Space Tourism Conference 2023
FRIDAY, APRIL 28
All main programming and lunch are hosted in the Renaissance Ballroom.
7:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Registration Opens
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Experience
SandboxLife ® Activity Pacific Room
Vanessa Valore, Inventor & Founder, SandboxLife®
Immersive Professional Development Experience
9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Experience
Linda Rheinstein, Founder & CEO, Space Games Federation
SPACE GAME FEDERATION’S FIRST TERRESTRIAL ASTROLETE® TRAINING COMPETITION
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM
Session
DESIGNING SPACE PLACES: LUXURY MEETS PRACTICALITY
Moderator: John Spencer, Co-Founder & Chairman, Space Tourism Conference
Marie-Lise Baron, CEO, The Baron Institute (Axiom Space consultant)
Barbara Belvisi, Founder & CEO, Interstellar Lab
Hunter Stanchak, Founder & CEO, Colonize Mars
Britt Duffy Adkins, Founder, Celestial Citizen; Space Urban Planner
9:30 AM – 10:15 AM
Session
HEALTH, SAFETY & WELLNESS: ADDRESSING CRITICAL UTILITIES
Moderators: Josef Koller, Ph. D., Systems Director, The Aerospace Corporation
Angie Bukley, Technical Fellow, The Aerospace Corporation
Grant Anderson, President & CEO, Co-founder, Paragon Space Development Corporation
Shawna Pandya, MD, Intn’l Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) Space Medicine Group
Linda Fischetti, Director, Health Innovation Center, MITRE
Larry DeLucas, Ph.D., SVP, Biologics, Predictive Oncology
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
BREAK
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Session
MONETIZING DIAMONDS & DUST: SPACE MANUFACTURING &
MINING
Moderator: Robert Jacobson, Partner, Space Advisors
Kirby Runyon, Ph.D., Founder/CEO, Planex
Joshua Western, Co-founder & CEO, Space Forge
Melissa Roth, Lead Researcher, Off Planet Research
Jim Keravala, CEO & Chief Architect, OffWorld
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Session
FOOD & DRINK OFF WORLD: GO-TO GRUB & GALACTIC
GOURMET
Moderator: Samuel Coniglio, Futurist & Inventor, Board Member, Space Tourism Society
Carla Uyeda, Inventor, CHEF (space pressure cooker)
Chris Carberry, Author, Alcohol in Space; CEO, Explore Mars
Shahreen Reza, CEO, Astreas
Colleen McLeod Garner, Director of Sales -West, Sagamore Spirit
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
PICNIC LUNCH & FIRESIDE CHAT
Host: Frank White, philosopher and author, “The Overview Effect”
Featured Guest: Sharon Hagle, Astronaut, Blue Origin; Founder, SpaceKids Global
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
Session
SMART & GREEN: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE GALAXY
Moderator: Paul Fuller, CFO, Trivium Corporate Solutions
Elizabeth Reynolds, Managing Director, USA, Starburst Aerospace
Keegan Kirkpatrick, Founder & CEO, RedWorks Construction Technologies
Jason Klassi, Founder, Expedition Earth
Josh Schertz, Treasurer, Planetary Sunshade Foundation; (SpaceX engineer)
Meagan Crawford, Managing Partner, SpaceFund
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
Session
MARKETING SPACE: BRANDS, MERCH & DEMAND
Moderator: Izzy House, Author & Host, Space Marketing Podcast (and books)
Amy Imhoff, Director of Outreach & Strategic Partnerships, Explore Mars
Ben Haldeman, Founder & CEO, LifeShip
Brian Weiner, CEO/Founder, The Illusion Factory; Sizzle; IllusionQuest Studios
Nat Brown-Lennox, VP, Marketing, LeoLabs
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
Session
SPORTS & FUN: PLAYFUL ACTIVITIES & EDUTAINMENT IN ZERO G
Moderator: Rick Loverd, Program Director, National Academy of Sciences,
Science & Entertainment Exchange
Sharon Hagle, Founder & CEO; Astronaut, SpaceKids Global
Larry Namer, Chairman, LJN Media/Founder, E! Entertainment Television
Linda Rheinstein, Founder & CEO, Space Games Federation
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Session
BREAK
5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
Session
SPACE ROCKS! EARTH’S COSMOS-THEMED EXPERIENCES
FUEL OFF-WORLD DEMAND
Moderator: Roberta Perry, Business Development Catalyst
Bob Rogers, Founder and Chairman, BRC Imagination Arts
Robert Ward, Executive Director, United States Space Force Historical Foundation
Steven Franck, Founder & CEO, Pale Blue Dot Ventures, Inc.
