am
to 10:30 am	Planning for the Transition Team: NewSpace Growing Up
The passion and skill sets that are necessary to brave the challenges of 
starting a NewSpace Company are not always the best attributes for an 
executive once the company matures. How to know when it is time to 
replace some of your team members & ease this sometimes financially and 
emotionally painful transition.
Esther Dyson (Session Chair) – EDventure Holdings
Jeff Feige – CEO, Orbital Outfitters
Rich Pournelle – Director of Business Development, XCOR
10:30 am
to 10:45 am	Networking Break
10:45 am
to 11:45 am	A NewSpace Exit Strategy
Does Northrop Grumman's recent acquisition of Scaled Composites hint at 
things to come? Do other established aerospace companies have hidden 
ambitions? At what point may a NewSpace company want to be taken over? 
Is this evolution preventable? or should companies try to go it alone 
and ultimately go public? What are the factors to consider? What about 
a strategic investor?
Guillermo Söhnlein (Session Chair) – Managing Director, Space Angels 
Network; Founder and Chairman, International Association of Space 
Entrepreneurs
Shubber Ali – Engagement Director, Fast Innovation & Growth, George 
Group Consulting
Richard Humphrey – New York Angels
Marco Rubin – Managing Partner, Exoventure Associates
Andrew Nelson – Chief Operating Officer and VP Business Development, 
XCOR Aerospace 
11:45 am
to 1:00 pm	Lunch: Pioneering the NewSpace Business Frontier
Featured Speaker: Alan Stern – Science Mission Director; former NASA 
Associate Administrator, NASA Science Directorate, Odyssey Moon Limited
1:00 pm
to 2:00 pm	The Nuts and Bolts of Growing Your Business in Space
This panel will provide an overview of key legal considerations that go 
into developing a vibrant NewSpace business while maximizing future 
enterprise value. Topics of discussion will include: choice of entity, 
documenting shareholder relationships, fund raising, intellectual 
property protection and utilization, use of employees and independent 
contractors, risk mitigation, and navigating regulatory controls.
Rosanna Sattler (Session Chair) – Partner, Posternak Blankstein & Lund 
LLP
Kerry Scarlott – Partner, Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP
Gary Hudson – Founder and Chairman, AirLaunch, LLC
Krysta Paradis – VP of Operations and Finance, Orbital Outfitters
Reagan Walker – Co-Founder & CEO, ConsortiumTechnologies, LLC and 
ConsortiumNeutron Systems, Inc.
2:00 pm
to 3:00 pm	NASA Enabling NewSpace, NewSpace Enabling A Vision
How can NewSpace companies profit from NASA exploration? How can the 
potential ingenuity and efficiency NewSpace companies offer be fostered 
& utilized by government? Should NASA help promote private investment 
in exploration-enabling capabilities, such as ISRU and fuel depots? 
What can be done now to eliminate government duplication of 
capabilities offered by entrepreneurial ventures? Discussion of NASA's 
expected RFI concerning commercial lunar communications and navigation 
systems, understanding NASA motivations, and better methods of 
NASA-NewSpace communication.
Ken Davidian (Session Chair) – NASA Headquarters
John Gedmark – Executive Director, Personal Spaceflight Federation; 
co-Founder/Board Member, Roosevelt Institution
Doug Comstock – NASA Headquarters
Edward M. Morris – Director, Office of Space Commercialization, U.S. 
Department of Commerce
3:00 pm
to 3:15 pm	Networking Break
3:15 pm
to 4:15 pm	COTS, An Inconvenient Truth?
What potential does the COTS model hold for the future of space 
transportation? While NASA presently seems to emphasize the cargo 
transportation capability of this program, how serious are the 
competitors about human transportation? Would the government and 
entrepreneurial firms benefit from additional commercial transportation 
contracts for both demonstrations and services?
Dennis Stone (Session Chair) – NASA - COTS
Jeff M. Bingham – Director of Commerce, Science and Transportation, U.S. 
Senate
Brett Alexander – Executive Director, X Prize Foundation; President, 
Personal Spaceflight Federation
Tim Hughes – Vice President & Chief Counsel, SpaceX
Mike Gold – Corporate Counsel, Bigelow Aerospace
4:15 pm
to 5:15 pm	Teaching New Dogs Old Tricks
What technologies exist inside NASA & its contractors that may help the 
budding NewSpace industry reach their ambitious price points and avoid 
the legacy costs that haunt their older, bigger brethren? From the 
NewSpace Co. perspective, where to draw the line between building 
in-house and ordering-in?
William (Bill) Reeves (Session Chair) – Director, Program Integration, 
United Space Alliance
Gerald E. Miller – Director, Independent Research and Development, 
United Space Alliance
Rich Pournelle – Director of Business Development, XCOR
Greg A. Ray – Chief Engineer, Space Shuttle Program, Boeing
Andrew Petro – NASA Centennial Challenges, Program Executive for 
Innovation Incubator
5:15 pm
to 5:45 pm	Featured Speaker:
Jeff Feige – CEO, Orbital Outfitters
5:45 pm
to 6:30 pm	Pre-Movie Food & Networking Reception - Sponsored by Free 
Radical Productions
6:30 pm
to 7:30 pm	"Orphans of Apollo: The Battle of The Mir & the New Space 
Revolution" Preview Screening Event
The Documentary film "Orphans of Apollo: The Battle of the Mir & the New 
Space Revolution," features the extraordinary true story of a small 
group of entrepreneurs who leased the Russian Mir Space Station. These 
pioneering efforts launched the New Space Revolution. This is the 
remarkable untold story of the greatest secret in the new space race.
The international creative and production team on Orphans of Apollo 
includes a two time Emmy Award winning technical and creative team 
member.
Roger Launius – Senior Curator, Division of Space History, National Air 
and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Michael Potter – Executive Producer, Free Radical Productions
7:30 pm
to 8:30 pm	"Orphans of Apollo" Character Discussion
A discussion between the film's main characters.
Roger Launius (Session Chair) – Chair, Division of Space History, 
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Michael Potter – Executive Producer, Free Radical Productions
Rick Tumlinson – Co-Founder, Space Frontier Foundation, Orbital 
Outfitters
James Muncy – Co-Founder, Space Frontier Foundation, President, 
PoliSpace
8:30 pm
to 10:30 pm	Networking Dinner & Drinks at the DoubleTree SkyDome Lounge 
(on your own)
10:30 pm
to 2:00 am	Hospitality Suite

