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Global Space Development Summit

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

The CSIS will host a Global Space Development Summit on November 12-13, 2009 in Washington, D.C.:

Thursday, November 12, 2009
8:30 AM – Convene with Coffee/Breakfast

9:00 AM – Welcome and Opening Remarks
* Dr. John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS
* Mr. MA Xingrui, President, CASC

Panel: Global Cooperation in a New Space Era
* Dr. V.P. Vaidik, Chairman, Council for Indian Foreign Policy
* Gerard Brachet, Former Chairman, UNCOPUOS
* Raymond Krommenacker, WTO
* Question and Answer

10:45 AM – Break

11:00 AM – Panel: Lunar programs present and future
Moderated by Elliot Pullham, Space Foundation
* Dr. Bernard Foing, Executive Director, International Lunar Exploration Working Group
* Dr. James Reilly, former astronaut and Antarctica scientist
* Question and Answer

12:30 PM – Lunch
Luncheon Speaker

2:00 PM – Panel: Cooperation among Space Enterprises
Moderated by Bob Dickman, AIAA
* Brewster Shaw, Vice President & General Manager, Space Exploration, The Boeing Company
* Question and Answer

3:30 PM – PM Break

3:45 PM – Panel: Policy Elements of Space Exploration
Question and Answer

5:00 PM – Final Remarks

Friday, November 13, 2009
8:30 AM – Convene with Coffee/Breakfast

9:00 AM – Welcome and Opening Remarks
* Dr. John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS

Keynote: Climate Change and the Long-Term Economic Benefits of Investing in Earth Science and Technology

Panel: The Value of Earth Observations for Achieving Climate and Energy Policy Goals
Moderator: USGEO Co-Chair, Helen Wood (NOAA)
* The Changing Landscape: Climate Change Impacts on Our Coasts, Agriculture, and Public Health, Amy Luers, Google.org
* Planning for Disaster, Perspectives of the Insurance Industry, Lindene Patton, Zurich Financial Services
* Question and Answer

11:00 AM – Break

11:15 AM – Panel: Critical National Investment Issues for Meeting the Information Needs of Policy Makers
* Question and Answer

12:15 PM – Lunch

1:30 PM – Federal Roundtable: Earth Observation Investment Decisions for the Future
* Mike Freilich, NASA
* Mary Kicza, NOAA
* Suzette Kimball, Acting Director, USGS
* Shere Abbott, Associate Director for Environment, OSTP
* Question and Answer (questions submitted in advance)

3:00 PM – Break

3:15 PM – Panel: Global Challenges, Global Solutions
The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), Moderator: José Achache, GEO Secretariat Director
* Zoran Stančič, Former GEO Co-Chair for the European Commission Philemon Mjwara, GEO Co-Chair for South Africa
* Shere Abbott, GEO Co-Chair for the United States

Presentation: U.S. Engagement in International Environmental Institutions and Issues
* Question and Answer

4:30 PM – Concluding Keynote: Good Science, Good Decision Making

Registration is open.