Ascension 2021 Schedule

Schedule

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Time (PST)

DAY #1 | Friday - February 26, 2021
2:00 - 2:30pm

Registration & Networking: Time for participants to log in to the platform
2:30- 3:00pm
 Welcome, Opening Remarks & Information
3:00 - 3:45pm

Opening Keynote Speaker #1: Your Place in Space (TBD)
3:45 - 4:00 pm 15-Minute Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:00pm

Panel #1: A 360 View of the Canadian Space Industry

Moderator: Christopher Kitzan
Panelists: 

  • Clinton Senkow
  • Michel Wander (CSA)
  • Marc Boucher (SpaceQ)
  • TBD
5:00 - 6:00 pm Networking, Games Night, and SEDS-Canada Social

Time (PST) 

DAY #2 | Saturday - February 27, 2021
 8:15 - 8:45am Registration & Networking: Time for participants to log in to the platform
8:45- 9:00am  Welcome, Opening Remarks & Information
9:00 - 10:00am 

Panel #2: Entrepreneurship in Space

Moderator: TBD
Panelists: 

  • Lucy Stojak (Space Law)
  • Obruta
  • Ryan Anderson
  • Reaction Dynamics 
10:00 - 10:15am

15-Minute Coffee Break
10:15- 11:00am

Speaker Series #1: Path to Moon & Mars (Geology)

Speaker: Dr. Gordon "Oz" Osinski

Speaker Series #1: Sattelite/robots using ai for secuirty and practicallity, self building robots

Speaker: Dr. Alex Ellery
 11:00 - 11:15 am 15-Minute Coffee Break
11:15am - 12:00 pm 3-Minute Thesis Competition
12:00pm - 1:00pm LUNCH

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Members Only: Industry Expo

Company #1:

Company #2

Company #2:
 1:00-1:45pm

Speaker Series #2: Osteocytes or Space Food

Speaker: Roxy Fournier

Speaker Series #2: Astrostatistics

Speaker: Gwendolyn Eadie
1:45 - 2:00 pm

15-Minute Coffee Break
2:00 - 2:45pm 

Speaker Series #3: TBD

Speaker: TBD

Speaker Series #3: Quantum Computing

Speaker: Jennifer Elliot (QEYnet)

 2:45 - 3:45pm

Networking & Industry Expo 
 3:45 - 4:00 pm

15-Minute Coffee Break
4:00 - 4:30pm 

Speaker Series #4: Transforming space phenomena into music

Speaker: Dr. Matt Russo (System Sounds)
4:30 - 5:00 pm

Speaker Series #4: Indigineous stories showing the role of space in human culture

Speaker: Wilfred Buck (Science facilitator)

5:00 -5:15 pm

Closing Remarks
5:15 - 6:15 pm

Networking, Games Night, and SEDS-Canada Social

 Time (PST)

DAY #3 | Sunday - February 28, 2021
 8:30 - 9:00am Registration & Networking
 9:00 -9:15 am Welcome, Opening Remarks & Information
 9:15-10:15am YSpace Competition
 10:15 - 10:30 am 15-Minute Coffee Break
 11:30- 12:30pm LUNCH

Members Only Session (with Dr. Parshati Patel)

Members Workshop: Professional Development and Science Communication
 12:30 - 1:30pm

Panel #3: Our Place in Space: Perspectives on EDI in Space

Moderator: Dr. Parshati Patel
1:30 - 1:45 pm

15-Minute Coffee Break
1:45 - 2:30pm

Speaker Series #5: Propulsion of the Future

Speaker: Prof. Andrew J Higgins

Speaker Series #5: TBD 

Speaker: TBD
2:30 - 2:45 pm

15-Minute Coffee Break
 2:45 - 3:45pm Panel #4: Off the Record
3:45 - 4:00 pm 15-Minute Coffee Break
 4:00 - 4:45pm

Closing Keynote Speaker: Our Place in Space

Speaker: TBD
 4:45 - 5:00 pm Closing Remarks & Thank you
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