The 2023 Humans to Mars Summit | an ExploreMars.Org Event - Day 2

Opportunities and Challenges

8:30-8:40AM ET | Welcome to Day 2 of the 2023 Humans to Mars Summit
● Janet Ivey (Explore Mars, Inc. | President)
● Chris Carberry (Explore Mars, Inc. | CEO)
8:40-9:25AM ET | Mars In 2033: Is It Still Possible?
● Moderator: Beth Mund (Casual Space | Host)
● Hoppy Price (NASA JPL | Mars Orbital Mission 2033)
● Matt Duggan (Boeing | Mission Management & Operations Manager)
● Phill Hattis (Draper Labs | Laboratory Fellow)
● Jancy McPhee (NASA | Human Research Program, Associate Chief Scientist)
9:25-9:40AM ET | Now More Than Ever, Space Education and Outreach
● Rich Cooper (The Space Foundation | Vice President, Strategic Communications &
Outreach)

9:40-10:30AM ET | NASA Directorate Collaboration to Mars: Associate Administrators
Panel
● Moderator: Mat Kaplan (The Planetary Society | Senior Communications
Adviser)
● Dr. Nicola Fox (NASA | Associate Administrator, SMD)
● James Free (NASA | Associate Administrator, ESDMD)
● James Reuter (NASA | Associate Administrator, STMD)

10:30-11:00AM ET | Networking Break (Not likely to have programming)

11:00-11:40AM ET | Planetary Protection: Creating a Sensible Planetary Protection
Policy
● Moderator: Mary Engola (Aerojet Rocketdyne | Sr. Manager, Space
Communications)
● Dr. J. Nick Benardini (NASA | Planetary Protection Officer)
● Mike Gold (Redwire | Executive Vice President for Civil and External Affairs)

11:40-12:30PM ET | Accessibility in Space
● Moderator: Dr. Sheyna Gifford (Preventive and Occupational Medicine, Medical
Operations | Disability Rights and Inclusion in Aerospace)
● Dwayne Fernandes (Minds at Play | Ambassador of Amazement)
● John D. Kemp (Lakeshore Foundation | President & CEO; Author | Disability
Friendly: How to Move from Clueless to Inclusive)
● Sheila Xu (AstroAccess | Deputy Director of Development; Aspiring Deaf
Astronaut)
● Lucas Radaelli (AstroAccess | Ambassador; Google | Senior Software Engineer)

12:30-2:00PM | Lunch Break We will have 1 hr of programming during this intermission

Parallel Sessions: 2:00-5:30
SESSION 1 | BUILDING SUSTAINABILITY

Main Auditorium This is the only breakout being Streamed

2:00-3:15PM ET | Habitation on the Moon and Mars
● Moderator - Mike Fuller (Northrop Grumman | Director, Programs)
● Danny Harris (NASA | Habitation Concepts, ESDMD Strategy & Architecture
Manager, Habitation Systems Development Office/HP40)
● Eleanor Morgan (Lockheed Martin | Program Manager, Space Architect,
Systems Engineer)
● Michael Elsperman (Boeing | Director of Exploration)

3:15-3:45PM ET | Networking Break (Not likely to have programming)

3:45-5:00PM ET | Civil Engineering and Construction on The Moon and Mars
● Moderator: Sam Burbank (Culture in Space Productions | Founder &
Filmmaker)
● Melodie Yashar (ICON | VP, Building Design & Performance)
● Dr. Seamus T. Tuohy (MDA | Sr. Director, Business Development, Robotics &
Space Ops)
● Mark W. Hilburger, Ph.D. (NASA | Principal Technologist for Structures and
Materials, Space Technology Mission Directorate)
● Sam Ximenes (XArc Exploration Architecture Corporation | Founder and CEO)

5:00-5:40PM ET | Draft Plan for a Sustainable Future for Science at Mars
● Eric Ianson (NASA | Deputy Director, Planetary Science Division; Director, Mars
Exploration Program)