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NEWSPACE

Conference About:

The Space FrontierFoundation’s annualNewSpace Conferenceis the premiernetworking event forindustry leaders andenthusiasts todiscuss the brightfuture of commercialspaceflight.

ADVANCING NEWSPACE

To further the success of the burgeoning NewSpace industry, the Space Frontier Foundation(SFF) brings together the movers and shakers of the space industry, commercial andgovernmental, to exchange knowledge and prepare for humanity’s future in space.

The annual NewSpace Conference

is a gestalt of unique ideas andcommunication unlike any other spaceconference. Aimed at encouraging thecommercial space industry, the NewSpaceConference attracts engineers, scientists,executives, and space enthusiasts todiscuss everything from launch vehiclesand space habitats to investments andzero-g fashion.Since its inception two decades ago,the NewSpace Conference has proven tobe a perfect mix of thought-provokingpanels, crucial networking opportunities,and entertaining social events. The threeday conference includes a series ofdiscussions lead by space pioneers andnetworking lunches during the day.Attendees can peruse the booths hostedby companies and organizations in theexhibit hall and support the Foundation bytaking part in auctions that include itemslike gift certiﬁcates for suborbital ﬂights.The conference culminates with afundraising dinner the always boasts anexciting speech by an icon in theNewSpace industry and the presentationof the SFF

s NewSpace Industry Awards.The NewSpace Industry Awards aregiven to space leaders who have made, inthe Foundation

s view, the greatestcontributions that year to opening thefrontier. Categories include Service to theFrontier, Vision to Reality, Vision of theFuture, and Best Presentation of Space.Past winners include Robert Bigelow,Anousheh Ansari, and Burt Rutan.At past conferences, educationalinitiatives, such as the Teachers In Spaceprogram, have been unveiled. New mediaplays a part in each conference withdocumentarians interviewing enthusiasts,opportunities to view movies like Orphansof Apollo, and even intense Lunar RacingChampionship bouts being played. Alwayson the cutting edge, the SFF has also runa lively business plan competition betweenNewSpace startups.Take part in this eye-opening event byregistering as an attendee, exhibitor, orsponsor. Companies interested in hostinga booth or event should contact theconference chairmen. The event date andlocation change yearly so check

www.spacefrontier.org/events/ newspace-conferences

for details.