Speakers from DLR, ESA, NASA, and More Added to 2023 ASCEND
Conference Being Held in October in Las Vegas
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has announced several prominent speakers from the space industry who have been added to the three-day program at 2023 ASCEND, October 23–25 at Caesars Forum, Las Vegas. ASCEND is the world’s premier outcomes-focused, interdisciplinary space event designed to accelerate building our off-world future.
These newly confirmed speakers cut across the international, civil, commercial, and national security space sectors, including:
Peter Gräf, Director for Applications & Science, DLR
John M. Grunsfeld, Endless Frontier Associates, LLC; former NASA Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, and former NASA astronaut
The Honorable Steven J. Isakowitz, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Aerospace Corporation
Janet Kavandi, President and Chief Science Officer, Sierra Space
Col. Richard Kniseley, Senior Materiel Leader, Commercial Space Office Lead, U.S. Space Force
Sandra Magnus, Chief Engineer for the Traffic Coordination System for Space, Office of Space Commerce, Department of Commerce, and former NASA astronaut
Col. Pamela Melroy, USAF (Ret.), Deputy Administrator, NASA
Daniel Neuenschwander, Director for Human and Robotic Exploration, ESA
George T. Whitesides, Partner, Convective Capital, and former CEO, Virgin Galactic
Registration for the 2023 ASCEND event is open now. Powered by AIAA, ASCEND promotes the collaborative, interdisciplinary, outcomes-driven community of professionals, students, and enthusiasts around the world who are accelerating humanity’s progress toward our off-world future.
(Source: AIAA news release)
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