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2023 ASCEND Livestream

Couldn’t join us in Las Vegas this year? Catch a glimpse into the program through select high-level sessions.

Available on demand:
  • MACRO-01: From Dreaming to Doing: Utilizing Creativity and Imagination to Accelerate Our Off-World Future
  • SPEC-14: 2023 AIAA David W. Thompson Lecture in Space Commerce: “Connecting Space to Earth”
  • MACRO-02 Keynote: Exploration Enabled: Creating a Framework to Ensure Responsible Access for All
  • MACRO-02 Panel: Accelerating Sustainable Space Exploration Through Global Cooperation
  • SPEC-32: 2023 William H. Pickering Lecture: Observing Earth’s Precious Water from Space
  • MACRO-03: What Has Space Done for Me Lately?
  • SPEC-13: 2023 AIAA von Kármán Lecture in Astronautics: “Celebrating a Century of Kármán’s Momentum-Integral and Space-Reductive Approaches: Applications in Rocketry and Beyond”

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Livestream Agenda – Monday

0745 - 0930 hrs PT

MACRO-01: From Dreaming to Doing: Utilizing Creativity and Imagination to Accelerate our Off-World Future

Lt Gen Nina Armagno USSF Ret

Lt Gen Nina Armagno, USSF (Ret.)

Sq Kara Cunzeman

Kara Cunzeman
Director of Strategic Foresight, Center for Space Policy, The Aerospace Corporation 

Debra Facktor 2023

Debra Factor
Head of U.S. Space Systems, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense

Dan Hawk 2023

Dan Hawk
Principal Scientist, United First Nations Planetary Defense

Jim Kay 2023

Jay Kim
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Boryung 

Jasmin Moghbeli 2023

Jasmin Moghbeli
NASA Astronaut and U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel

Loral OHara 2023

Loral O’Hara
NASA Astronaut

Afua Richardson 2023

Afua Richardson
Artist

Daniel Suarez 2023

Daniel Suarez
NYT Bestselling Science Fiction Author

Julie Van Kleeck 2023new

Julie Van Kleeck
Space Domain Lead and ASCEND Executive Producer, AIAA

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1130 - 1230 hrs PT

SPEC-13: 2023 AIAA von Kármán Lecture in Astronautics: “Celebrating a Century of Kármán’s Momentum-Integral and Space-Reductive Approaches: Applications in Rocketry and Beyond”

Joseph Majdalani 2023

Joseph Majdalani
Francis Chair of Excellence and Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Auburn University

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1245 - 1345 hrs PT

SPEC-14: 2023 AIAA David W. Thompson Lecture in Space Commerce: “Connecting Space to Earth”

George Whitesides 2023

George Whitesides
Partner, Convective Capital

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Livestream Agenda – Tuesday

0800 - 0830 hrs PT

MACRO-02 Keynote: Exploration Enabled: Creating a Framework to Ensure Responsible Access for All

Pamela Melroy 2023

Pamela Melroy
Deputy Administrator, NASA

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0830 - 0930 hrs PT

MACRO-02 Panel: Accelerating Sustainable Space Exploration Through Global Cooperation

Peter Graf 2023 updated

Peter Gräf
Director for Applications & Science, DLR

LtGen Larry James 2023 updated

Lt. Gen. Larry James, USAF (Ret.)
Deputy Director, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Daniel Neuenschwander 2023

Daniel Neuenschwander
Director for Human and Robotic Exploration, European Space Agency

Hiroshi Sasaki 2023 thumbnail

Hiroshi Sasaki
Vice President and Director General for Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, JAXA

Shri Sankaran 2023

Shri M. Sankaran
Distinguished Scientist and Director, U R Rao Satellite Center, Indian Space Research Organisation

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1830 - 1930 hrs PT

SPEC-32: 2023 William H. Pickering Lecture: Observing Earth's Precious Water from Space

Parag Vaze 2023

Parag Vaze
Project Manager, Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer 2023

Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer
Program Scientist and Manager, Physical Oceanography Program, Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA

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Livestream Agenda – Wednesday

0800 - 0915 hrs PT

MACRO-03: What Has Space Done for Me Lately?

Bryan Bender 2023

Bryan Bender
Vice President of Communications Strategy, SMI

Dan Dumbacher 2022

Dan Dumbacher
Executive Director, AIAA

Emma Louden 2023

Emma Louden
Astrophysics Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University

Shawna Pandya 2023 thumbnail

Shawna Pandya
Director, International Institute for Astronautical Sciences, Space Medicine

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