The Space Bootcamp Conference is a pre-event for the Hackathon and will take place on Friday, April 28th, at the premisses of SRI International in Menlo Park (full address bellow).

It will provide opportunity for all Hackathon participants to immerse in inspirational conversations regarding the future of Earth and Space and to gain knowledge in areas related with the challenges by NASA, industry and academia experts. Participants will be able to mingle, meet new people and create long-lasting relations.

At the end of the Space Bootcamp Conference a TEAM FORMATION will take place for everyone that still doesn't have a team or they are missing a team member with specific skills.

AGENDA (April 28, 2017, Friday):

08:30 AM - Participants Registration (only with confirmed Application, on a first-come first-served basis)

09:30 AM - Opening Remarks: Silicon Valley Organising Team

09:40 AM - Opening Remarks: Dr. Patricia A. Jacobberger, Senior Advisor, Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA HQ Washington DC

09:45 AM - NASA Hawai'i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation video

09:48 AM - Storytelling intro: Anita Kirkovska, Matt Scott

09:52 AM - Welcome from Dr Karsten Schmidt, Head of Technology, SAP Innovation Center Network 

10:00 AM - KEY NOTE 1: "The Space-Earth confluence" - Dr. Ioana Cozmuta, Industry Innovation and Microgravity Lead at STC, Space Portal, NASA Ames Research Center

10:45 AM - KEY NOTE 2: "Building Companies in Tomorrow's Space Industry" - Daniel Faber, Pioneer of Space Technologies and Mining, and CEO of a Stealth Aerospace

11:30 AM - PANEL 1: "The Future of Space Innovation and Exploration"

• Moderator: Petr Johanes, Founding Partner at Metatron Global, an investment firm with HQ in Czech Republic operating both in Europe and in Silicon Valley
• Dr. Daniel Rasky, Chief of Space Portal Office, NASA Senior Scientist at Nasa Ames Research Center
• Henning Roedel, PhD Candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University
• Roberto Carlino, Space Engineer, Science Processing Operations Center (SPOC) for TESS Mission at Nasa Ames Research Center
• Dr. Samson Phan, Research Engineer at SRI International, Specializing in developing next generation cube-sats
• Max Fagin, Aerospace Engineer at Made In Space, triple major in engineering, physics, and astronomy

12:30 PM - PANEL 2: "Women in Space" 

• Moderator: Brittany Zajic, the Center Lead for the NASA Develop National Program at NASA Ames Research Center
• Dr. Patricia A. Jacobberger, Senior Advisor, Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA HQ Washington DC
  
• Dr. Ioana Cozmuta, Industry Innovation and Microgravity Lead at STC, Space Portal, NASA Ames Research Center 
• Ali Guarneros Luna, NASA Engineer and Deputy Project Manager at NASA's Ames Research Center
• Irena Chaushevska, Founder and CEO of Space Auroras and NewMan's Business Accelerator

01:30 PM - Lunch break

02:30 PM - PRESENTATION: "From Space Hackathon to Space Startup", Yalda Mousavinia, Co-Founder of Space Cooperative Inc. (Yalda met her team members at last year Space Apps hackathon)

03:00 PM - PANEL 3: "Innovation Earth"

• Moderator: Dr. Victor Taratukhin, SAP Innovation Network Strategic Projects Director and Visiting Professor at Stanford University
• Dr. Lynn J. Rothschild, Evolutionary biologist and astrobiologist at NASA Ames Research Center
• Dr. Richard A. Doe, Senior Research Physicist, SRI International, Principal Investigator for the CubeSat Tiny Ionospheric Photometer 
• Erica Lee, CEO & Co-Founder of DeepFarm.ai, a Agriculture Analytics startup using AI for early detection of crop issues
• Christopher May, Stanford Students Space Initiative, Leader of the Rocket and Computer systems team

04:00 PM - PANEL 4: "Investing in Space Startups"

• Moderator: Dr. Mark Jackson, CEO of Fiat Physica a crowdfunding platform devoted to the advancement of physics, astronomy and space exploration and Science Partnership Fund
• S. Pete Worden, Chairman at Breakthrough Prize Foundation, former director of NASA Ames Research Center
• Bill Diamond, President and CEO of SETI Institute, a technology executive and Silicon Valley veteran
  
• Firdavs Abdunazarov, Associate with Rothenberg Ventures, works directly with portfolio companies in aerospace, including URSA Space, Kespry, Planet Labs & SpaceX
  
• Petr Johanes, Founding Partner at Metatron Global, an investment firm with HQ in Czech Republic operating both in Europe and in Silicon Valley

05:00 PM - Closing Remarks

05:15 PM - SAP Technologies - Eugen Winschel, Global Vice President of Product Management Enterprise Artificial Intelligence at SAP

05:45 PM - TEAMS FORMATION / NETWORKING (Wine and Cheese)

06:45 PM - End of the Space Bootcamp Conference

STARDUST STATIONS:

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM OPEN DATA workshop by data.world  

BRYON JACOB - CTO and co-founder of data.world - on a mission to build the world's most meaningful, collaborative, and abundant data resource. Bryon is a recognized leader in building large-scale consumer internet systems and an expert in data integration solutions. Bryon's twenty years of academic and professional experience spans AI research at Case Western Reserve University, enterprise software at Trilogy, and consumer web experience at Amazon and most recently in ten years building HomeAway.com.

03:00 PM - 04:00 PM iOS workshop by Make School

SARAH SPIKES - Bay Area City Lead at Make School.  Sarah is the Bay Area City Lead at Make School, encouraging students to spend their summer coding iOS apps at the Summer Academy. She is a Stanford CS alum (BS/MS '10) and is a former employee of Google and Udacity, She was also a teacher at Hackbright, Girls Who Code, and Dev Bootcamp.  She's co-parenting a 28-month old, and in her almost non-existent spare time enjoys rock climbing, listening to audio books, and singing musical theatre.

VENUE FOR THE SPACE BOOTCAMP CONFERENCE:

SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park , CA 94025-3493, United States