All sessions are listed in Eastern Standard Time
SPACECOM FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Get ready for eight days of engaging content broken down into four dedicated tracks:
Enabling Commercial Space
Industry Applications of Satellite Enabled Services
Low Earth Orbit Economy
ARTEMIS: Returning to the Moon
Please note all the below times are Eastern Time.
Monday, October 19, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us for an update on the news surrounding the commercial space industry. Beth Mund, host of the Casual Space Podcast, will kick off the day with her take on the news as well as prepare attendees for what they'll experience each day.
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- Daily Brief
- Enabling Commercial Space
Monday, October 19, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
NASA representative provides the status of the Artemis return to the Moon program, the international partnerships involved, and the upcoming launch of Crew-1 missions to transport astronauts to the ISS.
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Monday, October 19, 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
NASA is planning to migrate its Near Earth Network (NEN) and Space Network (SN) C&N services to commercially provided capabilities over the 2020s and beyond. In working toward this national objective, NASA is engaging with the space communications community to address the challenges to achieving interoperability, including standards, technology, techniques,
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The National Space Council (NSpC) User Advisory Group discusses the impact of the NSpC on the commercial space sector and plans for the future. Attendees can expect to learn the steps that the NSpC is taking to leverage the shift to outsourcing to commercial enterprises the U.S. government’s civilian and
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Monday, October 19, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Satellites are being used to identify the location of the most vulnerable and overlooked populations at risk for COVID-19. This session explores how space technology will be increasingly employed to understand the spread of infectious diseases and inform research on other global health crises.
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Facing tomorrows challenges today
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Monday, October 19, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Space Explorers: The ISS Experience, produced by EMMY® Award-winning Felix & Paul Studios in collaboration with TIME Studios, is the largest media project ever filmed in Space. Join Stéphane Rituit (Co-Founder and CEO) and Paul Raphaël (Co-founder and Creative Director) of Felix & Paul Studios, as they discuss the studio’s
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Tuesday, October 20, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us for an update on the news surrounding the commercial space industry. Beth Mund, host of the Casual Space Podcast, will kick off the day with her take on the news as well as prepare attendees for what they'll experience each day.
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- Daily Brief
- Enabling Commercial Space
- Industry Applications of Satellite Enabled Service
Tuesday, October 20, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Representatives from the National Space Council, and the Department of Commerce discuss how they will work together on policies and actions they need to take to enable the trillion-dollar space economy.
#DOC
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Tuesday, October 20, 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Shipping and facility security utilize satellites to track assets worldwide. This session explores how business is improving margins by using these technologies and which industries are leading and benefiting the most.
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Insurance specialists will discuss their approaches to the changing nature of launch capability, frequency, reliability and reduced cost that create a big shift in how insurance markets help control risk and be cost competitive in the new era of commercial space.
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Tuesday, October 20, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
We are restoring the balance of Earth and satellites are the essential tool. It is satellite data that will give governments and industry the ability to monitor and reduce the carbon footprint in far more serious ways. In this session we present a dialogue with companies that operate and use satellite data
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The panel discusses the successes and lessons learned from public and private funding strategies run by NASA and the Department of Defense to support the commercial space industry. The panelists will suggest financing models that could be refined to further enable the one trillion dollar space economy.
#NASA
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Tuesday, October 20, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Bring the family for an astronaut-style work out with Celebrity Trainer, Crystal Wall. Join for a sweat-filled hour of high energy hip hop music and astronaut inspired dance and bodyweight workout.
Crystal recommends bringing a yoga mat, water bottle, work out clothes, and sneakers. No weights required.
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Wednesday, October 21, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us for an update on the news surrounding the commercial space industry. Beth Mund, host of the Casual Space Podcast, will kick off the day with her take on the news as well as prepare attendees for what they'll experience each day.
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- Daily Brief
- Enabling Commercial Space
- Industry Applications of Satellite Enabled Service
Wednesday, October 21, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
This panel of senior executives from Lockheed Martin, the Department of Energy, and other key government agencies reviews the government’s use of commercial innovators to achieve their goals.
#DOE
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Wednesday, October 21, 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The level of debris and our ability to monitor it in LEO has become a crisis. This panel focuses on the strategies to best achieve space safety, security, and sustainability which will include making space more transparent and predictable. Further steps include making space actors accountable for their behaviors.
