Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Credit: NASA/Langley

Mark your calendar for the White House “Frontiers Conference” – an October 13^th event that brings together the Nation’s top innovators to discuss how new frontiers in science and technology will help improve lives and shape the future.

A featured aspect of the webcast day is “Interplanetary Frontiers” designed to reach out to the “final frontier” and the next stage of space exploration, including the journey to Mars.

Credit: Bob Sauls – XP4D/Explore Mars, Inc. (used with permission)

Five frontiers

The unique program embraces voices from five frontiers of innovation—personal, local, national, global, and interplanetary.

From developing personalized treatments for diseases like Alzheimer’s or cancer, to harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to improve lives, to sending humans to Mars, the conference will explore innovations that hold the potential to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges and keep America on the cutting edge.

Access to space

A discussion on increasing access to space is on tap with panelists including NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman, Erika Wagner from Blue Origin, and Anousheh Ansari, the first female private space explorer.

Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster takes flight.
Credit: Blue Origin

Other space-related speakers include:

• Ellen Stofan, Chief Scientist, NASA
• Rod Roddenberry, Jr., CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment and Founder of the Roddenberry Foundation
• George Whitesides, CEO, Virgin Galactic

Other speakers will include: Moon Express; Space Systems Loral; The Tauri Group; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Adler Planetarium; Vanderbilt University; Planet, Made in Space; Astrobotic/CMU; and University of Colorado.

WIRED up

U.S. President Obama will travel to Pittsburgh, PA, on October 13 to host the White House Frontiers Conference.

The convening will include topics inspired by the November issue of WIRED, which is guest-edited by the President on the theme of “Frontiers.” The conference will focus on building U.S. capacity in science, technology, and innovation, and the new technologies, challenges and goals that will continue to shape the 21st century and beyond.

The White House is co-hosting the Frontiers Conference with the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).

For more information on this webcast event, go to:

http://www.frontiersconference.org/

For specifics on the interplanetary track, go to:

http://www.frontiersconference.org/tracks/interplanetary