.	Saturday, July 19th, 2008
NewSpace Vision
8:30 am
to 9:00 am	French Breakfast & Registration
9:00 am
to 9:10 am	NewSpace Vision Day Opening Remarks
Rick Tumlinson – Co-Founder, Space Frontier Foundation, Orbital 
Outfitters
9:10 am
to 9:30 am	Keynote Address
Eric Anderson – Co-Founder & CEO, Space Adventures
9:30 am
to 10:30 am	Space Based Solar Power & Policy
With Pressure for energy independence growing, how might SBSP play a 
role? What can be done now and who are the potential players?
Charles Miller (Session Chair) – President, Space Policy Consulting, 
Inc.
John Mankins – Chief Operating Officer, Managed Energy Technology LLC
LtCol. Paul Damphousse – U.S. Marine Corps, National Security Space 
Office Chief of Advanced Concepts
Col. Michael "Coyote" Smith – Former Chief, U.S. Air Force, National 
Security Space Office; Future Concepts, Dream Works
Geoffrey Styles – Managing Director, GSW Strategy Group, LLC
10:30 am
to 10:45 am	Networking Break
10:45 am
to 11:45 am	Get Rich or Go Extinct: The Asteroid Business Case
Asteroids challenge us to defend ourselfs from planetary catastrophy 
while offering us the mineral resources to underwrite an unlimited 
expansion into the space frontier. Will we accept this challenge?
Brad Blair (Session Chair) – ISRU consultant
John Mankins – Chief Operating Officer, Managed Energy Technology LLC
Jim Dunstan – Partner, Garvey Schubert Barer
Brent Barbee – Planetary Defense Scientist
LtCol. Peter Garretson – Air Force
11:45 am
to 12:45 pm	Predicting the Future of NewSpace
This session will explore the possibilities for the next wave of 
NewSpace activities and business opportunities in the next 10 to 20 
years. The current crop of NewSpace ventures and activities that have 
been developing for the last few years will bear fruit in the next five 
years or so. Panelists will share their views and describe their 
personal visions of the Second Wave of NewSpace that will build on 
these successes and expand our business and cultural reach as a 
spacefaring civilization.
Charles Lauer (Session Chair) – Co-founder and Vice President of 
Business Development for Rocketplane Global
Charlie Chafer – CEO, Space Services, Inc.
Rick Tumlinson – Co-Founder, Space Frontier Foundation, Orbital 
Outfitters
James Muncy – Co-Founder, Space Frontier Foundation, President, 
PoliSpace
Roger Launius – Senior Curator, Division of Space History, National Air 
and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Dr. Edward Hudgins – Executive Director, The Atlas Society
12:45 pm
to 2:00 pm	Lunch
Featured Speaker: Dr. Chirinjeev Baboo Kathuria – PlanetSpace
2:00 pm
to 3:00 pm	The Overview Effect
A discussion of how viewing the Earth from space has altered the 
perception of Astronauts & Cosmonauts and how this experience may be 
shared with many more.
Jeff Krukin (Session Chair) – NewSpace Business Development
David Beaver – founder, World Space Center and Mindspace Multimedia, 
Inc.
Frank White – author, The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human 
Evolution

