As October is the European Cybersecurity Month (ENISA and EC DG CONNECT) we join forces with our partners, speakers and participants to create an insightful event that tackles on a series of issues in the cybersecurity and innovation fields, especially in these times of uncertainty and need for reform. This year’s virtual event will include a virtual cocktail allowing for networking opportunities, two virtual panel discussions, and breakout rooms.
Platform: Zoom
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) have selected Dr. Alejandro Miguel San Martin, Guidance & Control Section Chief Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as the recipient of the fourth Yvonne C. Brill Lectureship in Aerospace Engineering. San Martin will present his lecture, “From Airbags to Wheels: The Evolution of GN&C for Entry, Descent, and Landing” on 7 October, 1100–1200 hrs ET, in conjunction with the virtual NAE Annual Meeting. Early in his career at JPL, San Martin participated in the Magellan mission to Venus and the Cassini mission to Saturn.He was later named Chief Engineer for the Guidance, Navigation, and Control system for the Pathfinder mission. He assumed the same role for the mission that landed the robotic vehicles Spirit and Opportunity on Mars in 2004. Most recently, he was the Chief Engineer for Guidance, Navigation, and Control for the Mars Science Laboratory, which landed Curiosity on the surface of Mars in 2012. He was a co-architect of Curiosity’s innovative SkyCrane landing architecture and also served as its Deputy Chief for Entry, Descent, and Landing. Throughout his career, San Martin has served as a panel consultant for various missions including Topex, Mars Polar Lander, Deep Impact, and Phoenix. San Martin has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University and an M.S. from MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering with a specialization in Guidance, Navigation, and Control for interplanetary space exploration.
AIAA, with the participation and support of NAE, created the Yvonne C. Brill Lectureship in Aerospace Engineering to honor the memory of the late, pioneering rocket scientist, AIAA Honorary Fellow and NAE Member, Yvonne C. Brill. The lecture emphasizes research or engineering issues for space travel and exploration, aerospace education of students and the public, and other aerospace issues such as ensuring a diverse and robust engineering community.
Join leading experts to examine major issues in space policy, including space traffic management and integration, Earth observation and data management, and logistical infrastructures. Tory Bruno, President and CEO of United Launch Alliance and member of the ASCEND Guiding Coalition, will also lead a conversation on education and workforce development, and you will hear from cutting edge University programs that are striving to produce the next generation of space leaders. This event will also feature opportunities to participate in real time training and certification courses.
Meet with leaders from across industry, academia, and government to discuss the future of National Security Space priorities and policies. Following the keynote address by Steve Isakowitz, President and CEO of the Aerospace Corporation and a member of the ASCEND Guiding Coalition, interactive panels and workshops will focus on acquisition and innovation, cybersecurity and digital engineering, architectures and infrastructure, and more. This event will also feature a networking and engagement zone devoted to learning about partnership opportunities for launching payloads into space.
Attend a half-day interdisciplinary event featuring lectures, panels, and workshops that will help you stay up to date on trends and technology and form partnerships that will advance space commerce, exploration, and discovery.
ASCEND event registrants will be automatically registered for the ASCENDxSummits and will have exclusive access to additional content.
Registration is FREE.
Find out what’s driving the scientific discoveries that are propelling the space economy.
Enjoy a half-day interdisciplinary event featuring keynote presentations, panels, and workshops that can help you stay up to date on trends and technology, and form partnerships that will advance space commerce, exploration, and discovery.
ASCEND event registrants will be automatically registered for this ASCENDxSummit. If you haven’t joined ASCEND yet but want to attend the ASCENDxSummit, you can register for free.
The AIAA AVIATION Forum is the only aviation event that covers the entire integrated spectrum of aviation business, research, development, and technology. The 2021 forum will bring together experts to share ideas on aeroacoustics; applied aerodynamics; fluid dynamics; multidisciplinary design optimization; air traffic operations, management, and systems; and much more.
On 2 April 2020, NASA released the “Plan for Sustained Lunar Exploration and Development,” in response to direction from the National Space Council. As humanity works to develop a “vibrant Earth-Moon future,” we must think not only about role of space agencies and the technologies required, but also about the economic conditions needed to sustain humanity in space. This virtual collaborative working session will collect expert feedback to identify both the technology and information gaps and the economic conditions needed to support long term settlement of the moon and Mars.Working Group.
The amazing vertical launching and landing capabilities for the rockets of SpaceX and Blue Origin are very exciting. The facts and histories of the NASA DC-X/XA rockets were rarely mentioned. Please join us for this inspiring mega event / meeting to learn more about it, and experience the thrills and inspirations, from the leaders in this groundbreaking and historic project! And networking together!
Visions of a trillion-dollar space economy are driving planning and investment. Register for the webinar to join Carissa Bryce Christensen and Christian Davenport to analyze the burgeoning trillion-dollar space economy.
After the panel discussion, participate in one of the following interactive workshops:
This panel discussion is part of a new series of online events powered by ASCEND—the new, global platform for innovation that’s accelerating space commerce and new discoveries.
The AIAA SciTech Forum is the world’s largest event for aerospace research, development, and technology. The 2021 forum will bring together experts to share ideas on Fluid Dynamics; Applied Aerodynamics; Guidance, Navigation, and Control; Structures; and much more.