Summit Schedule

7:30 a.m.

Registration Opens

8:30 a.m.

Welcome to UND

President Andrew Armacost, University of North Dakota

8:40 a.m.

Space Vision in North Dakota

Mary Christy, U.S. Representative for U.S. Congressman Kelly Armstrong; Randy Richards, Field Representative, Northeast/Policy Adviser for Senator Cramer

9 a.m.

Keynote Speaker Presentation

Michael O'Donnell, Deputy Associate Administrator, Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

9:30 a.m.

Ahsen Abbasi, Director of Ground Systems Development, Iridium

9:50 a.m.

Panel

• Ahsen Abbasi, Iridium 

• Lt. Col. Boid, U.S. Space Force & SDA

Chaired by Michael O'Donnell, FAA

10:10 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Speaker Presentation

Keith Freeman, Director of Mission Operations (MO), Lockheed Martin

10:50 a.m.

Speaker Presentation

Jerome Patterson, Chief Architect/ORSA - Programs, Northrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems

11:10 a.m.

Speaker Presentation

Lt. Col. Michael Stobie, Commander, 10th Space Warning Squadron, Cavalier Space Force Station, ND

11:30 a.m.

UND Panel

• Ryan Adams, Associate Dean of National Security

• Ronald Fevig, Associate Professor, Space Studies

Chaired by Mark Askelson, Associate Vice President for Research-National Security, University of North Dakota

12 p.m.

General SoS Lunch

12 p.m.

(UND Students Only) Pizza with Paul Lockhart

Paul Lockhart, Retired United States Air Force Colonel and NASA Astronaut, a Veteran of two Space Shuttle missions.

1 p.m.

"The Write Stuff - Pearl Young's Language of Flight" Video Presentation

Caitlin Milera, Director, ND Space Grant Consortium and ND NASA EPSCoR, Research Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota Aerospace

1:20 p.m.

Keynote Speaker Presentation

Paul Lockhart, Retired United States Air Force Colonel and NASA Astronaut, a Veteran of two Space Shuttle missions.

2 p.m.

Video Presentation

Sara Sabry, Astronaut, Engineer, CEO & Founder at Deep Space Initiative

2:30 p.m.

BLUE ORIGIN: Building a Road to Space for the Benefit of Earth

Steven Smith, Director of Flight Systems, Blue Origin

2:45 p.m.

Break

3 p.m.

Parabolic Research in Martian, Lunar, and Microgravity

Kevin Sproge, CEO, Zero-G

3:30 p.m.

NASA Lunar Gateway

Nanette Valentour, System Engineer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

3:50 p.m.

Live Tour of Lunar Mars Habitat

Keith Crisman, Assistant Professor, Space Studies, University of North Dakota

4 p.m.

Space Research Under Water

Keith Crisman, Assistant Professor, Space Studies, University of North Dakota

4:10 p.m.

Sherry Fieber-Beyer, Associate Professor, Space Studies, University of North Dakota

4:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks

5 p.m.

Evening Networking Social

Sponsored by UND Research & Economic Development