Bold Bets

Bold Bets: Commercializing the Cosmos

October 8, 2015
Atlanta

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How are private companies and technology changing the way we get to and operate in space? Where is the commercial space sector headed and what are the challenges to overcome? In an era in which NASA is manufacturing new parts mid-flight via 3-D printer, how are innovations creating a new space economy, and how will manufacturing and digitalization take shape in the last frontier?

The Atlantic will survey a shifting landscape in which public and private partnerships are filling a void left by shrinking government budgets, new technologies are being developed to usher in the era of in-space manufacturing and the world is looking to the future of commercial spaceflight.

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Speakers

Salvatore T. "Tory" Bruno President and CEO United Launch Alliance @torybruno
Steve Clemons Washington Editor at Large The Atlantic @SCClemons
Steve Justice Director Georgia Center of Innovation for Aerospace @COIAerospace
George C. Nield Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation Federal Aviation Administration
Michael Paul Mission Director / Space Systems Engineer Penn State Lunar Lion Team / Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University @MV_Paul
Dr. G.P. "Bud" Peterson President Georgia Institute of Technology
John Roth Space Systems Vice President of Business Development and Strategy Sierra Nevada Corporation @SNCspacesystems
Frank Slazer Vice President, Space Systems Aerospace Industries Association @FSlazer
Eric Spiegel President and CEO Siemens Corporation
Dr. Ellen Stofan Chief Scientist NASA

Agenda

9:00 a.m. Guest Arrival and Registration

9:30 a.m. Welcome Remarks,

Margaret Low Smith, President, AtlanticLIVE

9:35 a.m. Panel Discussion: The Commercialization and Personalization of Space

Salvatore T. “Tory” Bruno, President and Chief Executive Officer, United Launch Alliance (ULA)
Steve Justice, Director, Georgia Center of Innovation for Aerospace
Michael Paul, Mission Director and Space Systems Engineer, Penn State Lunar Lion Program and Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University

10:10 a.m. Panel Discussion: The Future of Space Exploration

George C. Nield, Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
John Roth, Vice President Business Development, SNC Space Systems
Frank Slazer, Vice President of Space Systems, Aerospace Industries Association

10:45 a.m. Sponsor Content Presented by Siemens

Eric Spiegel, President and CEO, Siemens USA
Jilda Garton, Vice President, Research and General Manager, Georgia Institute of Technology Applied Research Corporation

11:00 a.m. Headline Interview

Dr. Ellen Stofan, Chief Scientist, NASA

11:35 a.m. Program Concludes

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