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Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth # 635, 835, 641, and 940) for Storytelling by NASA experts. Full Agenda below.
MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 9:00 – 10:00 AM
Welcome
Jose Nunez
BryceTech’s Smallsats by the Numbers: 2026
Fletcher Franklin
Supply Chain Observations
Bruce Yost
Technology Shortfall
Rudy de Rosee
SPARCS Camera and Early Science Observations
Kaitlyn Ashcroft
JPL: Skyfall
Tim Canham
SWIFT LINK Reboost
Bo Naasz
Flight Opportunities – Hosted Orbital Ecosystem – Fly Foundational Robos – Space Roboticist Challenge
Anh Nguyen
From Rideshare to Dedicated Launches: SmallSat Options with NASA LSP
Caley Burke
You Bring the Mission, We’ll Bring the Lab: Partnering with MSFC
Rush Elkins
NASA Ames Mission Design Center: Imagining the Next Generation of Spaceflight Missions
Matthew Napoli
Engineering Challenges and Best Practices from a Stellar Launch Cycle
Brad Williams
HIAD Payload Return Solution for SmallSats
Joe Del Corso
3:25 – 4:10 PM
Moderating
Bruce Yost
RTMD NASA
Greg Stover
SMD HPD ADF
Asal Naseri
HSMD CSLI/CLPS/ Commercial Access to Space (CAtS)
Pete Wilczynski
CARA: Conjunction Assessment Best Practices
Lauri Newman
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 9:45 – 10:45 AM
Moderating
Cari Reinert
SMD Panelist 1 – Solicitations
Aly Mendoza-Hill
STMD Panelist CATALYST – I-Corps
Maggie Yancey
SBIR / STTR- Launchpad for Innovation
Ryszard Pisarski
Agency level Tech Transfer
Jose Nunez
3:15 – 4:15 PM
Moderating
Aly Mendoza-Hill
SMD – APD Pioneers
Pablo Saz Parkinson
SMD – Science as a Service: What SmallSat Providers Need to Know
Beth Weinstein
SMD – HPD
Asal Naseri
ESCAPADE (HPD) Innovating Methods for Exploration
Skyler Kleinschmidt
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 9:45 – 10:45 AM
Moderator, FO Panelist
Danielle McCulloch
NASA CSLI, VADR Panelist
Norman Phelps
CLPS Panelist
Angela Melito
Rideshare Panelist
Aly Mendoza-hill
SLS
David Hitt
3:15 – 4:15 PM
Welcome / Close out Presentor/Moderator
Sam Pedrotty
JPL Mission INCUS
Benjamin (Benji) Donitz
SMD – Biological & Physical Sciences Payload Concepts for Future SmallSat Missions
Matthew Lera
SMD APD – SWIFT Reboost highlight
David Morris
SMD ESD – Mission Highlight
Sachidananda Babu
SMD HPD – TRACERS Mission Highlight
Skyler Kleinschmidt
SunRISE (SMD HPD) – Maximizing Science Uptime Across the Constellation
Carson Schubert
STMD USTP Overview
Mike Gaunce
STMD Mission CAPSTONE 02
Sam Phan
STMD R5 Spacecraft Series
Sam Pedrotty
STMD GPDM
Nehemiah Williams
STMD Mission DiskSat
Roger Hunter
