Schedule is subject to change—please consult onsite signage or volunteers for any last minute changes.
| Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Sunday, May 18 | ||||
| 8:00 am - 12:00 noon | |
| Exhibit Hall | |
| Gateway Ballroom & Prefunction | |
| 8:30 am - 9:45 am | |
| Morning Plenary | |
| Grand Ballroom | |
| 8:30 am - 8:45 am Exploring the Cosmos & Our Own Human Potential. Naveen Jain, Co-founder, Moon Express | |
| 8:45 am - 9:45 am Panel: NASA Partners with Industry on Commercial Crew to Orbit; Chris Ferguson, Director of Crew and Mission Operations, Commercial Crew Program, The Boeing Company (former NASA Shuttle Astronaut); Steve Lindsey, Senior Director Space Explorations Systems, Sierra Nevada Corporation, (former NASA Shuttle Astronaut); Moderator: Dennis Stone, Manager of Program Integration, Commercial Crew & Cargo Program Office (C3PO), NASA, Johnson Space Center |
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| 8:30 am - 11:30 am | |
| NSS Board Meeting | |
| San Clemente & Santa Catalina (3rd floor) | |
| 10:00 am - 1:00 pm | |
| Student Awards Ceremony; Return to Mars: A Kerbal Adventure in 3D Design (Finale) | |
| Student Awards & Screening | California Ballroom |
| 10:00 am - 12:00 noon | |
| Living In Space Track | |
| Salon 205 (2nd floor) | |
| 10:00 am Space Dilemmas Panel. Nicola Sarzi-Amade, Jim Pass, Howard Bloom, Ian O'Neill, Terry Savage, and Madhu Thangevelu Moderators: Bob Krone and Sherry Bell | |
| NASA/Exploration - Space Exploration Subtrack | |
| Seminar Room (2nd floor) | |
| 10:00 am Mars Science Laboratory: The Road to a Successful Landing on Mars. Fernando Abilleira | |
| 11:00 am NASA Exploration Commercial Partnerships. Dennis Stone | |
| 11:25 am Space Manufacturing. Peter Humphries | |
| Space & Media Track | |
| Salon 214 (2nd floor) | |
| 10:00 am I Want To Be An Astronaut Preview & Discussion. David Ruck | |
| 11:00 am Space Command - A New Adventure. Marc Zicree | |
| Space Engagement Track | |
| Salon 210 (2nd floor) | |
| 10:00 am Exploring the Cosmos & Our Own Human Potential. Naveen Jain 10:25 am Prize Model 2.0 - The Business Plan Competition as a Catalyst for Space Commercial Development. Thomas Andrew Olson 11:00 am Google Glass technology as Applied to Space Exploration. Dennis Ray Wingo 11:25 am A "Science Fiction Center" Project. Christopher Lee Martens |
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| Space Settlement Track | |
| Salon 201 (2nd floor) | |
| 10:00 am 3D Printing in Zero-G ISS Technology Demonstrator. Mike Snyder 10:30 am The Case for an ISS Successor: PISCES. Doris Hamill 11:30 am Lunar One: a Scenario of the First Eight Settlers on the Moon. Doug Plata |
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| 12:00 noon - 1:50 pm | |
| Lunch & Keynote: SpaceMap - An integrated plan for the exploration and settlement of space | |
| NSS Chapter Awards | Grand Ballroom DEF |
| Keynote Speaker: Rick Tumlinson, Chairman of the Board, Deep Space Industries | |
| 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm | |
| AIAA Space Colonization Technical Committee (SCTC) meeting | |
| SCTC Meeting | Salon 206 (2nd floor) |
| 2:30 pm - 7:00 pm | |
| SpaceUp | |
| SpaceUp 1 | Salon 201 |
| SpaceUp 2 | Salon 211 |
| SpaceUp 3 | Salon 214 |
| SpaceUp 4 | Salon 217 |