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A Letter from Charles F. Bolden, Jr., NASA Administrator  

 

פ	Tuesday January 29
07:45     08:30	Opening Session     Registration Musical Opening by the Air Force Troupe   Greetings Brig. Gen (res.) Asaf Agmon, CEO, Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies Yehonathan Yassur, Mayor of Herzliya Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz, Minister of Science and Technology   Commemorating the crew of the Columbia Space Shuttle Chairman: Brig. Gen (res.) Asaf Agmon, CEO, Fisher Institute Shlomit Aharon and the Air Force Troupe Musical Tribute The Ilan Ramon Scholarships Awarding Ceremony Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz, Minister of Science and Technology Menachem Greenblum, Director General, Ministry of Science and Technology Menachem Kidron, Director General of Israel Space Agency Rona Ramon Representative of the Scholarship Winners   President Shimon Peres' Address   Marking a Decade to the Israeli Astronaut Project Sean O'Keefe, President, EADS North America, former NASA Administrator Maj. Gen. (ret.) Eitan Ben Eliahu, former commander of the Israeli Air Force Aby Har Even, former director of the Israel Space Agency Lt. Col. (ret.) Meir Mualem, former project officer of the Israeli Astronaut Project in the IAF   Making Spaceflight Safer Dr. Jon Clark, senior space physician, USA   The Future of Space Exploration Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator
11:10	Break
	Space and Security Chairman: Maj. Gen. (ret.) David Ivry, President, Boeing Israel, Fisher Institute Board of Directors   Challenges in Israel's Space Program Brig. Gen. (ret.) Amnon Harary, Head, Space Directorate, Research and Development Directorate, Israel's MOD   Space and Israel's National Security Opher Doron, Director, MBT-Space, IAI   Space Operations as Part of US Military Needs Lt. Gen. Susan J. Helms, Commander, 14th Air Force, Air Force Space Command, USA.   IAF Commander Annual Address Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel
13:45	Lunch
	Special session – Challenges of Space Operations Panels of the heads of Space agencies from around the world   International Co-operations in the Domain of Space Moderator: Barbara Opall-Rome, Israel Bureau Chief of Defense News, and Senior correspondent, Space News   Opening Lecture: Cooperation and the International Space Station: An Historical Perspective Dr. Valerie Neal, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, USA   Participants by alphabetical order Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Jan Kolár CSO, Czech Republic Dr. David Kendall, CSA, Canada Dr. Ger Nieuwpoort, NSO, Netherlands Enrico Saggese, ASI, Italy Sergei Saveliev, Deputy Head, ROSCOSMOS, Russian Federation
16:15	Break
16:45	Space Exploration – Global Vision and Future Plans Moderator: Mr. Yosef Weiss, Director General, Israel Aerospace Industries   Opening Lecture:  The EU's Role in Space Dr. Paul Weisenberg, Deputy Director General for Entrepreneurship and Industry, EC   Participants by alphabetical order Yuri S. Aleksieiev, NKAU, Ukraine Prof. Isaac Ben Israel, Chairman, Israel Space Agency Charles Bolden, NASA, USA Prof. Yannick d'Escatha, CNES, France Geir Hovmork, NSC, Norway Kristian Pedersen, DTU-Space, Denmark
18:15	projected conclusion

 

