The 2023 Humans to Mars Summit | an ExploreMars.Org Event - Day 3

Expanding What’s Possible

8:30-8:40AM ET | Welcome to Day 3 of the 2023 Humans to Mars Summit
● Janet Ivey (Explore Mars, Inc. | President)
● Chris Carberry (Explore Mars, Inc. | CEO)
8:40-9:00AM ET | Infusing Science Objectives into Moon and Mars Human Exploration
● G. Scott Hubbard (NASA Ames, former Center Director | Stanford University,
Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics)

9:00-9:20AM ET | Architecture Systems Analysis Approach for Human Mars Missions
● Dr. Patrick R. Chai (NASA | ESDMD Strategy & Architecture Office, Mars In-Space
Transportation Lead)

9:20-10:10AM ET | Not So Hidden Figures: Extraordinary Individuals Ensuring an
Inclusive and Diverse Future In Space
● Moderator: Kim Macharia (Space Prize Foundation | Executive Director)
● Vanessa Wyche (NASA | Director, Johnson Space Center)
● Dr. Sian Proctor (Inspiration4 | Astronaut & Mission Pilot with SpaceX)
● Quincy K. Brown, Ph.D. (National Space Council | Director of Space STEM and
Workforce Policy National Space Council)

10:10-10:30AM ET | Entry, Descent, and Landing: Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an
Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID)
● Dr. F. McNeil (Neil) Cheatwood (NASA | Senior Technologist for Planetary
Entry, Descent, and Landing)

10:30-11:00AM ET | Networking Break (Not likely to have programming)

11:00-11:50AM ET | The Business Of Mars: Is There Now a Business Case for Mars
Technology?
● Moderator: Lee Steinke (CisLunar Industries | COO; Interim COO, Orbit Fab)
● Tiffany Vora (Singularity University | Faculty & Vice Chair, Digital Biology &
Medicine)
● Eduardo Diaz (AdvancingX | Founder & CEO)
● Michael Mealing (Starbridge Venture Capital | General Partner)
● Ramon Blanco Maceiras (AVS | US Head of Space at AVS Added Value Solutions)

11:50-12:30PM ET | First Commercial Robotic Mission to Mars
● Moderator: Natalia Larrea Brito (Euroconsult | Director Euroconsult US)
● Barry Matsumori (Impulse Space | Chief Operating Officer)
● Josh Brost (Relativity Space | Senior Vice President Of Revenue Operations)

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

2:00-2:20PM ET | Space Urban Planning: Addressing Infrastructure Knowledge Gaps
for Sustained Human Settlement on the Lunar and Martian Surfaces

● Britt Duffy Adkins (Celestial Citizen | Founder, Space Urban Planner)
2:20-3:10PM ET | Getting Steam-Ed for Mars
● Moderator: Janet Ivey (Explore Mars, Inc. | President)
● Julia Brodsky (Art of Inquiry and Earthlings Hub | Founder and Executive
Director, STEM Educator)
● Kim Macharia (Space Prize Foundation | Executive Director)
● Christine Hirst Bernhardt (Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow '21;
Astronomy/STEM Educator)
● Lee Giat (Passage and Flying Ostrich Media | Providing Aid in Science for
South America's General Education)

3:10-3:30PM ET | Networking Break (Not likely to have programming)

3:30-4:00PM ET | Producing Food in Space for the Benefit of Earth
● Moderator: Tiffany Vora (Singularity University | Faculty & Vice Chair, Digital
Biology & Medicine)
● Arttu Luukanen (Solar Foods | Senior Vice President, Space & Defence)
● Daniel Tomkins (GrowMars | Founder, Agricultural Scientist)
4:00-4:50PM ET | Entertainment Industry in Space: From Star Trek to Space Reality
● Moderator: Amy Imhoff (Explore Mars, Inc. | Director of Strategic Partnerships
and Outreach)
● Melissa Navia (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Lieutenant Erica Ortegas, Pilot,
USS Enterprise NCC 1701)
● Adeena Mignogna (Northrop Grumman Corporation | Systems & Software
Engineer | Science Fiction Author | STEM Speaker)
● Summer Ash (National Radio Astronomy Observatory | STEAM Education
Manager; Astrophysicist; Science Communicator)
● Robert Feierbach (HELIOS film | Executive Producer)
● Lucila Rosines (Kelsey Seybold Clinics | Pediatric Radiologist/Science
Consultant)

4:50-5:30PM ET | Mars Can Unite the World
● Mat Kaplan (The Planetary Society | Senior Communications Adviser)
● Beth Mund (Casual Space | Host)
● Dr. Sian Proctor (Inspiration4 | Astronaut & Mission Pilot with SpaceX)
● Melissa Navia (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Lieutenant Erica Ortegas, Pilot,
USS Enterprise NCC 1701)
● J.R. Edwards (Explore Mars | Board of Directors)
● Ana Cristina Olvera (Stellar Access | Director of Digital Marketing and
Communications)
● Justin Park (Intergalactic Entertainment | President)
● Chris Carberry (Explore Mars, Inc. | CEO)