Corporate-Sponsored Conferences

Program Management Assistance Group Symposium

February 9-10, 2010 - Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel, Los Angeles, Calif.

The Program Management Assistance Group (PMAG) Symposium provides a forum for government and industry specialists to collaborate with their peers through presentations, workshops, and panel discussions on issues and solutions related to integrated program management.

Ground System Architectures Workshop
March 1-4, 2010 - Manhattan Beach Marriott, Manhattan Beach, Calif.
GSAW is an annual workshop that facilitates exploration of issues and potential for consensus in software architectures for spacecraft ground systems (SGSs). It provides an international forum for SGS users, developers, and researchers to share their experiences through presentations, working groups, and panel discussions. reliability and qualification methodologies.

Spacecraft Thermal Control Workshop
March 9-11, 2010 - The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif.
The workshop provides a forum for the aerospace community to share information relative to new technology developments and lessons learned in spacecraft thermal control.

Space Systems Risk Management Symposium 
April 6-8, 2010 - The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif.

Leaders and practitioners from defense, government, industry and academia will share knowledge and information about best practices, lessons learned, new acquisition policies, industry initiatives, and new and alternative methods and tools to mitigate the risks inherent in space system development and operation.

Carbon Nanotubes for Space Applications Interchange Meeting
March 16-17, 2010 - The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif.
This inaugural meeting will bring together government and industry in review of developing carbon nanotube applications for space systems. The forum will feature materials research from government labs, Air Force contractors, and selected materials suppliers. The goal is to assist in technology planning for future spacecraft systems. Registration is by Invitation Only.

Space Power Workshop 
April 19-22, 2010 - Manhattan Beach Marriott, Manhattan Beach, Calif.
The Space Power Workshop provides an informal, unclassified, international forum for the exchange of ideas and information on space power. Technical presentations on advances in both components and system concepts are presented.

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Space Parts Working Group 
May 4-5, 2010 - Doubletree Hotel Torrance, SouthBay, Torrance, Calif.
The Space Parts Working Group is an unclassified, international forum to disseminate information to the aerospace industry and to resolve problems with high-reliability electronic piece parts needed for space applications.

Spacecraft and Launch Vehicle Dynamic Environments Workshop 
June 8-10, 2010 - The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif.

The workshop objective is to establish a forum to discuss the best approaches for designing, modeling, analyzing, and testing modern space systems for acoustic, vibration, and shock environments.

Concluded Workshops and Conferences

Microelectronics Reliability & Qualification Workshop
Concluded
The workshop provides a forum for discussing issues in all areas of microelectronics reliability and qualification for high-reliability and commercial applications. Technical sessions and daily keynote speakers cover the latest results or work in progress in microelectronics device.

U.S. Space Mission Assurance Summit
Concluded
The strategic intent of the summit is to create an environment that will deliver 100% mission success. The goal is to identify actions to effect immediate improvements in government and industry essential practices, and to identify long-term recommendations to enhance U.S. space program mission success.

Mission Assurance Improvement Workshop 
Concluded

This workshop is designed to enhance the collaboration among National Security Space professionals in the customer and contractor communities.

Aerospace Testing Seminar 
Concluded
The Aerospace Testing Seminar (ATS) provides a forum to communicate and exchange knowledge for the improvement and implementation of aerospace testing technology.

International Two-Phase Thermal Control Technology Workshop

Concluded

This workshop provides a forum for two-phase specialists from industry, academia, and research organizations to discuss the technical aspects of single- and two-phase heat transport technology for space applications. Attendance is by "invitation only."

NSISC Space INFOSEC Symposium

Concluded

The annual forum includes government agencies, military organizations, space program office representatives, and industry, who present recent space information assurance and space information systems security (INFOSEC) developments, organizational changes, processes, production, deployment, and operational activities.

Directions in Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere Research
Concluded
The Aerospace Corporation will host a conference to discuss the state of ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere research. The goal of the conference is to provide guidance for future investments in the infrastructure needed to perform this research.

Manufacturing Problem Prevention Program (MP3)

Concluded

The program is focused on generating and distributing information and data that are intended to prevent problems and minimize schedule and cost impacts due to unpredicted problems or anomalies. This year's meeting is on Advanced Space Materials

2007 Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroids
Concluded
The conference will address technical issues relative to and associated with the defense of Earth from approaching near-Earth objects—comets and asteroids. More information is posted on the 2004 Planetary Defense Conference.