INVITATION: Sept 28 Florida Space and Technology Forum

You are invited

…to join event co-chairs, Senator Mike Haridopolos and Representative Dean Cannon, event moderator Speaker John Thrasher, elected officials and community leaders from around the state to craft a public policy agenda for the Space industry at the…

Third Annual
Florida Space and Technology Forum
Monday, September 28
8:30 to 11:30 AM
Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Central Florida
Brevard Community College/Cocoa Campus
1679 Clearlake Road, Cocoa, FL 32922

With special presentations by:

• Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas
• Congressman Bill Posey
• Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana
  

Legislative Panel:

• Senator Thad Altman
• Representatives Sandy Adams
• Representative Steve Crisafulli
• Representative Rich Glorioso
• Representative Bryan Nelson
• Representative Scott Plakon
• Representative Ralph Poppell
• Representative Steve Precourt
• Representative John Tobia
• Representative Ritch Workman

Presenters:

• Randy Berridge, President, Florida High Tech Corridor Council
• Barney Bishop, President and CEO, Associated Industries of Florida
• Frank DiBello, President, Space Florida
• Dr. Sam Durrance, Professor, Physics and Space Science, Florida Institute of Technology and NASA Astronaut, Payload Specialist 1984 – 1996
• Marshall Heard, Space Advisor, Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast and Chairman, Florida Aviation Aerospace Alliance
• Kevin Hoshstrasser, Florida Operations Site Director and Florida Space Shuttle Operations Program Manager, The Boeing Company
• Adrian Laffitte, Director Florida Government Relations, Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Mark Nappi, Vice President of Launch and Recovery Systems and Florida Site Executive, United Space Alliance
• Mark Wilson, President and CEO, Florida Chamber of Commerce
  
  

Presentations will focus on these key areas of emphasis:

• Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education,
• Research and applied technology,
• Workforce training and transition,
• Business development and incentives,
• Space infrastructure, and
• State and federal partnership opportunities
  
  

PLEASE

… take this opportunity to help identify Space industry priorities for the 2010 legislative session. This program is free and open to the public. Registration opens at 8:15 a.m. and seating is limited. For additional information please call 321-637-5407 or email

leigh.holt@brevardcounty.us.