American Astronautical Society 49th Nat'l Conference - Sunnyvale, C

THERE'S STILL TIME TO REGISTER ONLINE FOR:
American Astronautical Society's 49th National Conference and Annual Meeting
"Technologies and Partnerships: Innovations for Space Exploration"

November 19-21, 2002
Four Points Sheraton, Sunnyvale, California
(Call 1-800-543-3322 for reservations - mention AAS to get special rate)

Exhibit Space Still Available - call 703-866-0020 for details <
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Visit AAS web site for registration and conference updates:
http://www.astronautical.org

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2002

7:30 am-5:00 pm
Registration and Refreshments

9:00 am
Opening Session

Welcome and Introduction
- Lori B. Garver, AAS President, DFI International

Conference Overview
- G. Scott Hubbard, NASA Ames Research Center

Keynote Address

10:00 am
Exhibits Open

10:45 am
Sixth Annual Carl Sagan Memorial Lecture and Award Presentation
- California and Carnegie Planet Search Team

11:45 am
Luncheon
- James H. Crocker, Vice President, Space Exploration Systems,
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
"NASA's Nuclear Systems Initiative: An Industry Perspective"

1:30 pm
Session I: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Co-chairs:
Butler P. Hine III, NASA Ames
Daniel E. Cooke, Texas Tech University

- Clark Glymour, Carnegie Mellon University
"Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining"
- Jeff Bradshaw, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition,
University of West Florida
"Distributed Agents and Operations"
- William J. Clancy, NASA Ames/Institute for Human
and Machine Cognition, University of West Florida
"Mobile Agents Field Work"
- David Wettergreen, Carnegie Mellon University
"Science Autonomy for Planetary Rovers"
- Benny Toomarian, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
"Revolutionary Computing Technologies for Deep Space Exploration"

5:00 pm
Reception in Exhibit Area

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2002

7:30 am-5:00 pm
Registration and Refreshments

8:00 am
Session II: BIOTECHNOLOGY

Co-chairs:
Gregory K. Schmidt, NASA Ames
Gregory Kovacs, Stanford University

- Gregory Schmidt, NASA Ames
"Introduction: Biology at NASA"
- Gregory Kovacs, Stanford University
"Biosensing for Space Applications: An Overview"
- John Hines, NASA Ames
"Astrobionics"
- Jonathan Trent, NASA Ames
"Astrobiology and Nanotechnology"
- Victor Stolc, NASA Ames
"Nanopore Technologies"
- Anthony Ricco, Aclara Corporation
"Microfluidics Technologies for NASA"

10:00 am
Exhibits Open

12:00 pm
Luncheon

2:00 pm
Session III: NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Co-chairs:
Harry Partridge III, NASA Ames
Frank Drake, SETI Institute

- Carlo Montemagno, UCLA
"Engineering with the Engines of Creation"
- Cheol Park, NASA Langley Research Center
"Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites for Space
Applications"
- Benny Toomarian, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
"Nanotechnology for the Next Generation of Deep Space Explorers"

5:00 pm
Adjourn

6:30 pm
Reception in Exhibit Area

7:30 pm
Awards Banquet
Speaker: Dr. Paul Davies
"How to Build a Time Machine"

AAS Award Presentations:
* Space Flight Award
Roy S. Estess, Past Director, NASA John C. Stennis Space Center
* Flight Achievement Award
Crew of Shuttle Mission STS-110
* Randolph Lovelace II Award
Allen Katz, Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems

AAS Fellow Presentations:
* William F. Ballhous, Jr., President & CEO, The Aerospace Corporation
* Michael D. Griffin, President & COO, In-Q-Tel

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2002

8:00 am
Session IV: INNOVATIVE PARTNERING

Co-chairs:
G. Scott Hubbard, NASA Ames
Paul Coleman, Girvin Institute

- Speaker TBD
"Government/Academia/Institutional Partnerships: An Overview"
- Michael Marlaire, NASA Ames
"The NASA Research Park"
- Speaker TBD
"Partnerships: Future Directions"

Panel Discussion: "Partnership Perspectives"
- Steven Wegener, NASA Ames
- John Higgenbotham, SpaceVest
- Robert Miller, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Bonnie Cornwall, State of California

11:30 am
Adjourn

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION:
Honorary Chair: Harry McDonald, Director, NASA Ames Research Center
General Chair: G. Scott Hubbard, NASA Ames Research Center
Program Committee Chairs: Anthony R. Gross, NASA Ames Research Center and
Robert G. Melton, Vice President-Technical, AAS

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
(Registration includes technical sessions, three continental breakfasts,
two lunches, break refreshments and a reception.)
Member: $395
New / Renewing Member: $480
U.S. Government / Academia: $300
One Day Only (includes lunch): $200
Teacher (K-12) / Full-Time Student: $30*
Press: No Charge*
Awards Banquet: $110

*Technical Sessions Only

Visit AAS web site for registration and conference updates:
http://www.astronautical.org