AGENDA

• Stacey Connaughton, Director, The Purdue Policy Research Institute
• Dan DeLaurentis, Vice President, Discovery Park District Centers and Institutes
• Karen Plaut, Executive Vice President for Research, Purdue University

• Travis Langster, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International & Industry Engagement, US Department of Defense

TBA

Moderator:

• Michael Sullivan, Policy and Strategy Analyst, National Reconnaissance Office
  

Panelists:

• Rob Chambers, Future Concepts Director, Human and Scientific Space Exploration, Lockheed Martin
• Dan Dumbacher, CEO, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Daniel Leeb, Mission Director and CEO, Iceland Space Agency
• Bruce McClintock, Lead and Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Space Enterprise Initiative
• Maggie Sullivan (Col, USSF), Deputy Director, Strategy and Analysis, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, Department of Defense  

Moderator:

• Stacey Connaughton, Director, The Purdue Policy Research Institute          

Guest Speakers:

• Michelle Giuda, CEO, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue
• Daniel Leeb, Mission Director and CEO, Iceland Space Agency
• Mark Lewis, CEO, Purdue Applied Research Institute 

• Travis Langster, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International & Industry Engagement, US Department of Defense

Moderator:

• Michelle Giuda, CEO, Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue          

Panelists:

• Deanna Ryals, Director of International Affairs
  US Space Force: Space Systems Command
• Scotty Van Sant, President, VS Consulting, FmrSpace Engagement Lead, US Strategic Command
  International Engagement Lead, US Strategic Command
• Air Cdre Darren Whiteley, Deputy Director of Strategy, Plans, and Policy, USSPACECOM
• Darrin Stewart, Director, Office of Space Partnerships, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense

Moderator:

• Mark Lewis, CEO, Purdue Applied Research Institute

Panelists:

• Joseph Jewell, John Bogdanoff Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University
• Kelli Kedis Ogborn, Vice President – Space Commerce & Entrepreneurship,
  Space Foundation virtual
• Col Richard Kniseley, Senior Materiel Leader, Commercial Space Office (COMSO)
  Space Systems Command, US Space Force

• Brigadier General Kristin Panzenhagen, US Space Force, Space Systems Command

Relaxed reception and dinner to unwind and continue conversations.

• Paula Trimble, Policy Chief, Space Development Agency, Department of Defense

Workshops:

1. Government + Industry Relationship
2. Strategic Messaging on Capabilities 
3. Engaging with Our Allies

Attending Congressional Staffers:

• Brent Blevins, Staff Director, House Science, Space and Technology Committee Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee (Jan. 2023-)
• Kelsey McBarron, Professional Staff and Counsel, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
• Vishal Amin, Senior Professional Staff, Space & Aeronautics
• Charlie Scales, Policy Assistant, Committee on Science, Space & Technology

• General David D. Thompson, US Space Force (Ret.)

Interviewer:

• Stacey Connaughton, Director, Purdue Policy Research Institute

• Brigadier General Kristin Panzenhagen, US Space Force, Space Systems Command