Speakers, Moderators, and Panelists
Market Opportunities in Space:
The Near-Term Roadmap
Keynote Speakers
Phillip J. Bond, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology
Phillip J. Bond was sworn in as Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology on October 30, 2001. He was nominated by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, and confirmed by the United States Senate on October 23, 2001.
Under Secretary Bond serves as the principal advisor to Commerce Secretary Donald Evans on science and technology policy to maximize technology's contribution to America's economic growth. In this context, Mr. Bond's primary responsibilities are to supervise policy development and direction among the Office of Technology Policy (OTP), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), the Office of Space Commercialization (OSC), and other areas within Commerce. He also serves on four committees of the President's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), a Cabinet-level council established by the President to coordinate science, space, and technology policy within the Federal research and development enterprise.
One of Mr. Bond's top priorities is to transform the Technology Administration into the pre-eminent portal to the federal government for the U.S. technology industry. In that regard, he directs efforts of TA to advocate on behalf of U.S. technology in the federal policy-making process. His experience in the private sector includes serving as Director of Federal Public Policy for Hewlett-Packard Company, a position he held immediately before joining Commerce, and previously serving as Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Treasurer of the Information Technology Industry Council.
From 1993 to 1998, Phil Bond served as Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn (R-WA). He was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs from 1992 to 1993 for then-Defense Secretary Dick Cheney. Earlier, he was Chief of Staff and Rules Committee Associate for Congressman Bob McEwen (R-Ohio) from 1990 to 1992. From 1987 to 1990, he served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs. He is a graduate of Linfield College in Oregon.
Robert S. Walker, CEO, The Wexler Group
As a former Congressman (1977-1997), Chairman of the House Science Committee, Vice Chairman of the Budget Committee, Robert S. Walker became a leader in advancing the nation's space program, especially the arena of commercial space. In 1996, his leadership in advancing the nation's space program, especially the whole arena of commercial space, made him the first sitting House Member to be awarded NASA's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Medal.
Walker was recently named by President George W. Bush to head the Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry. Bob Walker is also currently Chairman and CEO of The Wexler Group.
Walker serves on the Board of Trustees of the Aerospace Corporation, the U.S. Capitol Historical Society; and the Board of Directors of DCH Technology, the Space Foundation and the Susquehanna Center for Public Policy. He is also a member of the Advisory Board for the IMAX Corporation. As a fellow at Millersville University and Franklin and Marshall College, he is a regular academic lecturer.
People and Packages: Sub-Orbital to Orbital Commercialization
Ann Saccomano, Transportation Journalist
Ann Saccomano has covered the freight transportation industry for seven years. She was the logistics editor for the weekly trade publication, "Traffic World" and was the editor and co-developer of "Arzoon News," an Internet magazine based in Silicon Valley. She is now an independent writer and business researcher living in Washington, D.C. Ms. Saccomano is a certified fraud examiner and holds a private investigator's license from the state of California. Her investigator's license with the District of Columbia is pending.
Debra N. Phillips, Executive Director, National Small Shipments Traffic Conference (NASSTRAC)
Debra Phillips is Executive Director of NASSTRAC, a transportation trade association based in Washington, DC. She was recently named Executive Director for the Health & Personal Care Distribution Conference, and effective January 1, 2002, she will manage both associations.
Ms. Phillips has worked in the transportation industry for 12 years. She previously served as Manager of Corporate Communications for Penske Truck Leasing. Prior to that, Ms. Phillips was Manager of Advertising and Public Relations for Carolina Freight Corporation for five years.
She has a Master of Arts degree in English and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and mass communication from the State University of West Georgia. She is a member of the American Society of Association Executives and Women in Government Relations. She previously served on the Board of Directors of the American Trucking Associations' Sales and Marketing Council.
Charles Miller, President, Constellation Services International
Charles E. Miller is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Constellation Services International, Inc., an early-stage startup company that has close to $1 million in private financing. CSI is focused on resupplying the International Space Station with cargo and goods, using the business model of standardized containers that now dominates the Earth-based cargo transportation industry.
Before co-founding CSI, Mr. Miller founded ProSpace in 1996, where he served as Chairman and President until 1999. Known as "The Citizens' Space Lobby," ProSpace has conducted over 1,500 private congressional briefings on space policy and the future direction of our nation in space. Under Miller's leadership, ProSpace was instrumental in the passage or creation of several national initiatives related to commercial space, including the "Commercial Space Act of 1998," NASA's $941 million X-33 program, the U.S. Air Force "RLV Technology Development" program, and NASA's Space Solar Power program.
