The Space Foundation and SGAC Partner to Offer a Very Special Rate to the National Space Symposium

27 January, 2012

The Space Foundation and the Space Generation Advisory Council have partnered to offer a deeply discounted registration fee for the 28th Annual National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

This fee will provide SGAC members access to:

• All sessions
• The exhibit center
• All open receptions
• Special New Generation events

Speakers at this event include many high-profile members of the international aerospace community and SGAC's supporting organisations including:

• NASA Administrator, Charles Bolden
• Vice President & Gen. Mgr. of Lockheed Martin's Global Communications Systems, Kevin Bilger
• Editor of Space News, Warren Ferster
• President of Arianespace, Inc. and SGAC Advisory Board Member, Clay Mowry

• Chairman of the Executive Board of DLR, Johann-Dietrich Worner

SGAC is proud to be partnering with the Space Foundation to be an official supporter of the National Space Symposium. Recognising the need for the input and development of the tomorrow’s space sector leaders, the Space Foundation is making the New Generation a key focus. SGAC and its members – four thousand 18-35 year olds from all technical and non-technical areas of the space sector in roughly 90 countries – look forward to this opportunity and to participating in the Space Foundation’s National Space Symposium.

The Space Foundation is also hosting SGAC's inaugural Space Generation Fusion Forum event, which will be held April 15 & 16 in conjunction with the National Space Symposium. With additional participation from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauti (AIAA), the Federal Aviation Administration's Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the US-based event aims to highlight international thinking and is geared towards university students and young professionals. More information may be found at www.spacegenerationfusionforum.org.

Discount instructions:

1. Become an SGAC member by registering here.
2. Sign into your account on the SGAC website.
3. Click on the National Space Symposium banner on the left side bar where you will receive the discount code and further instructions.
4. Go to the Space Symposium's website to register for the conference.

Upon entrance at the National Space Symposium, please be prepared with your SGAC username and a photo I.D.

About the Space Foundation

In 1983, a small group of visionary leaders in Colorado Springs saw a need to establish an organisation that could, in a non-partisan, objective and fair manner, bring together the various sectors of America's developing space community and serve as a credible source of information for a broad audience - from space professionals to the general public. The Space Foundation was founded March 21, 1983, as an IRS 501 (c)(3) organization "to foster, develop and promote, among the citizens of the United States of America and among other people of the world ... a greater understanding and awareness ... of the practical and theoretical utilization of space ... for the benefit of civilization and the fostering of peaceful and prosperous world."

As the global space community has evolved, so has the Space Foundation - embracing all facets of space - commercial (including telecommunications and other satellite-based services), civil, and national security. In fact, the Foundation is one of few space-related organizations that embraces the totality of this community rather than focusing on a narrowly defined niche.

In the 27 years since its founding, the Space Foundation has become one of the world's premier nonprofit organizations supporting space activities, space professionals and education. The Foundation's education programs have touched teachers in all 50 U.S. states and Germany. It conducts the premier event for space professionals anywhere in the world today: the National Space Symposium, and the Strategic Space Symposium.