The 2023 Humans to Mars Summit | an ExploreMars.Org Event - Day 1

Progress Toward Mars

8:30-8:40AM ET | Welcome to Day 1 of the 2023 Humans to Mars Summit
● Janet Ivey (Explore Mars, Inc. | President)
● Chris Carberry (Explore Mars, Inc. | CEO)
8:40-9:10AM ET | Fireside Chat with NASA Associate Administrator, Robert Cabana
● Facilitator: Alicia Brown (NASA | Associate Administrator for Legislative and
Intergovernmental Affairs)
● Robert Cabana (NASA | Associate Administrator)
9:10-10:05AM ET | Artemis III to Mars: How will Lunar Surface Missions Advance
Humans to Mars?
● Moderator: Beth Mund (Casual Space | Host)
● Masaki Fujimoto (JAXA | Deputy Director General of the Institute of Space
and Astronautical Sciences)
● Shatel Bhakta (NASA | ESDMD Strategy & Architecture Office, Lunar Architecture
Team Lead)
● Ben Tatman (Advanced Space | Senior Astrodynamics and Satellite Navigation
Engineer, Section & Project Lead)
● Joe Cassady (Aerojet Rocketdyne | Exec. Director, Space)
● Nicholas Cummings (SpaceX | Senior Director, Program Development, Civil
and National Security Space)

10:05-10:35AM ET | Networking Break (Not likely to have programming)

10:35-11:25AM ET | DRACO Program – Nuclear Propulsion
● Moderator: Dr. Bhavya Lal (NASA | Associate Administrator for Technology,
Policy, and Strategy)
● Dr. Tabitha Dodson (DARPA | DRACO Program Manager)
● Anthony Calomino (NASA | STMD, Space Nuclear Technology Portfolio
Manager)

11:25-11:35AM ET | How Space Debris Could Prevent Mission to Mars

● Brian Bartelo (Student | The Mars Generation)
11:35-12:30PM ET | Mars Science Precursors and Objectives
● Moderator: James Green (NASA Chief Scientist, Retired)
● Lori S. Glaze (NASA | Director, Planetary Science Division)
● Albert Haldemann (ESA – ESTEC | Mars Chief Engineer, Mars Exploration
Group)
● Masaki Fujimoto (JAXA | Deputy Director General of the Institute of Space
and Astronautical Sciences)

12:30-2:00PM | Lunch Break - We will have 1 hr of programming during this intermission

2:00-2:20PM ET | The Power of Inclusion: Advancing the Goal of Humans On Mars By
Empowering Underserved Communities Through Analogs and Space Camps
● Mac Malkawi (Borderless Labs Inc. | Founder and President)
● Salam Abulhaija (Borderless Labs Inc (BLINC) | Science Communicator)
2:20-2:50PM ET | Industry Leadership Perspective: The Future of Space
● Salvatore T. "Tory" Bruno (ULA | President and Chief Executive Officer)
2:50-3:10PM ET | Networking Break (Not likely to have programming)
3:10-4:00PM ET | Artemis Accords: An International Campaign to The Moon and Mars
● Moderator: Mike Gold (Redwire | Chief Growth Officer)
● Masami Onoda (JAXA | Director, Washington D.C. Office)
● Valda Vikmanis-Keller (U.S. State Department | Director, Office of Space
Affairs, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific
Affairs)
● Aniello Violetti (Embassy of Italy | Space Attaché)
● Gabriel Swiney (NASA | Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Technology, Policy,
and Strategy)

4:00-4:15PM ET | Explore Mars: Who Are We/Awards Ceremony – Including Mars
Innovation Challenge Winner Announcement
4:15-4:30 ET | Charity Weeden (Astroscale | Vice President of Global Space Policy and
Government Relations)

● Charity Weeden (Astroscale | Vice President of Global Space Policy and
Government Relations)
4:30-5:20PM ET | NASA Objectives: What Next? Fireside Chat
● Moderator: Jeff Foust (Space News | Senior Staff Writer)
● Dr. Bhavya Lal (NASA | Associate Administrator for Technology, Policy, and
Strategy)
● Dr. Kurt (Spuds) Vogel (NASA | Director of Space Architectures, Office of the
Administrator)