Golden Age of Space
The Threat Status Golden Age of Space event will convene senior military leaders, members of Congress, acquisition officials, and key space and defense industrial base stakeholders to examine how the U.S. can maintain its edge in an increasingly contested space domain. As China and Russia expand their capabilities and a new commercial and dual-use space economy takes shape, the event will focus on the policy, technology, acquisition, and budget decisions needed to strengthen America’s leadership in space with greater speed, scale, and capability.
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Light Breakfast and Coffee
Welcome Remarks
Remarks from Major General Stephen G. Purdy, U.S. Space Force Program Acquisition Executive for Advanced Capabilities
Panel: National Security Space
Keynote Address from Jared Isaacman, NASA Administrator
Panel: The Future of Launch - Setting the 21st Century Pace
Keynote Address from Marcia Holmes, Deputy Director for Golden Dome for America (GDA)
Panel: The Cislunar Economy
Fireside Chat with Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force John Bentivegna
Fireside Chat with Kristin Houston, Chief Executive Officer, Rocketdyne
Fireside Chat: From Ambition to Action: What Congress Must Do Next
Closing Remarks
Coffee and Networking
Jared Isaacman, Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT)
Marcia Holmes, Deputy Director for Golden Dome for America
Dr. Gurpartap “GP” Sandhoo, Director of the Space Development Agency
Maj. Gen. Steven Purdy, Program Acquisition Executive for Advanced Capabilities
Brig. Gen. Eric Zarybnisky, Space Force Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Space Access
Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force John Bentivegna
Roosevelt Mercer, Jr., Maj Gen, USAF (Ret.), CEO & Executive Director of the Virginia Spaceport Authority
Dave Hatch, Vice President of Space Security and Intelligence at Lockheed Martin
Rob Mitrevski, President of Golden Dome Strategy and Integration at L3Harris Technologies
Mark Peller, President and Chief Executive Officer for United Launch Alliance
Dr. Jes Kalmanson is the Chief Technology Officer for Peraton's Space Systems and Solutions Sector
Cliff Beek, Chief Executive Officer at SpaceChain
Michael Bergen, Vice President of Air & Space at Vantor
Kristin Houston, Chief Executive Officer of Rocketdyne
Clay Mowry, Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Clayton Swope, Deputy Director of the Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow in the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Guy Taylor, National Security Editor at The Washington Times
Ben Wolfgang, National Security Correspondent at The Washington Times
John Seward, Defense and National Security Correspondent at The Washington Times
Jason Sickels, Executive Director of Threat Status
Gold Sponsors
Lockheed Martin
Peraton
Rocketdyne
United Launch Alliance
Vantor
Partners
Higher Orbits
Obviant
Space Force Association
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