Panel Sessions

 

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

0900 - 1015

Session Three: Panel: Space Situational Awareness - Debris Management and Mitigation Strategies

Focus: Educate; describe the challenge (what can and can’t be done) and extent of debris issue; partnerships/cooperation

   
  Moderator:
Mr. Nicholas Johnson
Chief Scientist for Orbital Debris
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
   
  Panelists:
 

Dr. William Ailor
Principal Director of the Center for Orbital Reentry and Debris Studies

The Aerospace Corporation

   
 

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heiner Klinkrad
Head of European Space Agency's Space Debris Office

   
 

Dr. Darren McKnight
Technical Director

Integrity Applications Incorporated

 
 

Dr. Andy Palowitch
Director, Space Protection Program

Air Force Space Command

 
 
 

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

1345 - 1500

Session Six: Panel: Space Acquisition - Delivering On-time Capability to the Fight

Focus: Supply versus demand; responsiveness; process improvements; lifecycle management
   
  Moderator:
Mr. Gil Klinger
Director, Space & Intelligence Office
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics
   
  Panelists:
 

Mr. Douglas Loverro

Executive Director

Space and Missile Systems Center

   
 

Mr. Richard McKinney
Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space Programs

   
  RDML Elizabeth Young, USN
Program Executive Officer, Space Systems
   
   

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

1530 - 1645
Session Seven: Panel: Modeling and Simulation for Operational Training and Analysis

Focus: Conducting realistic exercises/training and enhanced capability planning analysis
 
  Moderator:

Dr. Mark Gallagher

Technical Director, Studies and Analyses, Assessments and Lessons Learned

Headquarters U.S. Air Force / A9

   
  Panelists:
 

Ms. Eileen Bjorkman

Senior Adviser, Warfighter Systems Integration and Deployment

Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force

   
 

Col Marcus Boyd, USAF
Commander

Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation

   
 

Mr. Jesse Citizen

Director

Department of Defense Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office

   
 

Dr. Steve Pierce

Director, Decision Support Directorate, Future Warfare Center

U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

   
 

Dr. Thomas Walker
Deputy Director, Analysis Directorate

Air Force Space Command

   
   

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

0830 - 0945

Session Nine: Panel: Opportunities to Expand International Collaboration – Moving Forward Together in Partnership

Focus: Future cooperation opportunities; current issues/challenges; info/data sharing 
 
 

Moderator:

Maj Gen Edward Bolton, Jr., USAF
Director, Cyber and Space Operations

Directorate of Operations

Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements

Headquarters U.S. Air Force

   
  Panelists:
  Brig Gen Yves Arnaud, French Air Force
Commander
Joint Space Command (France)
   
 

Mr. Hirotaka Nose
Director of Space Policy
Defense Policy Bureau, Ministry of Defense (Japan)

   
  Brig Gen Martin Schelleis
Assistant Chief of Staff
Concepts and Operations
Ministry of Defense (Germany)
 
  Air Commodore Jan van Hoof
Assistant Director Capabilities
Joint Air Power Competence Center (NATO)
 
 

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

1015 - 1130

Session Ten: Panel: Leaders in Industry - Building Robust Commercial Space Industries

Focus: Leveraging commercial resources (imaging, comm, navigation, launch); S&T; Industry concerns/future opportunities
   
 

Moderator:
Mr. Joseph D. Rouge

Director

National Security Space Office

   
  Panelists:
 

Mr. Michael Bender

Vice President, Government Business Development

SpaceX

   
 

Ms. Patricia Cooper
President

Satellite Industry Association

   
 

Mr. Stanley O. Kennedy, Jr.

Vice President and General Manager of Programs
Comtech AeroAstro

   
 

Mr. John Landon

Vice President, Missiles, Technology and Space Programs

Northrop Grumman Corporation

   
 

Mr. Joe Rickers

President, Commercial Space Systems

Lockheeed Martin

   
 

Mr. Ken Torok

Vice President, Navigation and Communications Systems

The Boeing Company