SESA 2024

Preliminary list of speakers

(Updated as we receive proposals)

  1. First City on Mars: Urban Planning on the Red Planet
    Justin B. Hollander, Tufts University
  2. Beyond the Golden Record: Envisioning Humanity’s Next Interstellar Message
    Jonathan H. Jiang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
  3. The Human Research Program for Civilians in Spaceflight and Space Habitation (HRP-C)
    Michael Marge, EdD, State University of New York Upstate Medical University
  4. Novel electronics shielding for space electronics to optimize SWaP
    Robert Hayes, North Carolina State University
  5. Risk-based Design for Space Systems
    Tomasso Sgobba, International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety
  6. Spaceflight Preparation: an Evolving Field
    Simon Evetts, Blue Abyss
  7. Establishing a Case for the New Interpretation of ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’ under the Outer Space Treaty
    Sandeepa Bhat B., National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata
  8. Teaching Astrobiology Online to Astronomical Numbers
    Christopher Impey, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
  9. Updated Statistics for the Space Economy, 2017-2022
    Patrick Georgi, Bureau of Economic Analysis National Economic Accounts
  10. Nuclear fusion powered Titan aircraft
    Michael Paluszek, Princeton Satellite Systems
  11. Neurological changes in Space
    Krishnan Ganapathy, Neurological Society of India
  12. Panel: Healthcare in Outer Space
    Krishnan Ganapathy, Neurological Society of India
    Others: TBD
  13. Sovereignty on Mars: Pragmatic Solutions, Idealistic Models, and Historical Analogs
    Jacob Haqq-Misra, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
  14. The Use of the Space domain in the Russia-Ukraine War and the Israel-Hamas War: A Change in Degree or a Change in Kind?
    Kimbra L. Fishel, American Military University
  15. Humanity & Knowledge: Forging into the Final Frontier Responsibly
    Daniel J. Evans, American Public University System