Alan Ladwig, Vice President of Marketing, Team Encounter
Alan Ladwig is the Vice President for Marketing for Encounter 2001, a private company that provides public participation opportunities on real space missions. In this position Ladwig is responsible for sales and sponsorship agreements for the Team Encounter Deep Space Probe. Scheduled for launch in 2004, the probe will travel to interplanetary space and carry archival documents and biological signatures submitted by the public.
Ladwig is also the founder of To Orbit Productions, a policy and communications firm specializing in support to space launch companies, Earth science and remote sensing applications, commercial space activities, and initiatives to directly engage the public in space research and exploration.
Prior to establishing To Orbit Productions, Ladwig was the Assistant to the Chairman and Vice President of Washington Operations of SPACE.com, a multimedia company dedicated to space and space-related subjects. From 1993 to 1999, he was an appointee of the Clinton-Gore Administration at NASA Headquarters. During his tenure, he was the Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Planning and Communications, and established and served as the Associate Administrator for the Office of Policy and Plans.
Ladwig is a member of the Board of Directors of the AeroAstro Corporation and is a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Space Travel and Tourism Division of the Space Transportation Association, and is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Intelligent Land Management Corporation.
Ron Erdmann, Deputy Director, Tourism Division, U.S. Department of Commerce
Ron Erdmann is the Deputy Director of Tourism Development for the U.S. Department of Commerce, Tourism Industries (TI) office. He is responsible for the administration and improvement of numerous international travel research programs that provide information on the volume and characteristics of travelers to and from the United States. He is also responsible for providing technical assistance to the industry to assist them in effectively using research data to make international travel market decisions.
Prior to joining TI, he worked for the U.S. Travel & Tourism Administration, Office of Research, for nine years until its April 1996 closure.
Professor Geoffrey Crouch
Prof. Crouch is Chair of Tourism Marketing in the School of Tourism & Hospitality, Faculty of Law and Management, La Trobe University located in Melbourne, Australia. Professor Crouch has also worked at the World Tourism Education and Research Centre, Faculty of Management, the University of Calgary, Canada, and the Graduate School of Management, Monash University, Australia.
He has produced or presented almost 100 academic papers and is in the process of completing a book titled The Competitive Destination co-authored with Professor J.R. Brent Ritchie. Professor Crouch has served on the Editorial Review Boards of the Journal of Travel Research, Tourism Management, Tourism Analysis, Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, and the International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Tourism Analysis. He was Co-Chair of the Second Symposium on the Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure held in Vienna, June 2000 and is also the Organizing Chair of the Third Symposium on the Consumer Psychology of Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure scheduled for January 2003.
Peter Diamandis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Zero Gravity Corporation
Dr. Peter H. Diamandis is the Chairman & CEO of Zero Gravity Corporation, a commercial space company developing private, FAA-certified parabolic flights that utilize Boeing 727-200 aircraft. Diamandis also serves as the Chairman of the X PRIZE Foundation, a non-profit organization promoting the formation of a space-tourism industry through a $10M prize. Diamandis was a co-Founder of Space Adventures, Ltd.
In 1987, Diamandis co-founded the International Space University (ISU), where he served as the University's first managing director. Prior to ISU, Diamandis served as Chairman of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) an organization he founded at MIT in 1980. Dr. Diamandis has graduate degrees in aerospace engineering from MIT and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
Michael Lyon, Vice President of Corporate Development and General Counsel, Space Adventures
Michael Lyon is the Vice President of Corporate Development and General Counsel of Space Adventures. Mr. Lyon has managed an internet marketing company, has run an investment banking firm specializing in financial restructuring, and has served as Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Resolution Trust Corporation during the banking and S&L crisis. He is a graduate of the Harvard Law School, Brandeis University, and the London School of Economics.
Bringing Industry to Space: Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals, Materials and Power
Molly Kenna Macauley, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Dr. Macauley has been Director of Academic Programs at Resources for the Future since 1996. Since 1983 her research at RFF has included the areas of public finance, energy economics, regulation of toxic substances, environmental economics, advanced materials economics, the value of information, and economics and policy issues of outer space. Dr. Macauley's space research includes the valuation of non-priced space resources, the design of incentive arrangements to improve space resource use, and the appropriate relationship between public and private endeavors in space research, development, and commercial enterprise.
