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January 12, 1998
Editor's Note: The news media will have the opportunity to meet major speakers and learn more about the Space Technology and Applications International Forum during a news conference, Monday, Jan. 26 at 10 a.m. in Ballroom A at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Space will be reserved in the front for the media. Media are asked to sign in at the registration desk before going to the forum so they can obtain a name tag. Also, it would be helpful to let us know in advance who is coming so we can have the badges ready upon your arrival.
SPACE TECHNOLOGY & APPLICATION INTERNATIONAL FORUM SET FOR JAN. 25-29
A series of six conferences dealing with space technology and applications will be part of the University of New Mexico Space Technology and Applications International Forum scheduled for Jan. 25-29 at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
More than 500 space technology scientists are expected to attend. The forum evolved from the Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion organized by UNM's Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies since 1984.
Conferences that make up the forum are: 1st Conference on Global Virtual Presence; 1st Conference on Orbital Transfer Vehicles; 2nd Conference on Applications of Thermophysics in Microgravity; 3rd Conference on Commercial Development of Space; 3rd Conference on Next Generation Launch Systems; and 15th Symposium on space Nuclear Power and Propulsion.
In addition to the conferences, the forum will offer four plenary sessions including Views from the Top, Vies from the Frontier, Views of the Future and Views from Abroad.
Secondary students from throughout New Mexico will attend a Secondary School Special Session and space design competition judged by scientists from the conference Jan. 26 from 8 a.m.-noon that will encourage young people's interests in space exploration.
A discussion on how top officials see space exploration is planned for the first plenary session Jan. 26 at 8:30 a.m. Presenting talks will be Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, Chairman of the House Science Subcommittee; Ambassador James Sweeney, special representative of the President and Science Advisor, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Jim Albaugh, president of Rocketdyne Propulsion and Power, The Boeing Company.
Also on Jan. 26 a luncheon is planned with Louis Friedman of the Planetary Society as keynote speaker. Other dignitaries and VIPs attending the conference and making presentations include: Ricardo de Bastos, senior vice president and deputy general manager, Space Systems Group, Orbital Science Corporation; Dr. Sam Venneri, chief technologist, NASA Headquarters; Mike Griffin, executive vice president, Orbital Sciences Corporation; Anthony J. Spear, manager, Advanced Experimental Spacecraft Development Project, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Arnold E. Nicogossian, M.D., associate administrator, Life and Microgravity Sciences Applications, NASA Headquarters; Edward A. Sloot, chief executive officer, Guigne Technologies Limited; Gary Payton, deputy associate administrator for Aeronautics & Space Transportation Technology, NASA: Marc Millis, NASA Lewis Research Center; Colonel Simon (Pete) Worden, HQ USAF/XORB, Air Force Pentagon; Dr. Raymond Askew, Chief Scientist, International Space Station, NASA Headquarters; Dr. Shigeaki Nomura, NASA special technical advisor; Jean-Pierre Contzen of Belgium; and Dr. Gerry Frappier, director, Canadian Space Station Program Operations and Utilization Canadian Space Agency.
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