#DOC
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The range of emergency monitoring and response applications for space-based assets are becoming an indispensable tool to mitigate the effects of such things as pandemics, hurricanes, mass fires and refugee crises. This session delves into new ways these capabilities can be applied here on Earth.
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Wednesday, October 21, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
When assets are spread across the globe all industries are increasingly turning to satellite applications for monitoring and maintenance. From pipelines to agribusiness to fisheries, satellite imagery and analytics provide the abilities that were previously very difficult or impossible to achieve. This session showcases how agribusiness and oil & gas
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The creation of the U.S. Space Force is recognition of the increasing role that space will play in national security. This session explores this development and the increased efforts by the DOD to leverage private sector innovation to meet their crucial space operations.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Calling all parents! Bring your children for a special reading of the comic Ella the Engineer and the Burping Caper, brought to you by Deloitte Consulting LLP. Join Nishita Henry, Chief Innovation Office at Deloitte Consulting LLP, and Anthony Onesto, Creator of Ella the Engineer, and STEM students for an interactive
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Thursday, October 22, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us for an update on the news surrounding the commercial space industry. Beth Mund, host of the Casual Space Podcast, will kick off the day with her take on the news as well as prepare attendees for what they'll experience each day.
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- Daily Brief
- Industry Applications of Satellite Enabled Service
Thursday, October 22, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
This general session features how Amazon Web Services helps terrestrial industries take advantage of space enabled services already in place at competitive pricing.
#NASA
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Thursday, October 22, 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
A fast-paced, live action guide through the Department of Energy's premier online platform for connecting and partnering with its world-class National Lab system.
#DOE
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There is a tsunami of data coming from earth observation capabilities today. Companies that are applying data analytics and finding the “needle in the haystack” are creating gold mine opportunities for themselves and their customers. This panel explores what are these latest 'killer apps' and which companies are leading the
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Thursday, October 22, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Supercluster presents a special in-depth look at their new app release, featuring The Astronaut Database. We created the most complete, easy-to-navigate library of every person, animal, and robot that has ever flown in space. We'll show you how it works, and how you can try it yourself online or via the
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Thursday, October 22, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us for a live performance by Dalton to close out week 1 of SpaceCom on a high note. Network with other SpaceCom fans while enjoying Dalton’s eclectic indie beats.
Dalton is the solo-project of indie musician Nate Harar who writes and produces each track himself. Yahoo! Voices exclaimed that “Dalton has
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Monday, October 26, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us for an update on the news surrounding the commercial space industry. Beth Mund, host of the Casual Space Podcast, will kick off the day with her take on the news as well as prepare attendees for what they'll experience each day.
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- Daily Brief
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Monday, October 26, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
The new head of NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) program provides a status of and exciting new industry applications for the ISS as well as insight into the future of ISS.
#NASA
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Monday, October 26, 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
The ISS is a national resource which offers companies many unique services. In particular, dramatic breakthroughs in pharmaceutical and biologic research created by its microgravity environment. For example, the ability to grow brain cells! This session reviews the many business opportunities in conducting biologic research and even bio manufacturing in
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NASA’s treasure trove of technology is available to American industry and entrepreneurs to apply in profitable ways. In this session, NASA technology transfer leaders will discuss the many ways the private sector can tap into the accumulated knowledge NASA has to share.
#NASA
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Monday, October 26, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
In this session, panelists will discuss their experiences utilizing the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory for research and product development, highlight the benefits of conducting research in microgravity, and examine the broader potential value of such activities. The discussion will also cover how future ISS National Lab efforts
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Are you interested in applying for the 20.3 SBIR/STTR round? Come watch Noelle Tuss, the Director of Capture and Contracts for Long Capture walk through the submission process live! She will go through the steps of deciding what topics are a good fit, what will make your company stand out,
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Monday, October 26, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Supercluster presents an intergalactic journey through film history, exploring how space travel has been depicted in the movies. We'll highlight the ways that sci-fi has influenced real-life space travel and vice-versa, including bold dreams for common, everyday commercial spaceflight.
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Tuesday, October 27, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us for an update on the news surrounding the commercial space industry. Beth Mund, host of the Casual Space Podcast, will kick off the day with her take on the news as well as prepare attendees for what they'll experience each day.
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- ARTEMIS: Returning to the Moon
- Daily Brief
- Low Earth Orbit Economy
Tuesday, October 27, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
This panel highlights the challenges and opportunities created in LEO and cislunar environments for extended human presence in space.
