Monday, January 9
7:00am – 12:00pm Technologist/Exhibitor Registration Only (South Lobby A Foyer)
12:00pm (noon) – 7:00pm Registration Open to All
4:00pm Hotel Check-in
5:00pm – 6:30pm Conference Opening (Moody Gardens Ballroom)
- Carolyn Mercer
Chief Technologist for the Science Mission Directorate
Welcome and introductions
- Lori Glaze
Director, Planetary Science Division
Innovation for Planetary Science
- Scott Hubbard (Moderator)
Stanford University
Zibi Turtle
Principal Investigator, Dragonfly, Johns Hopkins APL
Julie Rogez-Castillo
Principal Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mike Sekerak
Project Systems Engineer, DAVINCI, GSFC
Panel on Innovative Technology on Competed Science Missions
7:00pm – 9:00pm Happy Hour and opening Reception, Moody Gardens Aquarium Pyramid
Tuesday, January 10
7:45am – 8:45am Continental Breakfast
9:00am – 9:10am Welcome
- Carolyn Mercer
NASA SMD Chief Technologist
Welcome and Logistics
10:00am – 12:30pm Networking with concurrent Lightning Talks (10:30am – 11:00am Refreshments)
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch with Lunchtime Panel discussion
- Florence Tan (Moderator)
NASA Deputy Chief Technologist for SMD
Charles Norton (Moderator)
Deputy Chief Technologist, JPL
Curt Niebur
Program Scientist, NASA Planetary Science Division
Ralph Lorenz
Dragonfly Mission Architect, APL
Elena Adams
DART Mission Systems Engineer, APL
Andrew E. Johnson
Principal Member of Technical Staff, JPL
Technology for Planetary Science
1:30pm – 6:00pm Networking with concurrent Lightning Talks (2:45pm – 3:15pm Refreshments)
Dinner options Downtown Galveston to be provided
Wednesday, January 11
7:45am – 8:45am Continental Breakfast
9:00am – 9:45am – Technology Readiness Assessments using NASA’s Best Practices Guide
- Patricia Beauchamp
Directorate Technologist, Engineering and Science Directorate at JPL
Margaret Frerking
JPL (retired)
9:45am – 11:00am – Lunar programs (10:30am – 11:00am Refreshments)
- Brad Bailey
NASA Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration
Overview of CLPS, PRISM, and DALI lunar programs
- Jay Jenkins
NASA Program Executive, Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office
Summary of the Survive the Night Workshop
11:00am – 12:00pm – Evolution of the Commercial Lunar Payload Systems program
- Amy Fagan (Moderator)
Chair, Lunar Exploration Analysis Group
Bethany Ehlmann
Professor of Planetary Science, Caltech
Brad Bailey
NASA Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration
Kerri Donaldson-Hanna
Planetary Geologist, University of Central Florida
Hunter Williams
Technology Development Manager, Honeybee Robotics
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch
2:00pm – 6:00pm Hall Breakdown/Move-out