Keynote Speakers
. Michelle Hanlon | . Michelle Hanlon is President of the National Space Society (US), and Co-Founder / President of For All Moonkind, Inc., a nonprofit organization focused on protecting human cultural heritage in outer space. For All Moonkind is a Permanent Observer to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNOOSA). Chair of the NSS International Committee and member of the NSS Policy Committee. Michelle is a Co-Director of the Center for Air and Space Law and instructor of aviation and space law at the University of Mississippi School of Law. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Space Law. Michelle received her B.A. in Political Science from Yale College and her J.D. magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center. She earned her LL.M in Air and Space Law from McGill University, focusing on commercial space and intersection of commerce and public law. |
. Johann-Dietrich Wörner | . Johann-Dietrich "Jan" Wörner, born 18 July 1954 in Kassel, since 1 July 2015, succeeded Jean-Jacques Dordain as Director General of the European Space Agency. He is a German civil engineer, university professor and former president of Technische Universität Darmstadt. He served as chairman of the executive board of the German Aerospace Center DLR from 1 March 2007 to 30 June 2015. In 2016, Dr. Woerner proposed the concept of a Moon Village. See a complete bio here. |
. Robert Zubrin | . Robert Zubrin, Ph.D. is President of The Mars Society and of Pioneer Astronautics. He is an American aerospace engineer and author, best known for his advocacy of the manned exploration of Mars. Bob earned his B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Rochester (1974), his M.S. in Nuclear Engineering (1984), his M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics (1986), and his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering (1992) — all from the University of Washington. He has developed a number of concepts for space propulsion and exploration, and is the author of over 200 technical and non-technical papers and several books. Among others: "Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism", "Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization", "How to Live on Mars: A Trusty Guidebook to Surviving and Thriving on the Red Planet", "The Case for Mars". Complete bio. |
. Rick Tumlinson | . Rick N. Tumlinson cofounded the Space Frontier Foundation, New Worlds, Space Fund. and Earthlight Foundation. He worked with Gerard K. O’Neill at the Space Studies Institute, founded the New York L-5 Society, and was a key player in the Lunar Prospector project. He also helped pass the Space Settlement Act of 1988, testified before President Reagan’s National Commission on Space, and was a founding trustee of the X-Prize. He cofounded the firm LunaCorp and was a cofounder of the space firm MirCorp. A regular contributor to Space News and Huffington Post, he writes in dozens of newspapers and publications. He has appeared on several tv programs as ABC, CBS, CNN, Russia TV, China’s CCTV and UK BBC. He joined NASA’s Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, helping to lay out the framework for the first human outpost on the Moon and steps towards putting humans on Mars. He authored Do we go to play? Or do we go to stay?, Here We Go Again, A Giant Leap Forward – or a Giant Step Backward?, Private Industry Can Help NASA Open the Space Frontier, Return to the Moon For the Right Reasons, in the Right Way, There is No Debate Between the Moon and Mars, You Can’t Call Them Space Tourists Yet, A Goal worth Dying For, and The Third Wave of Alternative Space. A complete bio. |
. Susan Jewell | . Susan Ip-Jewell MD, DCEG is a Space Medicine Physician-Scientist, Analog Astronaut, exponential technologist, entrepreneur. Official "SPACE COACH" for AFWERK empowered by USA SPACE FORCE and US Air Force. Dame Commander in the Order of the Eagle of the Kingdom of Georgia from Royal House of Georgia. Research focus: space medicine, health, wellness, human factors and exponential technologies. CEO/Co-Founder of CEO/Co-Founder of MMAARS,Inc, (Mars-Moon Astronautics Academy & Research Science) training commercial analog astronauts and developing the first Mars-Moon Settlement training facility in Mojave Desert (close Mojave Spaceport) in California, USA. Dr. Ip-Jewell is Co-founder /CIO, of AvatarMEDIC.space. Graduated from Founder Institute (FI) Silicon Valley 2020 cohort and from Draper University Accelerator programs. Veteran analog astronaut, Susan pioneered first Mars "Station-to-Station" MARS MEDICS training missions, commanded missions from low-to high-fidelity locations under NEAMAE PROJECT. Trained at National Institute of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI). Graduate of International Space University (ISU), recipient of Google Scholarship to attend Singularity University’s (GSP15). Recipient of "Marie Marvinght Award in “Technologies and Innovations for Space" by Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA). Recipient of National Space Society (NSS) "Living in Space" Award for pioneering development of Lunar & Martian settlements. Founded The Clinic LLC, an Integrated Wellness & Telemedicine Center in LA. A complete bio here. Also see her Linkedin Profile |
. Gary Barnhard | . Gary Barnhard served National Space Society as Executive Director, as Chairman of the Executive Committee, and as Vice President. Restless space advocate, he’s founder and Executive Director of the Space Development Foundation, co-founder and Executive Director of the Maryland Alliance for Space Colonization (MASC). Gary is a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Gary is a space systems engineer in robotic, space, and computer systems engineering projects. Frequent public speaker on space advocacy issues, organizer of space related educational programs and conferences. Gary earned his Bachelor of Science in Engineering at University of Maryland in 1982, combining Aerospace Engineering, Materials Science, with graduate work in science policy, solar physics, and artificial intelligence / knowledge based systems. He participated to several projects and working groups, at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the UMCP Aerospace Engineering Department. Also see a complete bio. |
. Christina Korp | . Christina Korp is an astronaut manager, space advisor and the president of Purpose Entertainment. For ten years she managed Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin and launched his education foundations – ShareSpace and the Aldrin Family Foundation. She produced the last five galas at Kennedy Space Center celebrating Apollo 11 and the Webby winning and Emmy nominated, “Cycling Pathways to Mars” VR experience. She is passionate about promoting ways space benefits the planet and people every day and promoting women’s issues. She spearheaded projects in 2020 to celebrate the Women’s Vote Centennial in the USA. She leads SPACE For a Better World producing events and experiences that raise money for partner charities. She currently works with Apollo 16 moon walker Charlie Duke and NASA astronaut and aquanaut Nicole Stott. Christina's Linkedin profile |
. John Blincow | . John Blincow is the President of the Gateway Foundation. John has worked as a pilot for 24 years, flying all over the world in such aircraft as the Boeing 757, DC-10, and Boeing 747-400. John Blincow’s experience as a pilot instructor includes United Airlines, Boeing Flight Safety, and as a security instructor for The Transportation Security Administration (TSA). He graduated with a B.A. from Cal State San Bernardino in 1996. |
. Giacomo Cao | . Giacomo Cao, PhD is President of the Sardinian AeroSpace District (DASS) Scarl, and CEO of CRS4. Since November 2016, he has been included in the list of the Top Italian Scientists. Master Degree in Chemical Engineering at University of Cagliari, PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Bologna. University of Cagliari representative in the Interuniversity Consortium "The chemistry for the environment" from 1994 to 2008. He is co-author of 6, 12 patents, more than 200 papers in refereed journals and more than 300 presentations at national and international symposia. Complete bio. |
. Joe Pelton | . Dr. Joseph N. Pelton, Exec. Board the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety. Prof. Joseph N. Pelton, BS, MA, Ph.D. is Director Emeritus of the Space and Advanced Communications Research Institute (SACRI) at George Washington University. Founder of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation. Former Dean and Chairman of the Board of the International Space University, and Editor Emeritus of the International Journal of Space Communications. He was the founding President of the SSPI. Author of over 300 articles, 50 books, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and winner of the Literature Prize of American Astronautical Society. He is a .member of the International Academic of Astronautics, Fellow of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, and associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. See a full biography. |