The 2024 Humans to Mars Summit | an ExploreMars.Org Event - Day 1

8:30-8:40 am ET | Welcome and Introductions
Chris Carberry (Explore Mars, Inc. | CEO)
J.R. Edwards (Explore Mars, Inc. | President)

8:40-9:00 am ET | Innovating Our Way to the Moon and Mars
Dr. Prasun Desai (NASA | Deputy Assoc Administrator, STMD)

9:00 -9:30 am ET | Artemis 1-5 Update
Mike Sarafin (NASA: Artemis Mission Manager)

9:30-10:00 am ET | Artemis to Mars: Key Architecture Decisions
Patrick Chai (NASA Langley Research Center | Aerospace Engineer)

10:00-10:20 am ET | Fireside Chat with NASA Associate Administrator James Free
Moderator: Joe Cassady (Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies
Company | Director, Civil Space)
James Free (NASA HQ | Associate Administrator)

10:20-10:50 am ET Networking Break

10:50-11:35 am ET | What are the Most Significant Long Poles for Humans to Mars?
Moderator: Joe Cassady (Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies
Company | Director, Civil Space)
Chris Boger (Draper Labs | Program Director, Space Systems)
Grant Anderson (Paragon SDC | CEO)
Angela Krenn (NASA | STMD Technical Integration Lead, STMD Surface Systems
Principal Technologist, KSC Cryogenics Research Lead)
Jancy McPhee (NASA | Associate Chief Scientist, NASA Human Research
Program)

11:35-12:20 pm ET | How Can We Most Effectively Protect the Physical and Mental Health
of Astronauts Voyaging to and from Mars?
Moderator: Dr. Erik Antonsen (Harvard University/Massachusetts General
Hospital)
Dr. Shawna Pandya (Physician, Aquanaut, Explorer, Director - IIAS Space
Medicine Group, Space Medicine and Austere Environment Researcher)
Shandy McMillian (NASA | SMA Senior Advisor, Office of Safety & Mission
Assurance, ESDMD)
Dr. Lauren Blackwell Landon (KBR, Inc. | Team Risk Discipline Scientist)
Jancy McPhee (NASA | Associate Chief Scientist, NASA Human Research
Program)

12:20-12:30 pm ET | Lightning Talk Collins Aerospace, Next Generation Spacesuit:
Building the spacesuit that will take humans from LEO to Mars.
Ryan Scirocco (Collins Aerospace | Senior Manager, Business Development |
Space Solutions, Mission Systems)

12:30 -1:00 pm ET | A City on Mars: A Conversation with co-author Kelly Weinersmith
Facilitator: Janet Ivey (Janet’s Planet | CEO ; Explore Mars, Inc. | Director of
Education)

1:00-2:15 pm ET | Lunch Break

2:15- 2:25 pm ET | Mars Innovation Student Challenge: Award Presentation:
Janet Ivey (Janet’s Planet | CEO ; Explore Mars, Inc. | Director of Education)
Hunter Stanchak (Thrive on Mars | Founder)

2:25-2:35 pm ET | The Power of Inclusion: How BLINC is Cultivating Inclusive Pathways
for Underrepresented Communities in Space Exploration
Namira Salim (Virgin Galactic | Astronaut, First Pakistani in space)
Mac Malkawi (Borderless Labs Inc. | Founder and President)

2:35-3:05 pm ET | Integration and Communication: The Results of the 10 th Mars
Achievability and Sustainability Workshop
Dr. Erik Antonsen (Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital)

3:05-3:50 pm ET | Major Moon to Mars Science Accomplishments and Essential
Precursors
Moderator: Mat Kaplan (The Planetary Society | Senior Communications Adviser)
Lori Glaze (NASA | Director, Planetary Science Division)
Dr. Masaki Fujimoto (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency | Deputy Director
General, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (ISAS/JAXA)
Dr. Didier Schmitt (European Space Agency "ESA" | Strategy & Coordination Group
Leader)

3:50-4:05 pm ET | Networking Break

4:05-4:15 pm ET | Lighting Talk: Empowering Young Explorers: Harnessing the Power of
Youth in Advancing Aerospace Innovation
Lucas Lowery (Student | Future Aerospace Engineer)

4:15-5:00 pm ET | How Can We Maintain Bipartisan Support for Moon to Mars in a Difficult
Budget Environment?
Moderator: Mike French (Space Policy Group | Consultant)
Pamela Whitney (US House of Representatives: Staff Director, Subcommittee on
Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology)
Brent Blevins (US House of Representatives: Subcommittee Staff Director,
Committee on Science Space and Technology)

5:00-5:25 pm ET | Commercial Mars
Tim Cichan (Lockheed Martin | Space Exploration Architect)
Richard M. Davis (NASA | Assistant Director for Science and Exploration)

5:25-5:30 pm ET | Closing Remarks: J.R. Edwards (Explore Mars, Inc | President)