Wednesday, May 26, 2010
8:30 am – 6:30 pm
InterContinental Chicago Hotel O’Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois
8:30 am – 8:45 am |
Attendee Welcome Opening Presentation Paul Eckert , PhD, International & Commercial Strategist, The Boeing Company, SIS Executive Coordinator |
8:45 am – 9:30 am |
Guest Presentation Commercial Space Markets Overview Amaresh Kollipara, Managing Partner, Earth2Orbit LLC |
9:30 am – 10:00 am |
Guest Presentation Success Story: Commercial Opportunities for Space Enabled Markets |
10:00 am – 10:30 am |
Networking Break |
10:30 am – 11:45 am |
Business Plan Presentations and Investor Comments Business Plan Commentators Michael Leventhal, Attorney/Consultant, mc² The Law Firm (Moderator) Business Plan Presentations Linear Signal – Helps satellite antenna OEMs and system integrators deliver economical Phased Arrays and Phased Array Feeds to their markets, leveraging our low cost/high performance beamformer chips, array tiles and full, private-labeled antenna assemblies Orbital Technologies – Commercialization growth and spin-offs in propulsion and space resources, human support, emergency response, bio-products and interactive 3D Skycorp Incorporated – Patented On Orbit Assembly process for large spacecraft on the International Space Station |
| 11:45 am – 12:15 pm | Special Presentation |
12:15 am – 1:00 pm |
Networking Luncheon |
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm |
Business Plan Presentations and Investor Comments Business Plan Commentators Amaresh Kollipara, Managing Partner, Earth2Orbit LLC (Moderator) Business Plan Presentations Janet’s Planet – Launch pad for tomorrow’s scientists and space explorers designed to inspire students to use the scientific process Packer Engineering Inc |
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm |
Panel Session Government-Industry Synergy in Expanding Commercial Space Opportunities Bruce Pittman, Director of Flight Projects and Chief System Engineer, NASA Space Portal at Ames Research Center (Moderator) |
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm |
Networking Break |
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm |
Panel Session Meeting Customer Needs: Space-Related Business Opportunities Robert Jacobson, Partner, Desert Sky Holdings LLC (Moderator) |
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm |
Closing Presentation Paul Eckert , PhD, International & Commercial Strategist, The Boeing Company, SIS Executive Coordinator |
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm |
Summit Reception and Networking |


