火星協会の第20回目のコンベンションが始まっています。
概略をメモしておきます。
１．会期：9月7日～10日
２．場所：University of California, Irvine, CA
３．ライブ画像：下記にて見ることが出来ます。個々には、Youtubeでアップされます。
http://stream.marssociety.org.
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMarsSociety
mars160のプレゼンが9日10時から有ります。（日本時間 10日午前2時）
コンベンションのスケジュールは、下記の通りです。
今年は、20回目という節目でもあり、また有人火星への道が具体的になりつつあることも反映して、
例年以上の参加者と充実したゲストとなっているようです。
Wednesday, September 6 (Pre-Convention Events)
6pm-7pm - Early Registration
University of California, Irvine
A311 Student Center
Irvine, CA92697
7pm-10pm - Steering Committee Meeting
(The first hour is open to the public)
University of California, Irvine
A311 Student Center
Woods Cove C
Irvine, CA 92697
Thursday, September 7
Pacific D
9:00am - Opening Plenary JST 8日, 1時
Dr. Robert Zubrin - President, The Mars Society
9:30am - Plenary
Greg Benford - Author & Astrophysicist, UC Irvine
10:00am - Plenary
George Whitesides - CEO, Virgin Galactic
10:30am - Plenary JST 8日, 2時30分
Vera Mulyani - CEO, Mars City Design
11:00am - Plenary
Loretta Hildalgo-Whitesides - Author & Consultant, Virgin Galactic
11:30am - Plenary
TBD
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch Break
Pacific D
1:00pm - 4:00pm Aerospace Workforce Development Symposium
1:00pm
“Opening Space to Change the World for Good” George Whitesides, CEO, Virgin Galactic
1:30pm
Panel Discussion “Educating the Future Aerospace Workforce”
Landon Taylor, CEO Base 11; Al Bunshaft, SVP Global Affairs, Americas, Dassault Systèmes; Noramay Cadena, Cofounder and Managing Director, Make in LA; Dennis Harkins, President, Orange Coast College; Maria Tirabassi, Engineering Vice President, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems; Gregory Washington, Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering, UCI; JasonHatakeyama, Chief Architect & Sr Director Product Lifecycle Management, Boeing
2:00pm
Continued Panel Discussion “Educating the Future Aerospace Workforce”
2:30pm
“Caltech/Base 11 Aerospace Mentorship Program: Learning by Experience,” David Huynh, Caltech and “WSU Innovation Campus: Creating Stronger Industry Partnerships through Applied Learning,” John Tomblin, Wichita State University
3:00pm
“To Infinity and Beyond” Jeremy Bout, The Edge Factor
3:30pm
Aerospace Workforce Development Symposium Q&A and Closing Remarks
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Aerospace Workforce Development Expo
1:00pm - 5:00pm - Session Tracks:
5:00pm - 7:00pm - Dinner Break
Pacific D
7:00pm - Panel
Sci Fi Greats - The Human Future in Space
Greg Benford - Author and Astrophysicist
David Brin
Larry Niven
Jerry Pournelle
Friday, September 8
Pacific D
9:00am - Plenary JST 9日, 1時
Mars 2030 - Future Travel to Mars Experienced Today by Virtual Reality, Hewlett-Packard
9:30am - Plenary
Dava Newman - Former Deputy Administrator, NASA
10:00am - Plenary
Paul Davies - Director, Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science - Searching for a Shadow Biosphere on Mars and Earth
10:30am - Plenary
Joe Carroll, President, Tether Applications, Inc. - Living Beyond Earth, in Partial Gravity.
11:00am - Plenary
Robert Pappallardo - Project Scientist, Europa Clipper, JPL
11:30am - Skype Session
Cast Members, Nat Geo MARS Series
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch Break
12:00pm Special Lunchtime talk JST 9日, 4時
"The Curiosity Mission" - John Grotzinger - Former Project Scientist, MSL, NASA
1:00pm - 5:00pm - Session Tracks:
5:00pm - 7:00pm - Dinner Break
7:00pm - Debate
What should be the way ahead for NASA?
8:00pm - Panel JST 9日, 12時
Panel - The SpaceX Plan for Mars
9:00pm – Special Presentation
Mars in Film
Saturday, September 9
Pacific D
9:00am - Plenary JST 10日, 1時
Carol Stoker - Planetary Scientist, Ames Center, NASA
9:30am - Plenary
Xavier D. Simon, Advanced Space Exploration Configuration Design Lead, Boeing
10:00am - Plenary JST 10日, 2時
Mars 160 Crew Presentation
10:30am - Skype Session
Dr. Mohammed Naser Al-Ahbabi, PhD. - Director-General, UAE Space Agency
11:00am - Panel
Social & Philosophical Implications
Jim Pass
Greg Benford
Paul Davies
James Heiser
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch Break
1:00pm - 5:00pm - Session Tracks:
5:00pm - 5:30pm - Break
Lobby
5:30pm - 6:30pm - Cash Bar
Pacific D
6:30pm - 11:00pm Mars Society Banquet
Song: Rise to Mars: Oscar Castellino
Banquet Speaker: Anousheh Ansari - First Female Private Space Explorer
Mars Society Awards Ceremony
Remarks by Dr. Robert Zubrin, Mars Society President
Sunday, September 10
Pacific D
9:00am - Plenary JST 11日, 1時
Dr. Darlene Lim - Geobiologist, Ames Center, NASA
9:30am - Plenary
Geoffrey Landis - Author & Planetary Scientist, NASA
10:00am - Plenary
TBD - Lockheed Martin Mars Mission
10:30am - Plenary
The University Rover Challenge
11:00am- Plenary
The University Rover Challenge
11:30am - Closing Remarks
Dr. Robert Zubrin, President, The Mars Society