The Overview Institute website is www.overviewinstitute.org.
3:00 pm
to 3:15 pm	Networking Break
3:15 pm
to 4:15 pm	Bridging the "Generation Gap"
A Gen Y vs. Baby Boomers Debate On the Future of Human Spaceflight; with 
the objective of finding a mutual understanding and pushing toward the 
future together. Moderated by Gen X's Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides.
Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides (Session Chair) – ISU-USA President, 
International Space University
James Pura – Intern, SpaceX; President, SEDS USCD; Editor, NewSpace News
David S. Schuman – Attorney-Advisor, Code 140, NASA Goddard Space Flight 
Center
Keith Cowing – NASA Watch
Emilie Drobnes – Education and Public Outreach Lead, Solar Dynamics 
Observatory, NASA/GSFC
4:15 pm
to 4:30 pm	Featured Speaker: NewSpace for a New Generation
William Watson – Executive Director, Space Frontier Foundation
4:30 pm
to 6:00 pm	Networking Reception Sponsored by Posternak
6:00 pm
to 10:10 pm	Arthur C. Clarke Tribute Banquet - black-tie affair 
(separate registration)
• Opening Remarks: Rick Tumlinson – Co-Founder, Space Frontier 
Foundation
• Clarke Tribute Presentation: Dave Brody – Executive Producer, 
Imaginova
• Apogee Books Tribute Statement: Robert Godwin – Apogee Books
• Clarke's Historical Contribution - Visionary of Satellite 
Telecommunications: Roger Launius – Chair, Division of Space History, 
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
• Foundation Awards: Rick Tumlinson – Co-Founder, Space Frontier 
Foundation
• New Advocates Pinning Ceremony: Kevin Green – Advocates Director
• Space VidVision Competition Presentation: Elaine Bloom – 
SpaceContest.org
10:00 pm
to 2:00 am	Hospitality Suite

.	Sunday, July 20th, 2008
	Trip to Wallops Island, Virginia

NewSpace 2008 Conference Hotel:
Doubletree Hotel, Crystal City, Virginia
		
The Doubletree Hotel in Crystal City, Virginia is situated on the west 
side of the Potomac, across from the capital. The views from the hotel 
make you feel as if you can reach out and touch the monuments.
Special Rate: $149 per night, good for any combination of nights from 
July 14-20
Ask for the Foundation's NewSpace 2008 Conference 
rate...Group/Convention Code: NSP
Limited rooms still available (Single Rate $149.00, Double Rate $149.00, 
Triple Rate $169.00, Quad Rate $189.00)
The conference hotel room block / promotional prices expire on July 7.
Note: The promotional $149 per/night room block for Saturday, July 19th 
is full, but additional rooms at this rate will be made available as of 
07/05/08. Please book at this time.
Update: Limited rooms available at promotional rate until Thursday, July 
10
Doubletree Hotel info:
300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, Virginia, United States 22202-2891 Tel: 
+1-703-416-4100 Fax: +1-703-416-4126
Doubletree Hotel, Crystal City web site 
The Doubletree Hotel in the Crystal City business corridor, minutes from 
Ronald Reagan National Airport, is located just across the Potomac from 
Washington D.C. Our full service hotel is within blocks of the 
Pentagon, Crystal Drive office park, the Crystal Underground Shopping 
Center, and Fashion Centre Mall at Pentagon City. We're convenient to 
all major government centers and D.C. area attractions like the 
Smithsonian, the White House, The Capitol, the Washington Monument, and 
Arlington National Cemetery.

The hotel features spacious rooms and suites with a long list of 
amenities, including high-speed internet access. The hotel offers a 
complete array of audiovisual, communications and business support 
services, including a Business Center. Work out in the well-equipped 
fitness room or take a dip in the indoor, heated pool on top of the 
hotel. The Café Restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, or try 
Café Express for a light meal to go. The Skydome Lounge is the 
Washington D.C. area's only revolving rooftop lounge, featuring 
excellent views of the Capital and the Potomac, as well as happy hour 
buffets, dancing and entertainment. For a truly memorable dining 
experience, Windows Over Washington Restaurant offers elegant 
presentations of modern American cuisine and spectacular views on 
Friday and Saturday evenings only. Reservations are suggested.

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