Session 1

Space Commercialization Challenges
- NASA COTS Program
- FAA Commercial Space Licensing

Session 2

Next Generation Space Business
- Government vs Private Sector Ventures
- Personal Spaceflight: X-Prize
- Reducing Risks in Space
- Discussion

Session 3

Critical Success Factors
- Creating Space Businesses
- Reports from the Front Line
- Discussion

Session 4

Seizing Opportunities/ Managing Risks
- Spacecraft Manufacturing/ Launch
- Broadband Satellite Services
- Peaceful uses of Outer Space
- Discussion

Session 5

Space Commercialization
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- National Security Space Office

Session 6

What’s Worked and What Hasn’t?
- Industry Consolidation/ Mergers
- Terrestrial Competition/ Cooperation
- Discussion

Session 7

Case Studies in Commercial Space
- World Space: Digital Audio Radio
- Wild Blue: Broadband Internet
- Orbital Sciences: Manufacturer Satellites/ Rockets
- Discussion

Session 8

Future of Commercial Space
- Regulation and Policy Challenges
- Licensing and Export Control
- Workforce Issues
- Discussion

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