MAY 4- MAY 5, 2021
ENERGY AND SPACE
If we power the 300 largest cities in the world from space, we can power 40% of the global population with clean, limitless, and cheap energy – forever. Harnessing the energy from space has the potential to change everything; it can increase global GDP, literacy, education, advanced medical access, democracy, communications and raise the standard of living for every human being.
Together we'll explore how space-based energy could re-write our current chapter of climate change and even the future of humanity.
Join industry experts to discuss:
1) Space in the Energy Conversation
2) Space-Based Solar Power
3) Policy and the Future
4) Workforce Development: Jobs, Skills, and More
Enjoy networking/breakout sessions with industry experts, futurists, enthusiasts, and others excited to join the space ecosystem.
DON'T MISS THE C4F "SHARK TANK" STYLE NEWSPACE BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION
Conversations for the Future will share the stage with budding space entrepreneurs vying to win the NewSpace Business Plan Competition and the $5,000 prize. Tune in as a panel of judges critique the concepts and announce the winners! This event is hosted by the Center for Space Commerce & Finance.
DAY 1
DAY 2
SPEAKERS
MAY 4, 2021
9:00am - 9:15am EDT
Opening Ceremony
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder / Executive Director
LAILA GISLASON
Co-Founder, Chief of Marketing
9:15am - 9:30am EDT
Akron, Oh: Localization
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder, Executive Director
9:30am - 9:45am EDT
ReBrand C4F
LAILA GISLASON
Co-Founder, Chief of Marketing
9:45am - 10:00am EDT
Grand Architecture - SBSP
MICHAEL LAINE
President / Chief Strategic Officer
10:00am - 10:30am EDT
Space Based Solar Power
M.V. COYOTE SMITH
Associate Professor
10:30am - 11:00am EDT
Space Based Solar Power
PETER GARRETSON
MSc
Senior Fellow in Defense Stidies
11:00am - 11:30am EDT
Space Based Solar Power
LtGen (ret) STEVEN KWAST
PhD
Air University Commander
11:30am - 12:00pm EDT
PANEL
Space Based Solar Power
Engineering The Future - How We Got Here
MICHAEL LAINE
LiftPort
LtGen (ret) STEVEN KWAST
United States Air Force
M.V. COYOTE SMITH
Schriever Space Scholars
PETER GARRETSON
American Foreign Policy Council
12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT
Akron, Oh: Firestone Highschool
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder, Executive Director
1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
HARDWARE
PAUL CHENG
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Inventor / Founder
FuseRing.com
1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
HARDWARE
DAN LEV
PhD, BsC
Electric Space Propulsion Specialist
Aerospace Industry
2:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
National Space Society Resources
RANDY GIGANTE
MBA
International Space Development Conference 2022 Chairman
2:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
117th Congress
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder, Executive Director
2:45pm - 3:00pm EDT
WORKSHOP
Localization - Akron, Oh
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder, Executive Director
3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
PANEL
Imagining The Future - The High Frontier
RICK TUMLINSON
Space Frontier Foundation,
SpaceFund
WILL HENRY
MultiVerse Media
MICHAEL LAINE
LiftPort
3:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
Business Plan Competition
TOM OLSON
BA
Director of Business Development
Avealto
3:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
Closing Ceremony
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder / Executive Director
LAILA GISLASON
Co-Founder, Chief of Marketing
MAY 5, 2021
9:00am - 9:15am EDT
Opening Ceremony
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder / Executive Director
LAILA GISLASON
Co-Founder, Chief of Marketing
9:30am - 11:30am EDT
BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION
Competition Judges
TOM OLSON
Avealto
MICHAEL MEALLING
Starbridge Venture Capital
The Moon Society
Waypaver Foundation
ERNIE KNIGHT
Knight & Associates
SHUBBER ALI
Elastic
Emory University
Georgetown University
12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT
Space Based Solar Power
JAMES VEDDA
PhD
Senior Policy Analyst
12:30pm - 1:00pm EDT
Space Based Solar Power
PETER GARRETSON
MSc
Senior Fellow in Defense Stidies
1:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Space Based Solar Power
Col ERIC FELT
PhD
1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
Space Based Solar Power
CHRISTOPHER MULDER
MBA
Senior Air Force Fellow
MARK MASSA
MA
Assistant Director
2:30pm - 3:15pm EDT
PANEL
Space Based Solar Power
Engineering The Future
JIM VEDDA
The Aerospace Corporation
PETER GARRETSON
American Foreign Policy Council
CHRISTOPHER MULDER
MARK MASSA
Col ERIC FELT
JOHN MANKINS
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Mankins Space Technology
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Artemis Innovation Management Solutions
2:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
HARDWARE
JOHN MANKINS
MBA, BS, MS
Vice President
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Founder & President
Mankins Space Technology
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President
Artemis Innovation Management Solutions
3:15pm - 3:30pm EDT
Business Plan Competition
TOM OLSON
BA
Director of Business Development
Avealto
3:30pm - 3:45pm EDT
ON-SITE
Akron, Oh
3:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
Closing Ceremony
TIM CHRISMAN
MA, MIA
Founder / Executive Director
LAILA GISLASON
Co-Founder, Chief of Marketing
3:30pm - 3:45pm EDT
NETWORKING
Akron, Oh
9:15am - 9:30am EDT
Business Plan Competition
TOM OLSON
BA
Director of Business Development
Avealto