6:00 PM – 6:45 PM
Session
PRODUCING SPACE ENTERTAINMENT: INSPIRING CREATIVITY
& TOOLS
Moderator: Allison Dollar, Co-founder & Executive Producer, Space Tourism Conference
Patricia A. Beninati, Founding Partner & President, Centerboro Productions (Helios, a feature
film featuring Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef)
Bill Borden, Chief Creative, Space Hero
Bob Richards, Co-Founder & Partner, Artemis Music
Chris Porter, Producer/Director, CurtCo- SOLAR the Podcast
7:15 PM – 8:15 PM
Space Tourism Awards Reception & Awards Announcement
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
SandBox Workshop
Vanessa Valore, CEO of SandBox
SESSION 5
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
CRUISING SPACE HIGHWAYS: FERRIES, TUGS & TRANSPORT
Mark Siegfried, Director, Client Advisory Services, CBIZ & Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.
SESSION 7
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
HEALTH, SAFETY & WELLNESS: ADDRESSING CRITICAL UTILITIES
Grant Anderson, President/CEO, Paragon
Josef Koller, Ph. D., Systems Director, The Aerospace Corporation
Angie Bukley,Technical Fellow, The Aerospace Corporation
Larry DeLucas, Ph.D., Principal Scientist, Aerospace Corporation
SESSION 9
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
MONETIZING DIAMONDS & DUST: SPACE MANUFACTURING
& MINING
Robert Jacobson, Partner, Space Advisors
Kirby Runyon, Ph.D., Founder & CEO, Planex
Joshua Wester, Co-founder & CEO, Space Forge
Jim Keravala, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of OffWorld, Inc.
SESSION 11
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM
GREENING THE GALAXY: SMART SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES
Paul Fuller, CFO, Trivium Corporate Solutions
Jason Klassi, Founder of Expedition Earth, Inc., author of The Everyday Space Traveler and
an Emmy-nominated documentary producer.
2023 Friends & Family Sponsors — Hermits Lacrosse
the families of the class of 2022
the d’ambrosio family (cooper ‘23)
Tommy & Dani O’Neill (‘12)
the price family (nate ‘23, tyler ‘26)
the gounaris family (Jack ‘25)
Chris & Lauren hooven
the Wilkinson family (Jackson ‘25)
the field family (Luke ‘23, Kevin ‘20, Ryan ‘18)
The waddell family (jimmy ‘23)
jc & vanessa valore
kent & Jacqueline sutton
sean O’leary (‘09)
mike o’leary (‘10)
the alvino family (Ernie ‘15)
John & joyce valore
The Mcentee family (Mitch ’19)
The Hughes Family (Billy ‘23)
Dan & LAurie Clark
Adam & Dana Cummins
the quinn family (Carson ‘23 & rory ‘23)
the Varallo family (Sebastian ‘26)
chad and nicole flexon
the peters family (john ‘25, billy ‘22)
the daley family (tom ‘23)
the petrongolo family (gennaro ‘22, jeremy ‘19)
the wilkinson family (Jackson ‘25, cole ‘27)
mike sutton and Elizabeth kramer
the elentrio family (Nick ‘23)
the zaitz family (Ben ‘25)
the raucci family (mason ‘26)
the Farrell family (chase ‘26)
the menet family (quinn ‘22, jack ‘17)
the schnell family (Kevin & Nathan ‘25)
the gravenstine family (max ‘17)
the larosa family (Charles ‘22 / andreas ‘23)
ray weymer (danny ‘11)
the jentsch family (kaiden ‘25)
the Vanaman family (mikey ‘19, Matthew ‘22)
the johnson family (Hunter ‘24)
the jarrett family (cole ‘24)
the wodazak family (Ryan ‘26)
the morrison family (Alex ‘26)
the hooven family (chris, lauren, jax & robbie)
The Pontrello Family (Nikko ’11, Steve ’12)
the voumard family (MAx ’09, Marcel ’09, Gabe ’10)
the marengo family (ryan ‘23, justin ‘25)
the entress family (kevin ‘26)
the plenn family (noah ‘24)
the helphenstine family (kyle ‘26)
Mr.
bryce young (‘14)
the bader family (Zach ‘26)
Mr. & Mrs. Nick pison (‘07)
the dipalma family (macro ‘25)
Mrs. janet ludy
mr. & mrs. chad flexon (’03)
Mr. & Mrs. Nick pison (’07)
mr.& Mrs. dennis foreman (‘87)
mr. steve pontrello (‘12)
mr. & Mrs. thomas o’neill (‘12)
mr. & mrs. james Lanahan
MR. Michael McMenamin (‘11)
MR. MATTHEW SPIERS (‘14)
MR. ERNIE ALVINO (‘15)
DR. CHRIS BERKELBACH (‘10)
mr. & Mrs. kevin burke (‘01)
mr. brendan towell
Mrs. Caroline Chapman
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- Cameroun
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- Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The
- Egypt
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- India
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Israel - Jordan
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- Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- 澳門
Malaysia - Maldives
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Serbia - Slovakia
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Belize - Bermuda
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- Brazil
- Virgin Islands, British
- Cayman Islands
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