Conference Details

4pm - 6pm Registration Registration Desk
6pm - 8pm Speaker & Panelist Reception (Invitation Only) Lobby Lounge

WEDNESDAY - SEPTEMBER 29
7am - 8am Registration
Continental Breakfast		 Registration Desk
Foothills
8am - 8:20am Opening Remarks
Maj Gen (Ret.) Bentley Rayburn, USAF
Michael Semmens, RMTA
Maj Gen (Ret.) Mark Volcheff , USAF
Grand Ballroom
8:20am - 8:30am Welcome
Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien, Honorary Chair
Grand Ballroom
8:30am - 10am Keynotes:
Brigadier General Kurt S. Story, Deputy Commanding
General for Operations, USASMDC/ARSAT

Mr. Michael K. Clark, CEO of Butterfield
Fulcrum, Chairman of Sanswire Corporation
Grand Ballroom
10am - 10:15am Break
10:15am - 11:45am Panel 1:
Defense & Security

Panel Lead:
Jeffrey A. Faunce, US Army Space & Missile Defense Battle Lab

Panelists:
Col Scott G. Patton, AFSPACE
Lt Col Bryan E. Miller, Energy, Urban Development and Aerospace Surveillance Capabilities Deconfliction team, NORAD
Mr. Keith G. Monteith, Boeing's Phantom Works' Advanced Unmanned Air Systems Division
LCDR Chris Bahner, United States Navy

 Grand Ballroom
11:45am - 12pm Break
12pm - 1pm Luncheon Speaker
Dr. Robert Braun, Chief Technologist, NASA
Grand Ballroom
1pm - 1:15pm Break
1:15pm - 1:45pm Keynote:
General (Ret.) John P. Jumper, USAF
Grand Ballroom
1:45pm - 2:15pm Demo Launch, Space Data Corp
 Front Parking Lot
2:15pm - 3:45pm Panel 2:
Commercial Near Space Services

Panel Lead:
Steven Peterzén, International Science Technology and Research

Panelists:
Ed Herlik, Market Intel Group
Dan Erdberg, Sanswire Corp.
Gerald (Jerry) Knoblach, Space Data Corporation
Ron "Oly" Oholendt, Global Near Space Services
Dr. Henry (Hank) D. Voss, Taylor University

 Grand Ballroom
3:45pm - 4pm Communications Relay Demo, Space Data Corp
 Grand Ballroom
4pm - 4:15pm Break
4:15pm - 5pm Keynote:
Brigadier General Robert J. Chekan, Canadian Forces, NORAD/NORTHCOM
Grand Ballroom
5pm - 5:15pm Day Summary & Instructions:
Maj Gen (Ret.) Bentley Rayburn, USAF
Grand Ballroom
5:30pm - 7:30pm Conference Reception Foothills

THURSDAY
7am - 8am Registration
Continental Breakfast		 Registration Desk
Foothills
8am - 8:10am Opening Remarks
Maj Gen (Ret.) Bentley Rayburn, USAF
Grand Ballroom
8:10am - 8:55am Keynote:
Maj Gen (Ret.) Michael C. Kostelnik, Assistant Commissioner,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine
Grand Ballroom
8:55am - 9:10am Break
9:10am - 10:40am Panel 3:
Near Space Technology - Science & Research

Panel Lead:
D. Larry Clark, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

Panelists:
Michael M. Lee, United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command Technology Center
Dr. J. Douglas Beason, AFSPACE
Charles E. Lambert, SkySentry LLC

 Grand Ballroom
10:40am - 10:55am Break
10:55am - 11:40am Special Session
Policy & Leadership

General Victor E. Renuart, Immediate Past Commander,
North American Aerospace Defense Command & United
States Northern Command (NORAD/NORTHCOM)
Grand Ballroom
11:40am - 12:00pm Summary Discussion
Maj Gen (Ret.) Bentley Rayburn, USAF
Grand Ballroom
12pm Adjourn