Registration Opens California Ballroom Registration Desk 100 Year Starship Store (Store opens at 7:30 AM) Participant Assistance Local Area Tours and Outings Will be announced October 20 for sign up.

Salons1-3

Meeting and greet with speakers, track chairs and other attendees in the first of many networking sessions.

100YSS Classes-100YSS Salons 1-3 Classes focus on fundamental principles of disciplines that underlie the capabilities of interstellar flight. The classes help attendees build a greater understanding and appreciation of the... Read More

100 Year Starship Store  (Store opens at 7:30 AM) Participant Assistance

Finding Earth 2.0: Evolutionary Step or Societal Imperative Mae Jemison, M.D., Principal 100YSS, Physician, Engineer, Educator, Entrepreneur and Former astronaut Technical Track Show & Tell Pam Contag, Ph.D., 100YSS Technical... Read More

• Becoming an Interstellar Civilization • Designing for Interstellar • Space, Stars and Destinations • Life Sciences  

Playing with the Stars: Realities of Human and Childhood Education Development in Finding Another Earth. Moderator, Kathleen Toerpe, Ph.D. An exploration of human learning, creativity, achievement, play and mental health.... Read More

• Becoming an Interstellar Civilization • Propulsion and Energy • Data & Communications • Life Sciences    

• Becoming an Interstellar Civilization • Designing for Interstellar    

Ron Cole, Moderator. Prof. Michael Flynn, (Stanford Univ. & Maxeler Dataflow): Robust techniques for Massive Data Handling Mmboneni Muofhe (Deputy Director General, Dept of Science & Tech- South Africa)- Discussion... Read More

Hosted session for Technical Track poster submissions. Sedona Room Hosted by Timothy Meehan, PhD Poster Session Chair Strolling Dinner

100YSS celebrates the Inaugural year of our Canopus Awards for Writing. Meet the finalists in the Original Fiction and Non-Fiction writing and Previously Published Original Fiction and Non-Fiction categories. We... Read More

(Open to the Public- Tickets Available) Science fiction frequently leads to science fact. And the extremes of scientific discovery today fuel the imagination and possibilities that science fiction writers catapult... Read More

100 Year Starship Store  (Store opens at 7:30 AM) Participant Assistance

100YSS Classes-100YSS Salons 1-3 Classes focus on fundamental principles of disciplines that underlie the capabilities of interstellar flight. The classes help attendees build a greater understanding and appreciation of the... Read More

Facilitated by Jill Tarter, PhD (Astronomer and Co-founder, SETI Institute) this is a discussion where are we on the road to Earth 2.0? of the latest finds in astronomy and... Read More

Conversations facilitated by Hakeem Oluseyi, PhD (Chief Science Officer, Discovery Channel, Astrophysicist and Professor Florida of Technology, TED Fellow), focus on current issues or trends in science, engineering, economics, human... Read More

Amy Millman, Moderator Purposeful Inclusion: The Key to Achieving Radical Leaps in Technology and Enhancing Life on Earth • Marianne Caponnetto – Digital • Ronke Olabisi, PhD – Professor Bioengineering,... Read More

Don’t (Just) Follow the Water: Report from Keck Institute Study Morgan L. Cable, Ph.D. Jet Propulsion Laboratory

3D Space Construction with In Situ Materials. Scott Howe, PhD Jet Propulsion Laboratory  

These are the researchers, technologies and systems pushing the very sharp edge of knowledge, engineering and capabilities. Stroll through an overview of the tech and then take a Deep Dive... Read More

Independent two-hour workshops making deep dives into subject matter from the symposium—Space Law and Policy Talks; Relativistic Speeds; Communicating Science

Program: Artificial Intelligence & Seeking New Worlds: Mickey Fisher, creator of the CBS space drama series EXTANT, in conversation with Dr. Mae Jemison and Dr. Karl Aspelund consider the potential... Read More

 A meeting and networking place for symposium attendees. Open throughout the day

Discussion of the papers and ideas that emerged from the Technical Track presentations.

The Ideas, people and organizations set to continue the journey  Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides and South Africa’s Deputy Director General for Science and Technology Mmbonene Muofhe will discuss the... Read More

Moderator:  Karl Aspelund, Ph.D., Anthropologist, Industrial Design, Asst. Prof Textile & Design, Univ. of Rhode Island Lt. General Patrick O’Reilly, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; Louis Friedman, PhD, Author and Co-founder,... Read More

Closing & 100YSS: The Year Ahead Discussion on the next year and beyond. 2014 Symposium Close