General Session

Opening Remarks & Tri-State Space Supply Chain Map Unveiling
Justine Kasznica, Founder, Board Chair, Keystone Space Collaborative

Keynote Speaker
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito
Jared Isaacman, Administrator, NASA

Panel Discussion: U.S. Space Priorities and Regional Opportunities
Wes Deadrick, Director, NASA’s Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Program
Dawn Schaible, Center Director, NASA Glenn Research Center
Dr. Wanda Peters, Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA’s Research and Technology Mission Directorate
Carlos Garcia-Galan, Manager, Moon Base Program, NASA
(moderator) Ryan Stephan, Director of Cargo Landers, Moon Base Program, Human Spaceflight Mission Directorate (HSMD), NASA

Networking Break

Keynote Speaker
Dylan Taylor, Chairman and CEO, Voyager Technologies Inc

Panel Discussion: Regional Capabilities and the Future of Space Infrastructure
Ryan Blinn, Director, Space & Energy Systems, Westinghouse Electric Company
Jon Zuo, President and Chief Technical Officer, Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc
John Thornton, Executive Vice President, Voyager Technologies
Brian Barritt, CEO, Aalyria
(moderator) Christina Mancinelli, Vice President, Global Communications & Navigation, Lockheed Martin Space

Lunch

Panel Discussion: Advancing the Tri-State Space Economy
Luke Bernstein, President and CEO, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
Matthew MacLaren Esq., Director of Travel and Tourism, Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Steve Roberts, President, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
(moderator) Justine Kasznica, Founder, Board Chair, Keystone Space Collaborative

Panel Discussion: Translating Space Innovation into Commercial Opportunity
John Baum, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer, Voyager Technologies
Dr. Karen Thole, Director of the National Security Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Sridhar Santhanam, Vice Dean, College of Engineering, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University.

Dr. Jason Gross, Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University

(moderator) Jon Kirchner, President and CEO, Perfero Advisory

Panel Discussion: Workforce Development for Space Engineering
Dr. Alan George, Mickle Chair Professor of ECE, NSF SHREC Center Director, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Puneet Singla, Schell Professor of Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Andrew Horchler, Chief Research Scientist, Lunar Systems, Voyager Technologies
Wes Deadrick, Director, NASA’s Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Program
(moderator) Dr. Jonathan Volk, Voyager Technologies

Networking Break

Keynote Speaker             

Dr. Kate Rubins, Director, Trivedi Institute for Space and Global Biomedicine, University of Pittsburgh

Panel Discussion: From Regional Strategy to Federal Action
State Representative Joe Webster, Pennsylvania District 150 
Kevin Miller, Commercial Development Officer, Office of U.S. Senator Dave McCormick (PA)

Closing Remarks

Networking Reception