Space Solar Power Symposium 2022 Agenda

SYMPOSIUM AGENDA – (Final)

Thursday, May 26th, 2022

• 8:00 am Symposium Registration/ISDC Registration
• 8:30 am Opening Remarks & Logistics – John C. Mankins & Gary P. Barnhard, Space Solar Power Symposium Co-chairs
• 8:50 am Welcome: SPACECanada’s Sponsorship of Space Solar Power.
  • Mark Hopkins NSS CEO emeritus
  • https://www.spacecanada.org
• 9:00 am National Programs
  • Naval Research Lab (NRL) – Elias Wilcoski/NRL
    • NRL Video Library (9 Videos)
  • Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) – James Winter/AFRL & Melody Martinez/AFRL
    • Space Solar Power Incremental Demonstrations and Research Project (SSPIDR) Video
    • From Science Fiction to Reality with Space Solar Power Beaming (Northrop Grumman) Video
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – Nikolai Joseph/NASA Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (See Friday Schedule)
  • The Space Energy Initiative – The UK approach to developing Space-Based Solar Power – Dave Homfray/Satellite Applications Catapult
    • Reports and additional material at spaceenergyinitiative.org.uk
  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – Koji Tanaka/JAXA
  • European Space Agency (ESA) – Leopold Summerer
  • China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) – Xinbin Hou
• 12:00 n Working Lunch
  • Winsor Optics – Infrared Wireless Power Transfer Demo
• 1:15 pm Commercial/Academic Programs & Projects
  • SPS Alpha – John Mankins/Mankins Space Technology
  • Cassiopeia – Ian Cash/International Electric Company Limited
  • End-to-End Frequency Agnostic Remote Power & Ancillary Services – Gary Barnhard/XISP-Inc
  • How to Finance Space-Based Solar Power and the Impact of Blended Financing – Kevin Barry/Light Bridge
  • Always On Solar Power – Edward Tate/Virtus Solis & John Bucknell/Virtus Solis
  • Long Range Wireless Technology – Greg Kushnir/Emrod
    • May 2022 Field demo under construction picture 1 and picture 2
  • Collapsing Electric Power Grid Reliability and Economics – Darel Preble/Space Solar Power Institute
  • Space Technology as a Key Element of Rational, Effective Climate Policy – Paul Werbos/Ind. Researcher
• 7:00 pm Group Dinner
• 10:00 pm ISDC Space Solar Power networking session
  • Presidential suite gathering sponsored by XISP-Inc, Mankins Space Technology, and Immortal Data.

Friday, May 27th, 2022

• 8:30 am ISDC Morning Speaker, Nikolai Joseph, NASA Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy
• 10:00 am International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Space Solar Power Committee, Introduction to the collaborative architectural charrette/whiteboard session on different modular approaches to Space Solar Power end-to-end systems and reverse engineering paths to fielding them.
• 12:00 n ISDC Lunch/Speaker, Kathryn Lueders, NASA Associate Administrator, Space Operations Mission Directorate
• 2:00 pm A Space Solar Power National Strategy, crossover panel with the Space Policy track,
  • Moderator: John Mankins, Founder & President, Mankins Space Technology
  • Peter Garretson, Independent Strategy Consultant
  • Karen Jones, Senior Project Leader, Center for Space Policy & Strategy, The Aerospace Corp.
  • Aaron Oesterle, DC Representative, Space Frontier Foundation
• 3:15 pm 2022 International Space Solar Power Student Competition
  • Indian Team – Assembly of Space Based Solar Power Satellite using Space Robotics – Sejal Jain, Prathmesh Barapatre
  • USA Team (University of Maryland) – Electric Vehicle Power Beaming – Neil Sorkin
  • Scottish Team – Financing Strategy for Phase 1 of the SPG Architecture – Narthana Arumugam
  • Portuguese Team (University of Aveiro) – Energy Mules, a novel solar power satellite system architecture capable of energy storage – Ricardo A. M. Pereira, Helena Ribeiro, Henrique Chaves, and Matilde Monteiro. Faculty Advisors: Nuno Borges Carvalho, and Sandra F. H. Correia
  • Italian Team – Orbital Recharge in Space – Lopez Francesco, Mauro Anna, Monteleone Giuseppe, Sfasciamuro Domenico Edoardo, and Villa Andrea 
  • Japanese Team – Feasibility study of a large-scale WPT system formed by a modular structure – Yusuke Kishida, Takahiro Ohnisi, Miki Kaneko, Shuji Higashigawa, Tomohiro Ebisawa, Yudia Fujii, and Hotaka Yamada. Supervisor: Koji Tanaka (SOKENDAI, ISAS/JAXA)
• 6:00 pm ISDC Open Reception, Regency Foyer with cash bar and appetizers
• 7:00 pm NSS Governors’ Dinner/Keynote Speaker,
  • Jeff Greason, Chief Technologist & Co-Founder, Electric Sky
• 10:00 pm ISDC NSS networking session
  • Presidential suite gathering sponsored by XISP-Inc, Mankins Space Technology, and Immortal Data.

Saturday, May 28th, 2022

• 6:00 pm ISDC Open Reception, Regency Foyer with cash bar and appetizers
• 7:00 pm SPACECanada Dinner/Keynote Speaker,
  • Space Solar Power An Overview, John C. Mankins, President Mankins Space Technology
• 9:30 pm ISDC Gathering over the Potomac, Chesapeake View rooftop venue with cash bar and appetizers
• 11:00 pm ISDC NSS networking session – Presidential suite gathering
  • Presidential suite gathering sponsored by XISP-Inc, Mankins Space Technology, and Immortal Data.

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