Women and Mars Conference
Jack Morton Auditorium
George Washington University
November 9-10, 2011
Only one night to go until the Women and Mars Conference in Washington, DC!
To register for the Women and Mars Conference, please visit our registration page at :
Www.womenandmars.eventbrite.com
If you still need a hotelroom, contact us, we might be able to help (carberry @ exploremars.org)
For those interested to viewing the Women and Mars Conference online, please visit the LiveStream link at -
http://www.livestream.com/exploremars
Participating in the conference through the live webcast is free of any charge.
Download the conference program in pdf format here
or click here to flip through the program online
Conference Agenda
November 8, 2011
6:00pm - Tour of Lockheed Martin Space Experience Center - This tour is limited to 50 people. If are registered for the Women and Mars Conference and would like to attend, please RSVP at info@exploremars.org
November 9, 2011
8:00-9:00: Registration and Breakfast
9:00-9:10: Introduction: Artemis Westenberg (President, Explore Mars, Inc.)
9:10-9:55: Keynote: Catherine “Cady” Coleman (NASA, Astronaut)
10:00-11:30: Panel 1: Why have so many women become involved/interested in Mars exploration?
Colleen Hartman (NASA, Assistant Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate) – Moderator
Linda Billings (Research Professor, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University)
Tiffany Montague (Google, Space Projects)
Susan Niebur (Mission Consultant, Niebur Consulting; Founder, Women in Planetary Science)
Cassie Conley (Planetary Protection Officer, NASA)
Lunch
1:00-2:30: Panel 2: How can “Mars women” help to advance STEM education for young women/reach non-traditional audiences?
Michelle Viotti (Manager for NASA’s Mars Public Engagement Program) – Moderator
Penelope Boston (Director, Cave and Karst Studies Program, Prof. Earth and Environmental Sciences Dept, New Mexico Tech: Associate Director, National Cave and Karst Research Institute)
Mary Liscome (Director, Christa McAuliffe Center and Challenger Learning Center; Framingham State University)
Shelley Canright (NASA, Director of Elementary, Secondary, and eEducation)
Artemis Westenberg (President, Explore Mars, Inc)
Darlene Cavalier (Discover Magazine; Science Cheerleaders)
2:30- 4:00: Panel 3: Getting To Mars
Sandy Coleman (Director, NASA Exploration Programs; ATK, Washington Operations)
Jeanne Becker (Executive Director, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS)
Joy Bryant (Vice President/ISS Program Manager, Boeing Space, Defense, and Security)
Virginia A. Barnes (United Space Alliance, President and CEO)
Caryn Schenewerk (Space X; Director, Government Affairs)
Linda Karanian (Lockheed Martin, Director of Human Space Flight Program Operations, Washington Office)
Saralyn Mark (NASA, Physician Consultant/Advisor, IHA/Chief Health and Medical Office)
4:00 : Afternoon Speaker - Penelope Boston (Director, Cave and Karst Studies Program, Prof. Earth and Environmental Sciences Dept, New Mexico Tech: Associate Director, National Cave and Karst Research Institute)
5:00-6:00: Reception
November 10, 2011
7:30-8:30 – Registration and Breakfast
8:30-10:00: Panel 4: Space Policy Panel
Marcia Smith (Founder and Editor, SpacePolicyOnline.com) – Moderator
Patti Grace Smith (Principal Consultant, Patti Grace Smith Consulting)
Stephanie Bednarek (SpaceX, Government Affairs Specialist)
Pascale Ehrenfreund (Research Professor of Space Policy and International Affairs, Space Policy Institute, The Elliott School of International Affairs; The George Washington University)
Leslee Gilbert (Staff Director of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee)
Rebecca Keiser (NASA, Associate Deputy Adminstrator for Policy Integration)
10:00-11:30: Panel 5: Mars Science panel
Marc Kaufman (The Washington Post) – Moderator
Lisa May (Science Mission Directorate, NASA)
Pamela Conrad (Deputy Principal Investigator, Sample Analysis at Mars, Mars Science Laboratory; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
Deborah Bass (2018 Joint Mars Rover Science Systems Engineer; Mars Exploration Program Strategic Planning; Technical Group Supervisor, Science System Engineering; JPL, NASA)
Penelope Boston (Director, Cave and Karst Studies Program, Prof. Earth and Environmental Sciences Dept, New Mexico Tech: Associate Director, National Cave and Karst Research Institute)
11:30-12:30 – Wrap-up Speaker - Rebecca Keiser (NASA, Associate Deputy Administrator for Policy Integration)
End of formal programming
12:30-2:00: Lunch
2:00-4:00: Breakout/Brainstorming Sessions
Workshop 1: STEM Education - Chris Carberry (Executive Director, Explore Mars, Inc.) & Artemis Westenberg (Session Chairs)_in Jack Morton Auditorium
Workshop 2: Science and Technology Careers - Lisa May (Session Chair)- in basement
Stasia Habenicht (Lockheed Martin Aerospace)
Olivia Billett (Lockheed Martin Aerospace)
Lillian Reichenthal (NASA Headquarters)
Workshop 3: Policy and Advocacy – Linda Billings (Session Chair) _on 2nd floor
an alphabetical speakers list can be found here:
The six first female NASA astronaut candidates in January 1978: from left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride.
an alphabetical speakers list can be found here:
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