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2023 ASCEND Livestream
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.)
Kara Cunzeman
Director of Strategic Foresight, Center for Space Policy, The Aerospace Corporation
Debra Factor
Head of U.S. Space Systems, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense
Dan Hawk
Principal Scientist, United First Nations Planetary Defense
Jay Kim
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Boryung
Jasmin Moghbeli
NASA Astronaut and U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel
Loral O’Hara
NASA Astronaut
Afua Richardson
Artist
Daniel Suarez
NYT Bestselling Science Fiction Author
Julie Van Kleeck
Space Domain Lead and ASCEND Executive Producer, AIAA
Watch Replay
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
Francis Chair of Excellence and Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Auburn University
Watch Replay
1245 - 1345 hrs PT
SPEC-14: 2023 AIAA David W. Thompson Lecture in Space Commerce: “Connecting Space to Earth”
George Whitesides
Partner, Convective Capital
Watch Replay
Livestream Agenda – Tuesday
0800 - 0830 hrs PT
MACRO-02 Keynote: Exploration Enabled: Creating a Framework to Ensure Responsible Access for All
Pamela Melroy
Deputy Administrator, NASA
Watch Replay
0830 - 0930 hrs PT
MACRO-02 Panel: Accelerating Sustainable Space Exploration Through Global Cooperation
Peter Gräf
Director for Applications & Science, DLR
Lt. Gen. Larry James, USAF (Ret.)
Deputy Director, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Daniel Neuenschwander
Director for Human and Robotic Exploration, European Space Agency
Hiroshi Sasaki
Vice President and Director General for Human Spaceflight Technology Directorate, JAXA
Shri M. Sankaran
Distinguished Scientist and Director, U R Rao Satellite Center, Indian Space Research Organisation
Watch Replay
1830 - 1930 hrs PT
SPEC-32: 2023 William H. Pickering Lecture: Observing Earth's Precious Water from Space
Parag Vaze
Project Manager, Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer
Program Scientist and Manager, Physical Oceanography Program, Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA
Watch Replay
Livestream Agenda – Wednesday
0800 - 0915 hrs PT
MACRO-03: What Has Space Done for Me Lately?
Bryan Bender
Vice President of Communications Strategy, SMI
Dan Dumbacher
Executive Director, AIAA
Emma Louden
Astrophysics Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University
Shawna Pandya
Director, International Institute for Astronautical Sciences, Space Medicine