2012 Space Elevator Conference

August 25-27 | Microsoft Conference Center | Redmond, Washington, USA
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2011 Space Elevator Conference Technical Program
 
Presentations may shift order and start times, though the general themes for each day will remain as listed here.  Paid registration includes breakfast 7am-8am and lunch 12pm-1pm each day.
 

Day 1 - Friday, August 12, 2011

 

7:00 am - Check in, registration, and Breakfast (provided)

8:15 am - Conference Welcome and Introduction - David Horn

8:30 am - Space Elevator Concept Overview - Dr. Bryan Laubscher

Tethers Session: 30 MegaYuris or Bust

9:30 am - Making and breaking graphitic nanocarbon: insights from computer simulations - Dr. Vasilii Artyukhov (Rice University)

10:00 am - 15-minute break

10:15 am - A few answers to Rajasinghe: Carbon bonds, limits of growth, bounds of strength - Dr. Boris Yakobson (Rice University)

11:15 am - Contrasting Carbon Fiber and Carbon Nanotube Development - Dr.

Bryan Laubscher

12:00 pm - Lunch (provided) with a "book signing" of Space Elevator Survivability, Space Debris Mitigation.  Pete Swan and Skip Penny will be in the lunch room ready to sign your copy.

Tethers Session: 30 MegaYuris or Bust (continued)

1:00 pm - Recent Progress in Synthesis, Processing, And Application of Carbon Nanotube Materials - Dr. Vesselin Shanov (University of Cincinnati)

2:00 pm - Limitations in Macroscale Carbon Nanotube Materials - Mark Haase (University of Cincinnati)

3:00 pm - 15-minute break

3:15 pm - NASA Centennial Challenges Report - Dr. Larry Cooper, NASA Centennial Challenges Program Executive

4:00 pm - NASA Centennial Challenges Strong Tether Competition 

5:00 pm - Evening Mixer (at the conference center)

Day 2 - Saturday, August 13, 2011

 

7:00 am - Check in, registration, Breakfast (provided)

Science and Technical Session

8:00 am - Space Elevator Operations Concept - Skip Penny 
9:00 am - Numerical Analysis on Dynamics of Space Elevator System – Vibration/ Length/ Elevator - Hironori Fujii

10:00 am - 15-minute break

10:15 am - Space Elevator Stage I - John Knapman and Keith Lofstrom

11:15 am - Solar reinforced space elevator, space pump and near-Earth space solar farming - Adam Purkrt

12:00 pm - Lunch (provided)

1:00 pm - One hour to attend Family Science Fest Events

Science and Technical Session (continued)

2:00 pm - Artsutanov Prize Winner Presentation or Space Elevator Applications Brainstorming Session 

3:00 pm - 15-minute break

Economic and Legal Session

3:15 pm - Legal issues related to space debris - Sunao Kai

4:15 pm - RoboQuest - Robotics Competition Finals

6:00 pm - Evening Banquet (at the conference center)

Day 3 - Sunday, August 14, 2011

 

7:00 am - Check in, registration, Breakfast (provided)

ISEC Studies Session

8:00 am - The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC) - Ted Semon

8:30 am - Participation in a Cosmic Study - Feasibility of a Space Elevator - Dr. Peter Swan

10:00 am - 15-minute break

10:15 am - Space Elevator Survivability, Space Debris Mitigation - Dr. Peter Swan

Political and Social Session

11:00 am - Bootstrap the Space Elevator via Solar Driven Railroad - Brandon Sanders

12:00 pm - Lunch (provided)

1:00 pm - History of Materials - Dr. Bryan Laubscher

1:30 pm - The Making of the High Lift Screenplay - Dr. Bryan Laubscher

2:00 pm - Shotgun Science Session

3:00 pm - SE Roadmap Workshops (break-out sessions by pillar)

4:30 pm - Conference Wrap Up and Next Steps - David Horn

5:30 pm - End of 2011 conference

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