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Space Investment Summit 8

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
8:30 am – 6:30 pm
InterContinental Chicago Hotel O’Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois
Agenda

  8:30 am –   8:45 am

Attendee Welcome

Opening Presentation

Paul Eckert , PhD, International & Commercial Strategist, The Boeing Company, SIS Executive Coordinator

  8:45 am –   9:30 am

Guest Presentation

Commercial Space Markets Overview

Amaresh Kollipara, Managing Partner, Earth2Orbit LLC
Michael Leventhal, Attorney/Consultant, mc2 The Law Firm
Max Grimard, Vice President/Deputy Head, Strategy & Business Development, EADS Astrium

  9:30 am – 10:00 am

Guest Presentation

Success Story: Commercial Opportunities for Space Enabled Markets
Joshua Raffaelli, Associate and Kauffman Fellow, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

10:00 am – 10:30 am

Networking Break

10:30 am – 11:45 am

Business Plan Presentations and Investor Comments
Presentation of business plans and commentary by investors and advisors

Business Plan Commentators

Michael Leventhal, Attorney/Consultant, mc² The Law Firm (Moderator)
Daniel Faber, Entrepreneur & Engineer      
Ian Fichtenbaum, Associate, Near Earth LLC
Michael Lindenmayer, Managing Partner, Lindenmayer, Piquet & Company

Business Plan Presentations

Linear Signal – Helps satellite antenna OEMs and system integrators deliver economical Phased Arrays and Phased Array Feeds to their markets, leveraging our low cost/high performance beamformer chips, array tiles and full, private-labeled antenna assemblies

Orbital Technologies – Commercialization growth and spin-offs in propulsion and space resources, human support, emergency response, bio-products and interactive 3D

Skycorp Incorporated – Patented On Orbit Assembly process for large spacecraft on the International Space Station
11:45 am – 12:15 pm

Special Presentation
Insights: Assessment of Market Development and Business Segments

Richard Garriott, Chairman, Space Adventures Ltd; Space Explorer, Entrepreneur & Adventure Traveler

12:15 am – 1:00 pm

Networking Luncheon

  1:00 pm –  2:15 pm

Business Plan Presentations and Investor Comments
Presentation of business plans and commentary by investors and advisors

Business Plan Commentators

Amaresh Kollipara, Managing Partner, Earth2Orbit LLC (Moderator)
Jennifer W. Berlin, Counsel, Tucker Ellis & West LLP
Periklis Papadopoulos, PhD, Founder & CEO, Space Systems LLC
Alan Tratner, Founder, Green2Gold; President, Inventors Workshop International & Entrepreneur’s Workshop; Director, Small Business Entrepreneurship Center

Business Plan Presentations

Janet’s Planet – Launch pad for tomorrow’s scientists and space explorers designed to inspire students to use the scientific process

Packer Engineering Inc
Dr. Peter Schubert, President
Drop, load and start - Robotic ISRU factory produces many times its own weight in oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, and refractory bricks.

The Elwing Company – Proprietary breakthrough technology opening up a new segment of the satellite propulsion market

  2:15 pm –   3:00 pm

Panel Session

Government-Industry Synergy in Expanding Commercial Space Opportunities

Bruce Pittman, Director of Flight Projects and Chief System Engineer, NASA Space Portal at Ames Research Center (Moderator)
Douglas Comstock, Director, Innovative Partnerships Program, NASA Office of the Chief Technologist
Chris Cummins, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer, NanoRacks LLC
Tim Pickens, Chief Propulsion Engineer, Dynetics Inc

  3:00 pm –   3:30 pm

Networking Break

  3:30 pm –   4:15 pm

Panel Session

Meeting Customer Needs: Space-Related Business Opportunities

Robert Jacobson, Partner, Desert Sky Holdings LLC (Moderator)
Scott Glickson, Partner, McGuire Woods LLC
Petter Kleppan, Managing Partner, NORROC Venture Partners LLC
Michael Lindenmayer, Managing Partner, Lindenmayer, Piquet & Company
Jorge Rufat-Latre, Director, Innovaro Strategos

  4:15 pm –   4:30 pm

Closing Presentation

Paul Eckert , PhD, International & Commercial Strategist, The Boeing Company, SIS Executive Coordinator

  4:30 pm –   6:30 pm

Summit Reception and Networking