Launch Pad Talks
Preliminary* Agenda and Scheduled Speakers | ||
| Description/Topics | What is the Next Big Thing in space? Come to the LaunchPad session for a showcase of some of the most innovative and ground-breaking technologies, concepts and ideas in space development! | |
| Chair(s): |  Diane FrancisEditor-in-Chief of National Post & Financial Post | |
 Shawna Pandya | ||
| Speakers: | ||
| The Cloud Dx Tricorder: spin-in technology for medical application in long duration space flight. | D  r. Sonny KohliCloudDx – Finalist in the Qualcomm Tricorder X-Prize | |
| Applying Design Thinking & Experience Design to the space industry | Maryam Nabavi Idea Couture | |
| “Vaulting a Discontinuity” in Space Development | Paul Wieland Threshhold2020 | |
| Solar-powered 3D Printing of Medical Technologies for Mars Missions |  Dr. Julielynn Wong3D4MD | |
| SkyWatch – Developing software solutions that make working with transient data easier |  Dexter JagulaSkyWatch | |
| You tell kids they’re going to be the generation to walk on Mars – mean it! (Teaching STEAM in the 21st century through hands-on making.) | Andy F | |
| Making Space Accessible Through VR |  Isaac De SouzaCTO, SpaceVR | |
| Mining Lunar Resources – The Shackleton Energy Program |  Jim KeravalaCOO & Co-Founder, Shakleton Energy Company, Inc. | |
| Externally Powered Launch Vehicles |  Latetitia GarriottCo-Founder, President, and COO, Escape Dynamics | |
| Second Generation Astronauts |  Mike MongoWriter and author of “The Astronaut Instruction Manual for Pre-Teens” | |
| Developing the VASIMR Engine | Dr. Frank Chang-Diaz Ad Astra Rocket Corporation | |
| Canada’s Space Mining Potential | Minh On | |
| Carpeting Planets With Trees: The Human Obligation to Space | Howard Bloom | |
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