SUNDAY – OCTOBER 1

3:00 – 8:00 p.m. Conference Registration (Emerald Lanai)

6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Opening Reception (Poolside Lawn)

MONDAY – OCTOBER 2

7:00 a.m. Registration (Emerald Lanai)

7:00 a.m. Delegate Networking Breakfast (Mauna Lani Lanai)

OPENING PLENARY SESSION (Ballroom I, II)

8:00 a.m Welcoming Remarks

Henk Rogers
Chairman, Board of Directors
Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES)

8:15 a.m. Hawai`i: A Portal to the Space Frontier

The Honorable George R. Ariyoshi
Former Governor of Hawaii (1974-1986)

Peter Quigley
Chairman, Hawaii Aerospace Advisory Committee

Senator Will Espero
Hawaii State Legislature

Representative Gene Ward
Hawaii State Legislature

8:45 a.m. How to Build an International Moon Village

Dr. Johann-Dietrich Wörner
Director General – European Space Agency

9:30 a.m. Envisioning a Sustainable MoonBase – View Presentation

Roger Dean
Internationally Renowned Artist and Designer

10:00 a.m. Delegate Networking and Refreshments: Mauna Lani Lanai

10:30 a.m. PLENARY PANEL (Ballroom I, II)

An International MoonBase Alliance: Connecting the Dots

Panelists: Bruce Pittman, Flight Projects Director /NASA Ames (Moderator)

  • A. C. Charania, Business Development & Strategy Manager – Blue Origin
  • Dr. Rolf Erdmann, Head of Business Development – PT Scientists
  • Dr. Bernard Foing, Director – ILEWG*
  • Dr. Alex MacDonald, Senior Economic Advisor – NASA HQ
  • Dr. Clive Neal, Chairman – Lunar Exploration Analysis Group
  • Dr. Dan Rasky, Director, Space Portal/NASA Ames
  • Julie Rottier, Foreign Affairs Officer – SAT2/ Dept. of State
  • Dennis Wingo, Founder and CEO Skycorp Inc
  • *International Lunar Exploration Working Group – European Space Agency

11:40 a.m. Overview of Working Groups

Henk Rogers, IMS Chairman

NOON  Lunch (Mauna Lani Lanai)

Luncheon Keynote

Topic: The Moon as a Gateway to Mars and Beyond

Dr. Buzz Aldrin
Apollo 11 Astronaut

1:30 p.m. Working Groups – Breakout Session  I (Ballroom III, IV)

  • Group 1 – Commercialization/Business Dynamics
  • Group 3 – Cultural/Philosophical Factors
  • Group 4 – Public Relations
  • Group 9 – Inter-Agency/Public-Private Partnership

3:00 p.m. Delegate Networking and Refreshments – Mauna Lani Lanai

3:30 p.m. Working Group Breakout Session 2 (Ballrooms III & IV )

  • Group 1 – Commercialization/Business Dynamics
  • Group 2 – Geological/Geographical Factors
  • Group 7 – Robotics / Surface System Components
  • Group 9 – Inter-Agency/Public-Private Partnership

5:00 p.m. Evening Networking Reception (Honu Garden)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3

7:00 a.m. Networking Breakfast: Mauna Lani Lanai

8:00 a.m. PLENARY SESSION (Ballroom I, II)

Space Settlement: A Prosperous and Hopeful Future for All

Mark Hopkins
Chairman, National Space Society

8:30 a.m. The Challenges of Establishing a Human Settlement on the Moon

Dr. Erik Seedhouse
Norwegian / Canadian Suborbital Astronaut

9:00 a.m. Back to the Moon: A Look at Global Indicators – View Presentation 

Rob Kelso
Former NASA Space Shuttle Flight Director

9:30 a.m. Settling Space

Mark Craig
Former NASA Strategic Plan Architect

10:00 a.m. Delegate Networking and Refreshments – Mauna Lani Lanai

10:30 a.m. Human Activities on our Moon: Past, Present and Future Visions

Madhu Thangavelu
Fellow, NASA’s Institute of Advanced Concepts
Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES)

