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Launching Commercial Space Enterprises Conference This Week

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Silicon Valley Space Center Event Runs Friday through Sunday

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Silicon Valley Space Center and the Center for Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) have partnered to host a three day Bay Area conference focused on entrepreneurial space flight activities aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The event will feature a line-up of leaders in the venture capital and angel investment community and New Space start-ups.

The event will run from October 18 (Friday) 9:00 am to October 20 (Sunday) 3:00 pm at the Atmei Research Park, 1600 Technology Drive, San Jose, California. A large team of leaders from CASIS will be on-site to present and discuss opportunities for scientific and engineering programs aboard the ISS.

Featured speakers include ISS operators, and leaders from Made in Space, Blue Origins, Merck, Atmel, NanoRacks, ArduLabs and include principles from Bay Area Venture Capital power houses Founder’s Fund, Kohsla, and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, NASA astronauts, successful space entrepreneurs, and leaders from CASIS.

In anticipation of this meeting, SVSC will host an ongoing series of space “Tech Talks” in partnership with the SF Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The focus of the talks will be past and future engineering and science opportunities aboard the ISS. Speakers will include Kathleen Morse, Manu Sharma, and a host of other well known science and engineering leads for ISS. There will be a major launch announcement on Friday and a hackathon on closing day.

In addtion to presentations and panels. all attendees will participate in “workshopping” through challenges and questions about how to lower barriers in the NewSpace industry.

View the three day program here.

Preregistration is $150.00, a savings of $50.00 off the ticket at the event. Discounts are available for orders of five tickets or more.

Lunch and snacks are provided all three days and there is a reception on Friday. Nearby hotels are listed at the bottom of this eventbrite.

For all inquiries contact: [email protected]

Silicon Valley Space Center is a business accelerator and hub of entrepeneurial activity pertaining to NewSpace. SVSC is led by Sean Casey, who is according to many, “The most connected man of the space industry in Silicon Valley.”

CASIS is the organization chosen by NASA to be the sole managers of the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory. The mission of CASIS is to maximize use of this unparalleled platform to benefit humankind.

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