The International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory is Coming to Silicon Valley
AIAA and the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory invite you to a unique event on February 27, 2020 to discover how YOU can help improve life on Earth through research onboard the ISS.
Together with NASA, the ISS National Lab is enabling space-based research and development in key areas such as industrialized biomedicine and advanced materials that will drive the economy in low Earth orbit and push the boundaries of innovation for the benefit of life on Earth.
In an engaging panel discussion, learn how the ISS National Lab is fostering groundbreaking science and providing opportunities for commercial companies, startups, and academic institutions to conduct innovative space-based research in partnership with NASA and commercial service providers. Find out how to launch your experiment to the ISS!
This event is open to the public and will feature the following panelists:
- Miki Sode, ISS National Lab (Moderator)
- Ron Goedendorp, NanoRacks
- Daniel Faber, OrbitFab
- Sven Eenmaa, ISS National Lab
Speakers
Miki Sode, Ph.D
Miki Sode, Ph.D., is a Commercial Innovation Program Manager at the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory, where she oversees activities and strategic programs in partnership with startups, Fortune 500 companies, and academic institutions. Combining her multidisciplinary background and passion for space-based research, she advocates for utilizing the space environment to advance science and technology research and development for the benefit of life on Earth. Her portfolio spans a wide range of research areas, including aerospace technology development, remote sensing, data analytics and AI, bone research, synthetic biology, plant biology, agriculture, and sustainability-focused studies.
Sode received a BA in physics with an astrophysics minor emphasis from the University of California, Berkeley; an MS in aerospace engineering from San Jose State University; and a Ph.D. in bioengineering (focused on medical imaging and osteoporosis) through a joint program from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, San Francisco.
Ron Goedendorp
Ronald Goedendorp is Vice President of Space Opportunities for Nanoracks, a leading new space company developing platforms and opportunities for satellites, earth observation (sensors), microgravity research, communications, in-space manufacturing and other applications. His work with academia, government, and private industry has advanced the new space ecosystem. Ron’s career includes banking, insurance, investment, software, image analysis, aerospace, sensor, and medical device industries.
Ron received his degree from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and is a co-founder of the UCSD Bay Area Alumni Scholarship Fund. He is currently based in San Francisco and can be found @gorongo.
Daniel Faber
Daniel Faber has over 20 years of space technology leadership, building and launching a dozen satellites for asteroid searches, environmental monitoring, telecommunications and human habitation. As a serial entrepreneur, his first company developed a unique mining instrumentation technology utilizing gamma ray spectroscopy, following which he worked on nuclear fusion reactors and then Antarctic communications. Familiar with the economics of deep sea mining, Mr. Faber became CEO of Deep Space Industries where he secured millions in financing from VC and governments and grew sales from zero to nearly $10 million. With DSI he successfully changed global perceptions and regulations around space resources and positioned the company to systematically create and commercialize technology for asteroid mining. Daniel has an engineeing background and MBA’s from both UCLA Anderson and National University of Singapore. He now leads Orbit Fab, a two-year-old venture backed start-up in Silicon Valley that has already deployed its first two propellant tanker test-bed in Earth orbit for propellant transfer trials and recently became the first private company to resupply the International Space Station with water.
Sven Eenmaa
Sven Eenmaa is a Director of Investment and Economic Analysis at the ISS U.S. National Laboratory, where he leads the organization’s engagement with investor community and is responsible for economic analysis of companies and flight projects to optimize the use of the ISS National Lab’s resources. Prior to joining the ISS National Lab, Mr. Eenmaa served for over 16 years as an equity analyst and investment banker with leading Wall Street firms in New York and San Francisco, advising investors and companies across emerging sectors of energy, industrial, telecommunications, and technology industries, and working on financing and strategic transactions that raised over $12 billion dollars of capital. Mr. Eenmaa received his MBA in finance and strategy from the Yale School of Management, and graduated with BSc Summa Cum Laude from Indiana Wesleyan University.
Members: $34,
Non-members: $44,
Students: $24, valid student ID required at the door
Dinner Buffet is included with admission.
Prices will go up after February 20.
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