11:00 a.m. Opening the Moon through Low-Cost Lunar Transportation

John Thornton
CEO/ Astrobotic

11:30 a.m. Lunar Activities in Support of Human Exploratio – View Presentation

Dr. Ben Bussey
Chief Exploration Scientist, Advanced Exploration Systems – NASA HQ

Noon   Lunch (Mauna Lani Lanai)

Luncheon Keynote

Topic: ESA’s Moon Village Paradigm: A Roadmap to the Future

Dr. Tai Sik Lee
President
Korean Institute of Civil Engineering & Building Technology

Working Groups – Breakout Session 3   (Ballrooms III & IV)

  • Group 1 – Commercialization/Business Dynamics
  • Group 5 – Organizational Structure
  • Group 6 – Design/Architectural Factors
  • Group 9 – Inter-Agency/Public-Private Partnership

3:00 p.m. Delegate Networking and Refreshments: Mauna Lani Lanai

3:30 p.m. Working Group Breakout Session 4, (Ballrooms III & IV )

  • Group 1 – Commercialization/Business Dynamics
  • Group 2 – Geological/Geographical Factors
  • Group 4 – Public Relations (mid course adjustment)
  • Group 7 – Robotics / Surface System Components

5:00 p.m. Recess

6:00 p.m. Working Group Breakout Session 5 “optional” (Ballrooms III & IV )

Four Working Groups TBD

7:30 p.m. Working Group Breakout Session 5 concludes

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4

7:00 a.m. Delegate Networking Breakfast: Mauna Lani Lanai

8:00 a.m. PLENARY SESSION  (Ballrooms I, II)

8:00 a.m. Assessment of Hawaii’s Volcanic Regolith as an Analog for MoonBase Development – View Presentation 

Dr. Jeff Taylor
Professor of Planetary Sciences, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology

8:30 a.m. 3-D Printing Lunar Habitats through Mobile Automated Additive Construction

Robert Mueller
Senior Technologist, Swamp Works – NASA Kennedy Space Center

9:00 a.m.  Lunar Sourced GEO Powersats: An Integrated ISRU System

Dr. Peter Schubert
Director, Richard G. Lugar Center for Renewable Energy
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Indiana/Purdue Universities

9:30 a.m. HI-SEAS as a Testbed for Living and Working on Other World – View Presentation  

Brian Shiro
Geology Lead, HI-SEAS

10:00 a.m. Delegate Networking and Refreshments: Mauna Lani Lanai

10:30 a.m. ISRU Construction Technology for Moon and Mars

Dr. Tai Sik Lee
President, Korean Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology

11:00 a.m. Improving Life of Earth with Lunar Resources

Dennis Wingo
Founder and CEO – Skycorp, Inc.

11:30 a.m. Why the Space Economy Matters

David Dunlop
Chair, International Committee – National Space Society

NOON Lunch (Ballroom I, II)

Luncheon Keynote
Topic: Opening the Lunar Frontier – For All of Us

Dr. Bob Richards
Founder and CEO, Moon Express

1:30 p.m. Working Group Breakout Session 6 (Ballrooms III & IV )

  • Group 1 – Commercialization/Business Dynamics
  • Group 5 – Organizational Structure
  • Group 6 – Design/Architectural Factors
  • Group 8 – Developmental Resources/Funding

3:00 p.m. Delegate Networking and Refreshments: (Mauna Lani Lanai)

3:30 p.m. Working Group Breakout Session 7 (Ballrooms III & IV)

  • Group 2 – Geological/Geographical Factors
  • Group 3 – Cultural/Philosophical Factors
  • Group 4 – Public Relations
  • Group 7 – Robotics /Surface System Components

5:00 p.m. Adjourn

6:30 p.m. ALOHA Luau (Kekaha Lawn)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5

7:00 a.m. Networking Breakfast: (Mauna Lani Lanai)

8:00 a.m. Meeting of Working Group Leaders   (TBD)

Discussion of Working Group recommendations and next steps, including final draft of press release from Public Relations Working Group.

10:00 a.m. CLOSING PLENARY (Ballrooms I, II)

Summary of Discussions/Recommendations from Summit

11:00 a.m. PROCEEDINGS CONCLUDE

1:30 p.m. Busses depart for field trip to Pohakuloa

5:30 p.m. Busses return to Mauna Lani