	Wednesday January 30
07:47          08:30	Gathering Musical Interlude by students of the Herzliya Municipal Conservatory Reading by Alex Ansky   Entrepreneurship, Innovations and Non-Traditional Applications of Space Chairs: Prof. Ehud Gazit, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Science and Technology; Dr.Tamar Yarom, Manor Division, Rafael   Entrepreneurship Challenges in Current and Future Space Market Prof. Walter Peeters, President, International Space University CEO, International Institute of Space Commerce     Towards Unified Satellite Architecture Meir Chen, Manager, Future Technologies, MBT -Space, IAI   The Year of the Dragon: Lessons from the First Mission of Spaceship Dragon to the International Space Station Barry Matsumori, Senior VP of Commercial Sales, SpaceX   Space is Wide Open (for you) Steven J. Isakowitz, Executive VP and CTO, Virgin Galactic, USA   A Special Presentation of Israel’s Space Ventures and Small Space Companies Dr. Nili Mandelblit, ISERD, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Israel
10:30	Break
11:00	Space Programs and Vision Chair: Ron Adam, Director, Department for International Organizations and Specialized Agencies, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs   Review of Major Trends in Space Policy and Security in 2012 Dr. Deganit Paikowsky, Tel Aviv University and Israel’s National Council for R&D, Ministry of Science and Technology   Mission and Vision in Space – A view from Japan Dr. Satoshi Furukawa, Astronaut, JAXA   Annual address of the Director General of Israel Space Agency Menachem Kidron, Director General, Israel Space Agency   Space and the United Nations Dr. Mazlan Othman, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
13:00	Lunch
14:00	Space Industry and Technology   Chairs: Maj. Gen. (ret.) Gideon Sheffer, Deputy Director General for Strategic Development, Elbit, and Fisher Institute Board and Dr. Gennaro Russo, Senior Managing Partner, Emmeplus   Review of Major Trends in Space Technologies and Industries in 2012 Tal Inbar, Head of the Space Research Center at the Fisher Institute   Electric Propulsion: a green and efficient solution for Space propulsion Dr. Dan Lev and Jacob Herskowitz, RAFAEL   UV Payload for Scientific Space Mission Ilan Porat, Head of Elop-Elbit Space operations   Wide-band Communication for Ground, Air and Sea David Zusiman, Amos 4 Program Manager, Spacecom Mayak - a new family of launch vehicles Alexander Kushnarov, First Deputy General Designer and General Director System Design - Yuzhnoye.
15:40	Break
16:10	Science and Space Chairman: Prof. Brendt Feuerbacher, former president, International Astronautical Federation   Overview of 2012 in Space Sciences Prof. Ehud Behar, Head, Asher Space Research Institute, Technion   Science on board the International Space Station – a look to the Future Col. Randy Bresnik, Astronaut, Houston Space Center, NASA   Hyper Spectral Imaging from Space in View of the Nobel Prize Prof. Eyal Ben Dor, Tel Aviv University   Recent Discoveries from the Curiosity Mars Rover Dr. John M. Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, NASA
18:00	Concluding remarks Maj. Gen (ret.) Herzle Bodinger, Chairman of the Board Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies
	Thursday January 31
07:45	Gathering Musical interlude by students of the Herzliya Municipal Conservatory
08:30	Greetings, presentation of the agenda for the day Brig. Gen (res.) Asaf Agmon, CEO, Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies   Space Sustainability With the participation of the Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science Technology and Security, Tel Aviv University Moderators: Dr. Mazlan Othman, Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Prof. Isaac Ben Israel, Chairman, Israel Space Agency, Head of the Yuval Ne’eman Workshop for Science, Technology and Security, Tel Aviv University   Among the Discussants: Rebecca Bresnik, NASA CDR Ofer Lapid, Israel’s MOD Keren Shahar - Ben Ami, Adv. Director, General International Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Sergey Avdeev, TSNIIMASH Prof. Michael Freilich, Director, Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate NASA
10:00	Break
10:20	“Size Doesn’t Count” – Small Satellites and Miniaturization of Space Components and Platforms Moderators: Prof. Chaim Eshed, Chairman of the Space Committee, Israel’s National Council for R&D, Ministry of Science and Technology Prof. Walter Peeters, President, International Space University CEO, International Institute of Space Commerce (IISC)   Among the Discussants: Prof. Ran Ginosar, CEO, Ramon Chips Lars Alminde, GomSpace Abe Bonnema, Director General, ISIS Meidad Pariente, CEO, Spacealist Dr. Roberto Da Forno Da Forno, President, HIT09 Dr. Raz Tamir, IAI
12:10	Break
12:20	New Paradigms in Launch Vehicles Moderator: Uzi Rubin, Rubincon   Among the Discussants: Jonathan Hoffeler, SpaceX Hanan Gilo, Malam, IAI A representative of Yuzhnoi Mr. Mario Cosmo, Technical Director of ASI Colonel Moshe Cohen, R&D Directorate, Israel MOD
13:40	Closing Maj. Gen.(ret) Herzle Bodinger, Chairman, Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies
14:30	Projected end of the Conference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Date 29/01/2013 - 31/01/2013

Location Air Force Center, Herzelia