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Next Generation Exploration Conference - 2
February 12 - 15 2008
Moffet Field, CA
All time SLT

TUESDAY FEB 12
9:30am
Welcome - Pete Worden, NASA Ames Center Director

10:00 am
NASA Ames Center History - Jack Boyd

11am-12:30pm
Tours

12:30 - 2pm
Lunch

2:15pm
Group Photo

2:30pm
Exploration in Action with Keith Cowing and Matthew Reyes

4:00pm
Presentation of NASA work on the theme of "Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Lunar Development"

7:00-9:00pm
Networking

9:00pm
Late Session

WEDNESDAY FEB 13

9:30am
Opening Remarks - Dr. Gale Allen, Director (acting), Strategic Integration and Management, ESMD, NASA HQ

10am-12:30pm
Working Group Breakout

12:30pm
Lunch Plenary

1:30-3:00pm
Working Group Breakout

3:00-5:00pm
Working Group Breakout

5:00-6:00pm
Working Groups Lightening Presentations

6:00-9:00pm
"New Space Professionals - Tomorrow's Workforce" Reception and Dinner presented by the California Space Authority

9:00pm
Late Working Session: "Communicating Exploration" with Gary Martin

THURSDAY FEB 14

9:30am-12:30pm
Working Group Breakouts - Market Analysis and Time-Phasing Analysis

12:30-1:30pm
Lunch Plenary - Taber MacCallum, CEO/Chairman of the Board, Paragon Space Development Corporation

1:30-3:00pm
Working Group Breakouts

3:00-5:00pm
Working Group Breakouts - Enabling Lunar Development Entrepreneurs / Proceedings Distribution Planning

5:00-6:00pm
Working Groups Lightening Presentations

8:00-11:00pm
Participant-driven late working session (vote!)

FRIDAY FEB 15

9:30-10:00am
Speaker - Bob Richards, Odyssey Moon Limited Founder

10:00am-12:00pm
All-hands Work Review

12:00-2:00pm
Lunch / Interactive Booths for each working group

2:00pm
Closing Keynote - Doug Comstock, Director Innovative Partnerships Program Office, NASA HQ

2:30-4:00pm
Compilation of Proceedings

4:00pm
Future Nex Gen Community Planning