The 2019 ISEC Space Elevator Conference is this month in
Seattle, WA. Registration is open
until August 11, 2019. Here is the 3-day agenda for the conference:
Day 1--Friday,
August 16, 2019
9:00am Conference
Opening and Welcome--David Horn
9:15am ISEC
President’s Welcome--Dr. Pete Swan
9:30am Space
Elevator Baseline System Overview--Dr. Bryan Laubscher
10:30am Keynote
Presentation--Space Elevator Pathway to Technology Maturity…and Beyond, From
Fountains to Tech Ready--Michael Fitzgerald
11:15am Apex
Anchor Fast Transit to Mars--Dr. Pete Swan
1:00pm A
Scalable Carbon Nanotube Cable Strengthening Method--Peter Renteln
1:45pm Update
on Graphene as a Tether Material--Adrian Nixon
2:30pm Space
Elevator Climber: Tether Interface, Reliability and Other Considerations--Peter
Robinson
3:15pm Mini
Workshop--ISEC Outreach and Reference--led by Dr. Pete Swan
Day 2 –
Saturday, August 17, 2019
9:00am ISEC
Intern Presentations
9:30am The
Gamification of Space Elevator Technology--Dr. Erland Wittkotter
10:30am The
Dionysus Program: 99942 Apophis: Trans-Mars Injection and Space Lift
Construction (AT-MIASLC)--Winston Sanks
11:15am Pathway
Chronicles--Some Anecdotes, Architecture Notes as a Diary--Michael
Fitzgerald
1:00pm Mini
Workshop--Interplanetary Mission Support--led by Dr. Pete Swan
3:00pm Explore
Museum of Flight and watch the RoboClimb competition finals at 4pm
Day 3--Sunday,
August 18, 2019
9:00am The
Multi-Stage Elevator: 2019 Update--John Knapman
9:30am Mini
Workshop--Greening of the Earth via Space Elevators--led by TBD
10:45am Update
on Project Atlantis--Phil Swan
11:15am The
Space Conveyor Could Revolutionize Space Travel--Stanley Korn
1:00pm Topic
Analysis Breakouts
2:45pm Shotgun
Science Session (open to all to present a Space Elevator-related idea or
concept in 5 minutes or less)
3:45pm Conference
Wrap Up and 2020 Conference Plans--David Horn
David Horn
Conference Chair