Dr. Macauley has been a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University and Princeton University. She has testified several times before Congress and has served on many committees and panels, including the Economic Study of Space Solar Power (chair), The National Research Council's (NRC) Board on Physics and Astronomy, Helium Reserve Committee, the NRC Space Studies Board Steering Group on Space Applications and Commercialization, and the NRC Space Studies Board Task Force on Priorities in Space Research. In 2001 she was voted into the International Academy of Astronautics. Dr. Macauley has published extensively over the past seventeen years with more than 70 journal articles, books, and chapters of books. Dr. Macauley serves on the Board of Directors of Women in Aerospace and is President of the Thomas Jefferson Public Policy Program, College of William and Mary.
Paul Silber, President and Chief Executive Officer, StelSys, LLC
Paul Silber is the President and Chief Executive Officer of two companies: In Vitro Technologies, Inc. (IVT), a Contract Research Organization that he founded in 1990 that provides research services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies; and StelSys, LCC, a Bioscience company that was established in 2000 to commercialize the NASA microgravity bioreactor.
Dr. Silber has received a number of awards and honors for his achievements as a technology entrepreneur. He is active in the local Baltimore/Washington business community, where he mentors to other early stage technology business ventures, as well as serving as a participant/director in various business and scientific associations.
He received his B.A. in Biology from Carleton College (Minnesota) and his master's in Public Health from the University of Alabama/Birmingham. Dr. Silber received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Arizona.
Dr. Larry DeLucas, Director, Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering
Dr. Larry DeLucas is the Director of the Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering (UAB-CBSE) at University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. DeLucas was a member of the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia for STS-50/United States Microgravity Laboratory-1 (USML-1) Spacelab mission. He is a member of NASA Science Advisory Committee for Advanced Protein Crystal Growth. Dr. DeLucas received a bachelor's of science degree and a master's of science degree in chemistry, a bachelor's of science degree in physiological optics, a doctorate in optometry, and a doctorate in biochemistry from University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Louis Stodieck, Director, BioServe Space Technologies, University of Colorado-Boulder
Dr. Louis Stodieck obtained a Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering Sciences in 1985 from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He then engaged in neurobiology research as a Medical Research Council Fellow in the Dept. of Physiology at the University of British Columbia from 1985 to 1987. He returned to Colorado in 1987 to take a position as Associate Director for Technical Affairs in the newly formed BioServe Space Technologies, a Commercial Space Center at the University of Colorado. He has been director of the center since 1999. During his tenure at BioServe, Dr. Stodieck has overseen nearly 30 commercial payloads flown on 16 space shuttle, two Mir space station and now one International Space Station missions. Research and teaching interests span cardiac physiology, neurobiology, tissue engineering and space life sciences.
Dr. Braja Mookherjee, Vice President & Global Director of Natural Products Research, International Flavors and Fragrances
Dr. Mookherjee is Vice President (R&D) and Global Director, Natural Products Research at International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. In 1992, Dr. Mookherjee received international recognition for his pioneering work in developing Living Flower", IFF's proprietary fragrance research technology that demonstrates that the aroma chemistry of flowers and plants changes dramatically from living to picked. Dr. Mookherjee has more than 400 patents in the areas of flavor and fragrance research to his credit. He has published more than 70 papers and written and edited several books on the natural products of perfumery materials. In September 2001, Dr. Mookherjee was honored by the chromatographic society in India for his pioneering work in space with NASA. Born in Bangladesh, Dr. Mookherjee holds both bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Dacca in Bangladesh and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Bringing Out the Stars: Advertising, Sponsorship and Media
Lon Rains, Editor, Space News
Lon Rains has been the editor of Space News since 1993 and is responsible for all of the newspaper's news and editorial coverage. He joined Space News in October 1989, as the Advanced Technology and Soviet Space Program reporter and was promoted to Senior Editor in 1991. He came to Space News from the Journal newspapers, a chain of dailies serving the Washington, D.C., suburbs. He has written for the Washington Post, Baltimore Evening Sun, and Discover magazine and appeared on a number of national television programs, including CNN Prime News, ABC World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News and C-Span's Washington Journal. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Maryland.
David Gump, President, LunaCorp
David P. Gump has been president of LunaCorp and a director since its founding in 1989. His role has been as chief marketer and system architect, and he has participated in the software writing as well. In order to build alliances in the commercial space industry, he also serves as President of the nonprofit ShareSpace Foundation, created by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin to make it possible for the general public to enjoy space travel. In the same spirit, Mr. Gump serves on the board of the Space Travel & Tourism Division of the Space Transportation Association and as an advisor to the Space Frontier Foundation.
