General Session

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

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

Panel Discussion: U.S. Space Priorities and Regional Opportunities
Wes Deadrick, Director, NASA Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Program
Dawn Schaible, Center Director, NASA Glenn Research Center
Dr. Wanda Peters, Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA 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
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Keynote Speaker
Dylan Taylor, Chairman and CEO, Voyager Technologies
(introduced by) Brian Joseph, President and CEO, Touchstone Research Laboratory

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
Ethan Conner-Ross, Executive Vice President and Principal, Econsult Solutions, Inc.
(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
Dr. Sylvain Costes, Director, Center for Space Biomanufacturing, Synthetic Biology, and Digital Health, Trivedi Institute, University of Pittsburgh
(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 Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Program
(moderator) Dr. Jonathan Volk, Starlab

Networking Break
Visit our Exhibitors

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)
Kevin Chambers, Managing Director, Aerospace and Defense Sector, JobsOhio
Jim Free, NASA (ret.), Senior Advisor, JobsOhio
(moderator) J.T. Jezierski, Chief of Staff, Office of U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (WV)

Keynote Speaker
Jared Isaacman, Administrator, NASA
(introduced by) U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito

Closing Remarks

Networking Reception