2025 SSEP National Conference – Agenda

Last revised: 5/15/25 at 1:20 PM ET

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

The agenda for the 2025 SSEP National Conference is provided below, but first … get into the Conference mood with some NASA Johnson Style.

 

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

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
John 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 18 and Mission 19
Oral 1: Colorado Springs, Colorado [Mission 18, Flight Experiment]
Oral 2: Sandy, Utah [Mission 18, Flight Experiment]
Oral 3: Brazil/Portugal [Mission 19, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 4: Brazil/Portugal [Mission 19, Finalist Proposal]
Oral 5: Brazil/Portugal [Mission 19, Flight Experiment]

10:40-10:50

Break

10:50-11:05

Featured Presentation 1
Title: TBD
TBD

11:05-11:45

Oral Presentation Block 2 – Mission 19
Oral 6: Ukraine [Mission 19, Flight Experiment]
Oral 7: Colusa, California [Mission 19, Flight Experiment]
Oral 8: Hillsborough County, Florida [Mission 19, Flight Experiment]
Oral 9: Athens, Ohio [Mission 19, Flight Experiment]
Oral 10: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – CCAC [Mission 19, Flight Experiment]

11:45-11:55

Break

11:55-12:35

Oral Presentation Block 3 – Mission 19 and Mission 20
Oral 11: Plano, Texas [Mission 19, Flight Experiment]
Oral 12: San Antonio, Texas [Mission 19, Flight Experiment]
Oral 13: Waxahachie, Texas [Mission 18, Flight Experiment]
Oral 14: Fort Morgan, Colorado [Mission 20, Flight Experiment]
Oral 15: Melbourne, Florida [Mission 20, Flight Experiment]

12:35-12:45

Break

12:45-1:00

Featured Presentation 2
Title: TBD
Patrick O’Neill, Public Affairs and Outreach Lead [Bio]
International Space Station National Laboratory

1:00-1:15

Community Impressions

1:15-1:30

Conference Wrap-up

1:30-6:00

Free Time to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

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 NanoRacks LLC, which is 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.