July 10, 2024 - Hart Senate Office Building (Hart 902)

12:45PM: Check-in

1:00PM: Welcome Remarks from our Chair

1:05PM: Lunar Panel: Lunar Camp Fireside in July

• Brett Alexander, CRO, Firefly
• Jacki Cortese, Senior Director of Civil Space, Blue Origin

1:30PM: Camp Fireside Chat with NASA’s Jim Free, Associate Administrator, NASA and Brett Silcox, Vice President Government Relations, Astroscale U.S. Inc.

1:50PM: Keynote Speaker

2:10PM: Where’s My Next Job?

• Moderator: Tiffany Russell Lockett, NASA and Patti Grace Smith Fellowship CoFounder
• Lauren Smith, Northrop Grumman & Former Fellow
• Katie Tice, SpaceX
• Rikhi Roy, Brooke Owens Fellowship
• Greg Miller, SAIS

2:55PM: Congressional Speaker

3:10PM: Networking Break

3:35PM: National Security Camp Fireside Chat with Maj Gen Gregory Gagnon, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Intelligence and Debra Facktor, Head of U.S. Space Systems, Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc.

4:05PM: Space Sustainability Panel – Orbiting Tomorrow: A Sustainable Space Odyssey

• Moderator: Patricia Cooper
• Dr. Thomas (Tom) Colvin, NASA, Senior Policy Advisor, NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy
• Ashley VanderLey, National Science Foundation
• Merissa Velez, FCC, Satellite Programs & Policy Division, Division Chief
• Jennifer McClellan, Astroscale U.S. Program Manager

4:50PM: Closing Remarks

5:30PM: Reception at Hogan Lovells