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Tuesday, October 27, 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
NASA is looking to the private sector as a partner in achieving the Artemis goals of returning to the Moon. What is the potential that this relationship is creating in the near term not only for direct NASA support, but also for unique commercial endeavors that may spin off from
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Suborbital tourism will be a $2.8 billion market, with $10.4 billion in total revenue, while orbital will be a $610 million market, with $3.6 billion in total revenue over the next decade declares a well known recent market research study. This exciting panel will take a deep dive into what
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Tuesday, October 27, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
NASA's lunar lander program is the critical piece of the Artemis program responsible for ferrying astronauts to the lunar surface and returning them safely home. This special session, led by NASA's Human Landing System Program Manager with representatives of the three providers, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics, discusses the critical
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Spaceports around the world can, and in many cases are, serving as regional innovation centers for high tech activities and creating positive economic development opportunities. Speakers review what the future looks like for spaceports and what funding will be necessary.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join us as we announce the inaugural class of 15 finalists for International Space Pitch Day. Redefining the process for contracting international innovators, the UK and USA have joined forces to launch the ‘Allied Defence Accelerator’ which continues the spirit of the two’s historic bond of combined defense initiatives. International
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Wednesday, October 28, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
**In lieu of the Daily Brief we will be hosting Charles Mudd with his panel for Satellite Constellations and What they Mean for End User Industries - note new time**
Low and middle Earth orbiting satellite constellations will dominate the earth observation and communication market. These intelligent, small, cheap, and easy
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Wednesday, October 28, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Learn how countries of differing capabilities and financial resources can take advantage of the expanding commercial space market to improve their local economies.
#NASA
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Wednesday, October 28, 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
NASA technology is creating the underpinning for new industries of the future. NASA’s work has already changed the world with advances in telecom and microprocessors. More is yet to come. This panel led by Douglas Terrier, NASA Chief Technologist will explore the industries on the horizon that will stem from
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New services are setting the stage for satellites to become repairable, maintainable and repurposable. This session explores the emerging capability of in orbit servicing of satellite assets.
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Wednesday, October 28, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
NASA’s Commercial Crew program is underway with SpaceX’s human rated vehicle and others will soon follow. This panel discusses the business implications of having many humans in LEO and in cislunar space as well as examining the potential of point-to-point travel around the globe.
#NASA #SpaceForce
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High expectations are riding on the Artemis return to the moon program. Commercial partnerships with NASA hope to generate new markets for goods and services in the cislunar domain. In this session the panel will take a visionary look at the future potential of the cislunar economy.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Hypergiant and SpaceCom have partnered to launch Moonshots, a poster competition for the best and brightest with revolutionary ideas.
We're looking for scientific posters that challenge the status quo and make the impossible in space, possible.
All submissions will be featured online and the top 5 winners will present during the free
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Thursday, October 29, 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Join us for an update on the news surrounding the commercial space industry. Beth Mund, host of the Casual Space Podcast, will kick off the day with her take on the news as well as prepare attendees for what they'll experience each day.
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- Daily Brief
Thursday, October 29, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
NASA’s Human Exploration discusses the crucial role that women have, are, and will continue to provide in getting America back to the Moon, as well as in creating the trillion-dollar commercial space economy.
#NASA
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Thursday, October 29, 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Deep space communications is challenging and presents a critical need for robust broadband communication capacity across all sectors of space in which there is human activity. This session focuses on how the challenges may be solved and what the next generation of space communications will look like.
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IT leaders and procurement teams need end-to-end visibility into IT supply chain to reduce risks and protect the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of data and systems. Solution and certification complexity, siloed information, and the sheer number of vendors and resellers involved is a challenge. This session will review supply chain risks. We
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Thursday, October 29, 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Nuclear power will play a pivotal role as humanity continues its exploration and development of our Solar System. The Department of Energy has joined NASA to find new solutions to meet power and propulsion needs for the next generation space operations. This session delves into the new technological capabilities and
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An international panel discussion with Orion Program Managers about progress toward launching NASA’s first human-rated spacecraft to travel around the Moon since 1972.
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Thursday, October 29, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mission: Space Food shares their vision for the future of eating in space. Drawing inspiration from unique nutritional needs of astronauts, virtual reality, and trigeminal nerve stimulation, Michelin-star chef Sachin Chopra demonstrates and discusses how the unique environment of space can offer new ways to connect people through food.
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