Mr. Gump is the author of Space Enterprise: Beyond NASA, published in 1990 by Praeger Publishers of New York. Prior to that, he was co-founder in 1978 of Pasha Publications, a business newsletter company in Arlington, Virginia. While at Pasha, he created the newsletters Space Business News and Military Space and organized two national conferences on the commercial use of the Space Shuttle and the original version of NASA's proposed space station. He has an undergraduate degree in economics and political science from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., and a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
W. Clark Bunting, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Discovery Channel
W. Clark Bunting currently serves as executive vice president and general manger for Discovery Channel. He joined Discovery Channel in this capacity in April 2001 and is responsible for overseeing all programming, management and operational aspects of the network.
From 1996-2001, Bunting served as the executive vice president and general manager at Animal Planet. Prior to taking the reins at Animal Planet, Bunting served from 1994-96 as senior vice president, programming, Discovery Networks, U.S., and senior vice president and executive in charge of production of the Discovery Productions Unit from 1990-94.
Bunting serves on the Board of Directors for the Ocean Conservancy and The Jackson Hole Wildlife Festival. He is also on the Advisory Council to The World Wildlife Foundation and the National Whale Conservation Fund.
George P. Pavlik, Director, Space Communications, L-3 Communications Systems - East
Mr. Pavlik is responsible for direction and growth of L-3 Communications' space segment business area. Major programs under his direction include providing the Communications & Tracking System for NASA's International Space Station; design and development of specialized hardware for the National Missile Defense program; and supplying communications payload equipment for various International satellite programs.
Mr. Pavlik began his career with the company in 1991, achieving high profile management positions as the company transformed itself from GE Aerospace, to Martin Marietta, then Lockheed Martin, and its eventual spin-off with the formation of L-3 Communications in 1997.
Prior to joining industry Mr. Pavlik served as a Captain in the United States Air Force. He is a Vietnam Veteran and a graduate of the University of Missouri with a master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
Charting a New Course: Challenges for Government and Industry
Lori Garver, Vice President, DFI International
Ms. Garver leads the strategic planning and business development activities of DFI International's corporate space practice. Until January 2001, Ms. Garver was the Associate Administrator for Policy and Plans at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she oversaw the analysis, development, and integration of NASA policies and long-range plans, the NASA Strategic Management System, the NASA Advisory Council, and History Division. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Garver served as a Senior Policy Analyst for the Office of Policy and Plans and as Special Assistant to Dan Goldin, the NASA Administrator. Before joining NASA, Ms. Garver was Executive Director of the National Space Society, a space advocacy organization dedicated to the creation of a spacefaring civilization. In her position she served as the organization's primary spokesperson, appearing on national television and regularly testifying on Capitol Hill. Ms. Garver is currently serving as the President of the American Astronautical Society, a not-for-profit professional society dedicated to the advancement of space development. She is a recipient of the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the National Space Society's Space Pioneer Award.
Ms. Garver received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Colorado College in 2000. She holds a master's degree in Science, Technology and Public Policy from the George Washington University and her bachelor's degree in Political Science and Economics from Colorado College.
Scott Pace, Assistant Director for Space and Aeronautics, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Dr. Pace serves as the Assistant Director for Space and Aeronautics in the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Executive Office of the President. He is responsible for space and aviation-related issues and coordination of civil and commercial space issues through the Space Policy Coordinating Committee of the National Security Council. Dr. Pace served on the Bush-Cheney Transition Team for NASA and the National Science Foundation.
From 1993 to 2001, Dr. Pace worked for the RAND Corporation's Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) in Washington, D.C. In addition, he was a member of Department of Defense Senior Review Group on Commercial Remote Sensing and the National Research Council's Committee on Earth Sciences.
From 1990 to 1993, Dr. Pace served as the Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Office of Space Commerce, in the Office of the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Commerce. He previously worked at Rockwell International as a project engineer in the Space Transportation Systems Division and at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on liquid behavior in microgravity.
John Higginbotham, Chairman, SpaceVest
John Higginbotham is the Founder and Chairman of SpaceVest. He was formerly a co-founder, director, and senior vice president of International Technology Underwriters, Inc. (INTEC), a premier space and telecommunications insurance underwriting management company, now owned and operated by the AXA Insurance Company as AXASpace. Earlier in his career, Mr. Higginbotham was the Product Manager for Hewlett Packard Company's global entry into the microcomputer industry in the early 1980's. Mr. Higginbotham received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering with Honors from Virginia Tech in 1977 and his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1979.
Jean Toal Eisen, Senior Professional Staff, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
Jean Toal Eisen is a Senior Professional Staff member of the Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. The Subcommittee has jurisdiction over NASA, the National Science Foundation, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, federal research and development funding, international science and technology, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
