John C. Mankins is an entrepreneur and leader in strategic technology management and systems innovation. He is President of Artemis Innovation Management Solutions LLC, President and CTO of Mankins Space Technology, Inc., and was formerly Chief Technologist for Human Exploration and Development of Space at NASA Headquarters. Mankins' 25-year career at NASA Headquarters and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) involved flight projects, space mission operations, systems-level innovation and technology R&D management. Before leaving NASA, Mankins managed an $850M annual exploration technology budget, involving more than 100 projects and 10,000 personnel. Mankins is recognized as the leading expert in the field of space solar power (SSP), managing NASA's SSP programs from 1995-2003, leading a demonstration of wireless power transmission for the Discover Channel (2008), and co-chairing the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) study of SSP (2008-2011). He invented a novel Solar Power Satellite (SPS) concept: SPS-ALPHA (SPS by means of Arbitrarily Large Phased Array). Mankins authored the book, “The Case for Space Solar Power” (2014), which makes the first integrated business case for solar power from space. He lives on the California Central Coast with his wife and daughter, four cats, one dog, and assorted cattle, turkeys, coyotes, etc. He is working on two new books.

Gary Barnhard - a self-described synergistic technological philanthropist, entrepreneur, and serial venture capitalist now serving as the President & CEO of Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships, Inc. (XISP-Inc) a start-up company focused on International Space Station technology development work as well as Barnhard Associates, LLC, a systems engineering consulting firm and Internet Service Provider (Xisp.net) based in Cabin John, Maryland. He is a robotic space systems engineer whose professional work includes a wide range of robotic, space, and computer systems engineering projects. He received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Maryland College Park in 1982 combining Aerospace Engineering, Materials Science, with graduate work in science policy, solar physics, and artificial intelligence/knowledge based systems. He served as a Space Systems Engineer and Information Systems Architect for EER Systems, and as a Senior Space Systems Engineer on the Grumman Space Station Systems Engineering and Integration Contract (SSEIC) responsible for advanced automation and robotic systems support. He was the Executive Secretary of the Space Station Freedom Program Robotics Working Group and received a NASA Group Achievement Award for the Robotic Systems Integration Standards Interface Design Review Team, as well as an Outstanding Support Award from the Canadian Space Agency Space Station Freedom Program Liaison Office. He is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA and a life member of the National Space Society.

2 hours of track time on Thursday May 21st

6 hours on track time on Friday May 22nd (with 2 x 20 mins breaks in addition to lunch).

6 hours of track time on Thursday May 21st (with 2 x 20 mins breaks in addition to lunch).

6 hours on track time on Friday May 22nd (with 2 x 20 mins breaks in addition to lunch).

Soliciting, reviewing and finalizing the presenters within your track

Have creative freedom to outline your track within your track topic and the theme of the ISDC framework. For example, some tracks choose to kickoff with a keynote speaker. Such constructs and topic sub-divisions of your track are up to you - do keep me informed of your plans.

Keep Programming Chair updated on progress through till track

Your track must allocate approximately 1 hour of presentation time on Friday afternoon (4 x 15 mins slots) for the SunSat student competition. Names will be confirmed closer to the conference and some slots may be made available to regular stream closer to the date.

Descriptions - Short descriptions of your tracks will be developed by the LOC and provided to you for review. These will be based on the keyword descriptions attached.

Yoshiaki 'Yoshi' Ohkami, Dr. Eng. Professor Emeritus, Titech Executive Advisor for Institute of System Design & Management Keio University Collabration Bldg. from Japan, is interested in presenting on Japan's research in Space Solar Power. Contact was received via Don Floury in conversation about the SunSat competition.