2020 Agenda

october 2020

 

9:15 - 9:30 AM

Welcome/Opening

  • Elaine Bryant, Executive Vice President, Aerospace and Defense, DDC, Managing Director, Military & Federal Installations, JobsOhio

  • Governor Mike DeWine, State of Ohio

  • Gordon Issler , President, NASIC Association

  • U.S. Congressman Michael Turner, Ohio’s 10 th District

9:30 - 9:45 AM

NASA Keynote
James Morhard , Deputy Administrator

9:45 - 10:15 AM

NASA Advisory Council Perspective
Gen. (ret) Lester L. Lyles

10:15 - 10:30 AM

Ohio’s Position in Space
Col. (ret) Joe Zeis , Defense and Aerospace Advisor, Office of Governor Mike DeWine

10:30 - 10:45 AM

NASIC Update
Col. Maurizio Calabrese, Commander, NASIC

10:45 - 11:00 AM

Springfield Air National Guard

  • Col. Kimberly Fitzgerald, Commander, 178th Wing

  • Lt. Col. Michael Roark, Commander, Intelligence Group, 178th Wing

11:00 - 11:30 AM

Air Force Research Laboratory
Jack Blackhurst, Executive Director

11:30 - 11:45 AM

Space and National Security
Gen. (ret) William Shelton, former Commander, Air Force Space Command

11:45 - 1:00 AM

Lunch Break

1:00 - 1:30 PM

Industry Keynote
Chirag Parikh, Senior Director, Azure Space, Microsoft

1:30 - 2:00 PM

Industry Panel- Ohio Space Culture Today
Moderator: Michael Johanson, Sr. Vice President, Zin Technologies

  • Ted Davies, CEO, Altamira Technologies

  • Robert Curbeam , Vice President Business Development , Tactical Space Systems Division,

  • Northrop Grumman, Former NASA Astronaut

  • Cheryl Rehm, Sr. Director Space Systems, Aerojet Rocketdyne

  • Dr. John Horack , Sr. Associate Dean of Engineering and Prof and Neil Armstrong Chair, College of Engineering and John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University

2:00 - 2:40 PM

Industry Panel- Ohio Space Culture Needs of the Future
Moderator: Jim Free, Director of The Ohio State University Center for Aviation Studies

  • Dr. Kul Bhasin, CEO, Comsat Architects

  • Mark Dapore , Engineering Fellow and Chief Technologies, L3Harris

  • Dr. Brandon “B.T.” Cesul , Technical Fellow & Principal Systems Engineer (Space), Centauri

  • Darien Hammet , AVP, Sr. Air Force Acquisition Program Manager, Radiance Technologies

2:40 - 3:00 PM

Challenges in Space Today and Tomorrow
Lt Col Walter “Rock” McMillan, Director, SpaceWERX

1:25 - 1:45 PM

Status Briefing of Strategic Space Industry
Introduction: BG Joy Curriera, Commandant, The Dwight D. Eisenhower School at National Defense University

Col Nathan Mooney II, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair, The Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

1:45 - 2:15 PM

Moderator: Dr. Brandon “B.T.” Cesul, Technical Fellow & Principal Space Engineer, KBR, Inc.

  • Mr. Mark Dapore, Chief Technologist, L3 Harris Technologies

  • Mr. George Satornino, Chief Executive Officer, Sierra Lobo

  • Dr. Carlos Grodsinsky, Chief Operating Officer, ZIN Technologies; Chairman, Ohio Aerospace & Aviation Council

  • Mr. Arnie Streland, Corporate Lead Executive, Northrop Grumman Corporation

2:15 - 2:35 PM

Space Intelligence Brief

Maj Gen Leah Lauderback, Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters, U.S. Space Force

2:35 - 2:40 PM

Break

2:40 - 3:00 Pm

Battelle Keynote
Mr. Lewis “Lou” Von Thaer, President and CEO, Battelle

3:00 - 3:30 PM

Academic Panel
Moderator: Mr. Dennis Andersh, President and CEO, Parallax Advanced Research, Ohio Federal Research Network Lead

  • Col Elvert Gardner, Assistant Professor and Space Force Service Chair, The Dwight D. Eisenhower School - National Defense University

  • Dr. John Horack, Professor and Neil Armstrong Chair, Senior Associate Dean of Engineering, The Ohio State University

  • Mr. Charles R. Doarn, Research Professor, Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, MPH Program Director, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Special Assistant to the NASA Chief Health and Medical Officer

  • Dr. Yong X. Tao, Betty L. Gordon Endowed Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Washkewicz College of Engineering, Cleveland State University

  • Dr. Randy J. Ellingson, Professor of Physics, Ohio's Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization, The University of Toledo

3:30 - 4:00 PM

Space Force Fireside Chat
Lt Gen John Thompson, Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center
Representative Michael R. Turner

4:00 PM

Closing Remarks/Adjourn