The Statler Hotel @ Cornell University

Amphitheater

130 Statler Dr
Ithaca, NY 14853

OR Virtually via Zoom

New York State has without fanfare (or being entirely aware) funded, conceptualized and developed a growing commercial Space industry. What differentiates the Empire State from other “Space economy” nations and states is the lack of recognition it receives, as well as coordinated policies to continue to build the industry into a genuine powerhouse for economic growth, business attraction and social development. The talent and ingredients are here as well as companies from Buffalo to Brooklyn working the sector.

This month’s edition of Space & Satellite Professionals International’s (www.sspi.org) popular New York Space Business Roundtable travels to Cornell University and beautiful Ithaca, New York to discuss how New York State has moved forward, the pace of its development and what it needs to really get this going faster.

Panelists include:

• Nick Reese, Co-Founder & COO, Frontier Foundry
• Julie Baker, Co-Founder & COO, Ursa Space Systems
• Luc Decker, Consul General, Luxembourg Trade & Investment Office NY
• Norman R. Garza, Jr., Executive Director, Texas Space Commission
• Barry Safier, Engineering Manager, Moog Space and Defense Group
• N. Darius Sankey, Managing Director, Innovation Acceleration Capital
• Michael Clouser, Director, The Startup Race / Research, International Triple Helix Institute

11:00 AM – Networking & Registration

• Hosted by the New York Consortium for Space Technology Innovation & Development

12:00 AM – “Significant Digits”

• Report on the State of the Space Economy in NY State, by Patrick Chase, Empire Space

12:30 PM - Panel #1 – “Mapping Space Industry Assets in New York”

• Moderator: Joe Fargnoli, Founder, New York Space Alliance (Rochester, NY
• John Neal, Executive Director, Space Policy, Cyber, Space and National Security Division, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

• Barry Safier, Engineering Manager, Moog Space and Defense Group

• N. Darius Sankey, Managing Director, Innovation Acceleration Capital

1:15 PM - Coffee Break

1:45 PM - Special Presentations

• What Do Space Businesses in NY State Need to Launch?
  • 1:45 – 2:00 PM – Julie Baker, Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Ursa Space  – “New ways that local, State and Federal governments can accelerate the growth and support marketshare growth for Space businesses”
  • 2:00 – 2:15 PM – “How NYS is mobilizing its universities to attract and build a commercial Space economy”

2:15 -2:30 PM – Reaction/Discussion

2:30 PM - Panel #2 – Getting it Done: Best Practices in Space-based Economic Development

• Moderator: Lou Zacharilla, Director of Innovation, Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI)
• Nick Reese, CEO & Founder, Frontier Foundry, former DHS
• Luc Decker, Consul General, Luxembourg Trade & Investment Office NY
• Norman R. Garza, Jr., Executive Director, Texas Space Commission

3:15 - Reception and/or Tour of Facility

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