The 2025 Humans to the Moon & Mars Summit - Day 1

8:30-8:40am ET | Welcome to Day 1 of the 2025 Humans to the Moon and Mars Summit
● J.R. Edwards (Explore Mars, Inc. | President)
● Chris Carberry (Explore Mars, Inc. | CEO)

8:40-9:30am ET | Space Science: A Vital National Interest with an Introduction by Dr. Michael Moloney (American Institute of Physics | CEO)
● Moderator: Mat Kaplan (The Planetary Society | Senior Communications Advisor) ● Dr. James Green (Explore Mars, Inc. Advisory Board | Chair; former NASA Chief Scientist) ● Dr. James Garvin (NASA | Chief Scientist, Goddard Spaceflight Center) ● Dr. John Mather (Nobel Laureate, Physics | former NASA Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) Science Team)
● Dr Britney Schmidt (Cornell University | Associate Professor, Astronomy and Earth & Atmospheric Science)

9:30-9:35 ET | A Video Message from Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

9:35-10:25am ET: Life on Mars: Past, Present, Future
● Moderator: Tariq Malik (Space.com | Editor-in-Chief)
● Dr. James Green (former NASA Chief Scientist)
● Dr. Jennifer Eigenbrode (NASA GSFC | RESEARCH AST, PLANETARY STUDIES) ● Dr. Daniel Glavin (NASA GSFC | Senior Scientist for Sample Return)

10:25-10:40am ET | Networking Break

10:40-10:50am ET : Lightning Talk - Short Duration Crewed Mars Mission Opportunities ● Humphrey “Hoppy” Price (NASA JPL at CALTECH | NASA's robotic Mars Exploration Program, Chief Engineer)

10:50-11:40am ET | What are the most significant hurdles that need to be overcome before humanity steps on the surface of Mars?
● Moderator: Joe Cassady (Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies Company | Director, Civil Space)
● Dr. Erik Antonsen (Mass General Hospital | Associate Physician, Space, Ecological, Arctic, and Resource-limited (SPEAR) Medicine Division)
● Humphrey “Hoppy” Price (NASA JPL at CALTECH | NASA's robotic Mars Exploration Program, Chief Engineer)
● Tim Cichan (Lockheed Martin | Space Exploration Architect)
● Caleb Weiss (ULA | Vulcan Development, System Engineering Leader) 11:40-12:10AM ET “How to Make the Mars Initiative Successful”
● Dr. Robert Zubrin (The Mars Society | President)

12:10- 1:00pm ET | How Big a Priority Should Beating China Back to the Moon Be?
● Moderator: Kara Cunzeman (Aerospace Corporation | Director of Strategic Foresight) ● Dr. Scott Pace (The George Washington University | Space Policy Institute, Director) ● Todd Harrison (American Enterprise Institute | Senior Fellow)
● Dr. Namrata Goswami (Johns Hopkins University | School of Advanced International Studies: Professor of Space Security, United States Space Force)

1:00-2:00pm ET | Lunch Break

2:00-2:30pm ET | Evolution of Volatiles in the Moon's Permanently Shadowed Regions ● Dr. James Green (Explore Mars, Inc. Advisory Board | Chair; former NASA Chief Scientist)

2:30-3:10pm ET | A Fireside Chat with Vanessa Wyche (NASA | Acting Associate Administrator) ● Facilitator: JR Edwards (Explore Mars, Inc: President)

3:10-3:15 ET | A Video Greeting from Rep. Mike Haridopolos (FL-08)

3:15-3:35 ET | Networking Break

3:35-4:05 ET | Architecting for the Moon and Mars: An Overview of NASA’s Moon to Mars Architecture Process
● Jake Bleacher (NASA | Chief Exploration Scientist; Manager for Science and Technology Utilization)
4:05-4:10: A Video Message from Rep. George T. Whitesides (CA-27)

4:10-4:25 ET | Mars Innovation Challenge Award Ceremony
● Janet Ivey (Janet’s Planet | CEO ; Explore Mars, Inc. | Director of Education)

4:25-5:20 ET | Moon and Mars Logistics: Maintaining One of the Most Complex Endeavors in Human History
● Moderator: Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi (Astrophysicist, Inventor, Science communicator, Author) ● Jacki Cortese (Blue Origin | Senior Director of Civil Space)
● Seamus Tuohy (MDA | Sr. Director, Business Development, Robotics & Space Ops) ● Ernest Sanchez (Leidos | Program Manager, Cargo Mission Contact)
● Tim Bulk ( Special Aerospace Services | Chief Technical Officer, President of SAS International)

5:20-5:30pm ET | Day 1 Closing Remarks
● Dr. Tiffany Vora (Explore Mars, Inc | Vice President, Innovation Partnerships)