Panel Topics:

Breakthrough Technologies Shaping our Future, 9:00 am, Thursday, May 21

Talk 1: Dr. Robert (Bob) Richards, President and CEO, Moon Express
Talk 2: Dr. Sonny Kohli, CEO at CloudDx

Global Issues – Security, Sustainability, Environment & Diversity, 9:30 am, Thursday, May 21

Panelists:

Ted Hewitt, Acting President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Scott Larson, CEO, UrtheCast
Jim Keravala, COO, Shackleton Energy Company
David Kendall, United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS)

Canada’s space industry, its future vision, & opportunities for international collaboration, 8:30 am , Friday, May 22

Keynote Speaker:

Marc Garneau, Member of Parliament, Former President of the Canadian Space Agency, First Canadian Astronaut in Space

MC:

Tahir Merali, OrbitOne Consulting, ISDC 2015 Programming Chair

Commercial Ventures – New Space, 9:00 am, Friday, May 22

Panelists:

Ken Davidian, Federal Aviation Administration
Robert Richards, President and CEO, Moon Express
Yaroslav “Yarko” Pustovyi, President, CSCA & Co-Founder of Space 1 Systems Inc.

Moderator:

Bruce Pittman, Profit Engineering Technologies, NASA Space Portal

Moderator:

Farnaz Ghadaki, Director CSCA

Exploration – The Next Destination (Moon, Mars, Asteroids), 8:30 am, Sunday, May 24

Panelists:

Fred Jansen, ESA/Rosetta
James K. Erickson, NASA JPL/Curiosity