2024 SSEP National Conference – Agenda

Last revised: 6/20/24 at 2:51 PM ET

Note: this page is being updated as information about presentations and presenters becomes available.

The agenda for the 2024 SSEP National Conference is provided below, but first … get into the Conference mood with some NASA Johnson Style.

 

Monday, July 1, 2024

8:00 am SHARP 
Arrival at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex parking gate – gate opens to parking lot at 8:30 am but we need SSEP delegates at the head of the line

8:30
Enter parking lot and park near flagpoles at the entrance of KSCVC

8:45
Meet at the flagpoles near the entrance of KSCVC

8:45- 8:55
Tickets to KSCVC distributed to Conference attendees

at the flagpoles, all delegation Points of Contact provide Jeff Goldstein total number of delegates for their community and receive tickets for distribution

8:55-9:15
Entry into Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Conference attendees will be directed into the Conference venue – the Center for Space Education

Morning in The Center for Space Education

9:20-9:30

Welcome, Introductions and AV Orientation
Jeff Goldstein, NCESSE
Stacy Hamel, NCESSE

9:30-10:00

Keynote Address
Title: Celebrating the Past, Embracing the Present, and Inspiring the Future:
Human Exploration, the Journey Continues
Dr. Jeff Goldstein, SSEP National Program Director [Bio]
Center Director, National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE)

10:00-10:40

Oral Presentation Block 1 – Mission 16, Mission 17 and Mission 18
Oral 1: Hillsborough County, Florida [Mission 16, Flight Experiment]
Oral 2: Glendora, California [Mission 17, Flight Experiment]
Oral 3: Ocala, Florida [Mission 17, Flight Experiment]
Oral 4: Burleson, Texas [Mission 17, Flight Experiment]
Oral 5: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [Mission 18, Semi-Finalist Proposal]

10:40-10:50

Break

10:50-11:20

Featured Presentation 1
Title: Overcoming Obstacles and Reaching for the Stars!
Dr. Don Thomas [Bio]
NASA Astronaut, STS-65, 70, 83, 94

11:20-12:00

Oral Presentation Block 2 – Mission 18
Oral 6: Kingston, Ontario, Canada [Mission 18, Flight Experiment]
Oral 7: Athens, Ohio [Mission 18, Flight Experiment]
Oral 8: Kent, Ohio [Mission 18, Flight Experiment]
Oral 9: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – CCAC [Mission 18, Flight Experiment]
Oral 10: Burleson, Texas [Mission 18, Flight Experiment]

12:00-12:10

Break

12:10-12:50

Oral Presentation Block 3 – Mission 18
Oral 11: Houston, Texas [Mission 18, Flight Experiment]
Oral 12: Plano, Texas [Mission 18, Flight Experiment]
Oral 13: San Antonio, Texas [Mission 18, Flight Experiment]
Oral 14: Waxahachie, Texas [Mission 18, Flight Experiment 1]
Oral 15: Waxahachie, Texas [Mission 18, Flight Experiment 2]

12:50-1:00

Break

1:00-1:15

Featured Presentation 2
Title: Research in Space to Benefit Humanity
Patrick O’Neill, Public Affairs and Outreach Lead [Bio]
International Space Station National Laboratory

1:15-1:30

Community Impressions

1:30-1:35

Conference Wrap-up

1:35-6:00

Free Time to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

*2:45-3:15

Special Meet and Greet with retired Astronaut Dr. Don Thomas
Space Mirror Memorial (located behind the IMAX Theater)

The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) is a program of the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) in the U.S., and the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Space Education internationally. It is enabled through a strategic partnership with DreamUp PBC and NanoRacks LLC, which are working with NASA under a Space Act Agreement as part of the utilization of the International Space Station as a National Laboratory. SSEP is the first pre-college STEM education program that is both a U.S. national initiative and implemented as an on-orbit commercial space venture.