Events
Roundtable Events
Each quarter, SVSBR will hold an event with invited government guests and speakers. This allows members opportunities to network with invited guests; including prominent political and government leaders as well as colleagues from local companies. Selected speakers will represent a cross-section of top political, NASA, and DOD leaders.
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PAST EVENTS
Thursday, February 21st, 2013
Space Medicine in the 21st Century: Commercial and Governmental Opportunities
Novel wireless devices continue to flood the clinical and commercial markets. NASA and many other commercial space companies are looking to benefit from the economies of scale found in today’s medicial devices. A panel of experts will discuss lessons learned from the recent Red Bull Stratos Jump and how current and planned wireless devices can facilitate a new level of professional health care for sub-orbital and orbital spaceflight participants and NASA’s exploration program to the International Space Station, the Moon, the moons of Mars, and Asteroids.
Moderator:
- Marlene Grenon – MDCM, MMSc, FRCSC, UCSF School of Medicine
Panelists:
- Ravi Komatireddy – M.D. Scripps Institute, Internal Medicine, KL2 Scholar of Wireless Health
- Walter De Brouwer - Ph.D., Scanadu
- Yvonne Cagle – M.D. NASA Astronaut, USAF, Col, Ret.
- Alex Garbino – Ph.D, M.D., Physiological Monitoring lead, Red Bull Stratos Medical Team
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Monday, December 3, 2012
PolarBot – a Low-Cost Semi Autonomous Antarctic Rover
AIAA Event co-hosted with SVSBR and the Silicon Valley Space Center at the Hacker Dojo
Speaker: Satish Chetty
Project Lead/Mentor, Polarbot
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Thursday, Sept 13, 2012, 6-9pm
“Airships: Past & Future”
Co-hosted by Airship Ventures
An exciting evening with:
- Hangar-Tours of the Airship Ventures Zeppelin (*)
- Company Presentation by Airship Ventures
- Panel discussion
EXTRAS:
- $40 Discount towards future flight for all tour guests
- Food and Drinks available
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Citizen Science: Low Risk… High Impact!
Speakers/Panelists include (by project):
- HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONS: Ron Meadows & Don Ferguson
- SETI@home: Dan Werthimer
- MAPPER PROJECT: Darlene Lim
- DEEP SEA CHALLENGE: Erika Montague
- CLICKWORKERS: Ginny Gulick
- MAVERICKS ROCKETRY: Tom Atchison
- JELLYWATCH/MBARI: Steve Haddock
- CITIZENS IN SPACE: Edward Wright
Location
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 6-9pm
Hubble and the Future of Commercial Satellite Servicing
Special Presentation by Frank Cepollina, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center
- Pioneer of in-orbit satellite servicing
- Lead on Hubble Servicing Mission
Panel discussion
- Jim Newman, Former Hubble Astronaut
- Vytas Sunspiral, NASA Ames/SGT
- Frank Cepollina, NASA Goddard
Hardware on display:
- Astronaut space tools
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Cloud 2.0 - Affordable Small Satellites and their Applications
NASA Ames SmallSat Activities
- Al Weston, NASA Ames Center Director
Company Presentation:
Panelists:
- Elwood Agasid, NASA Ames
- Pete Klupar, Space Systems Loral
- Meg Abraham, Aerospace Corporation
- Friedemann Freund, SETI Institute
- Tom Yunck, Geooptics
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Ocean & Space Exploration - A Collaborative Future
Presentation by OceanGate Co-Founder Guillermo Sohnlein and submarine Antipodes on display
Partners
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Exclusive Reception and Presentation with Astrobotic Technology, Inc
Featuring President David Gump and the Astrobotic Lunar Lander Structure
In Partnership with:
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Saturday, May 21, 2011
By Partner Organization
NorCal 8(a) Association presents Award Gala Dinner and Ceremony
Keynote speaker: Congressman Jerry McNerney
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Presenting Company: Waypoint 2 Space of San Diego, CA
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Thursday, Mar 31, 2011
Aerospace Forum
The Silicon Valley Space Business Roundtable is partnering with the Space Angels Network on their upcoming Aerospace Venture Forum in Silicon Valley. Space Angels Network is the premier source of aerospace dealflow for investors and of early-stage capital for aerospace-related ventures. In this unique Forum, participants will have the opportunity to meet other active angel investors interested in aerospace and aviation, and you will hear presentations from pre-screened aerospace entrepreneurs about their companies. The evening will end with an “investors only” closed-door review of the presenting ventures.
Presenting Company: LaserMotive of Kent, Wa
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Wednesday, Mar 9, 2011
Reception and Business Forum with The French Aerospace Valley Association
The French Aerospace Valley Association (FAV) will be visiting California for the purpose of stimulating and promoting collaborative activities in space enterprise development between California and France. If your company is interested in hearing how to do business with European companies and identifying partners, you will not want to miss this opportunity. Representatives from ten to fifteen companies will be part of the delegation. There will also be a representative from the small business space alliance, Agility, representing an additional nine companies. Join us as we enhance international opportunities and broaden the gateway to the European market.
PANEL
“Enhance International Opportunities and Broaden the Gateway to the European Market”
PANELISTS
- Melissa Farrell, VP Commercial Programs, Stellar Solutions
- Dr. Burton H. Lee, Lecturer, European Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Stanford Engineering; Managing Director, Innovarium Ventures
- Terence Pagaduan, International Relations Office, Office of Legislative, International and Intergovernmental Relations, NASA Ames Research Center
- Thilo Schoenfeld, Deputy Director International Affairs, French Aerospace Valley Association
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Thursday, Feb 17, 2011
Aerospace Forum
The Silicon Valley Space Business Roundtable is partnering with the Space Angels Network on their upcoming Aerospace Venture Forum in Silicon Valley. Space Angels Network is the premier source of aerospace dealflow for investors and of early-stage capital for aerospace-related ventures. In this unique Forum, participants will have the opportunity to meet other active angel investors interested in aerospace and aviation, and you will hear presentations from pre-screened aerospace entrepreneurs about their companies. The evening will end with an “investors only” closed-door review of the presenting ventures.
Presenting Companies:
Masten Space Systems
Firestar Technologies
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Wednesday, Oct 20, 2010
Dr. Peter Diamandis
“Driving breakthroughs in Space through Competition”
Chairman/CEO, X PRIZE Foundation
Chairman, Singularity University
Chairman, Rocket Racing League
Vice-Chairman, Space Adventures
Biography
Event Photos
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Ms. Linda Cureton
“How to make NASA IT stellar”
NASA Chief Information Officer
Biography
Event Photos
