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Monday, December 5, 2011; 6:30pm-9:00pm
Sheraton Sunnyvale Hotel, Sunnyvale, CA — Note change of date and location

Space Exploration, Advocacy, and The Space Show

Dr. David Livingston
Founder and Host, The Space Show®

Summary

The Space Show is a live call-in Internet radio show with a global following, and a spectrum of discussion about the emerging space commerce and tourism industry. Show host Dr. David Livingston has interviewed many experts from NASA and industry, including many from the Silicon Valley and NASA Ames area. They have discussed a broad range of technical and economic issues. This time, after a decade of hosting the show, we turn the tables. He will be our guest, and our host, Lynn Baroff, will ask and moderate questions to David.

About the Speaker

David Livingston Dr. David Livingston is the founder and host of The Space Show®. In the 10 1/2 years and close to 1700 interviews, it is the nation’s only talk radio program exclusively focusing on space commerce, space tourism, and facilitating our becoming a space-fairing economy and society. Dr. Livingston is also the Executive Director of the One Giant Leap Foundation, Inc., the 501(C)3 that controls The Space Show and promotes space education.

David is also an Adjunct Professor of Space Studies in the Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota. He has a BA in Political Science, an MBA specializing in International Business Management, and a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA). His dissertation was titled Outer Space Commerce: Its History and Prospects.

Dr. Livingston is a frequent speaker at space conferences; he has published more than 50 papers including chapters in books. Most recently he authored the Space Tourism chapter in the Space Encyclopedia and co-authored three business and financial chapters in the new SMAD Textbook, Space Mission Engineering: The New SMAD. David has lectured at several universities and has been a guest on many national radio programs, including a weekly segment on the John Batchelor nationally syndicated radio program. When not teaching, broadcasting, writing, or just playing, Livingston is a business consultant working with clients on business and strategic planning.

Resources of Interest

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Meeting Details

Registration and no-host cocktails at 6:30 pm; buffet dinner at 7:00 pm; program starts at 7:30 pm; program ends at 9:30 pm. This meeting is open to the general public.

Dinner Meeting Location

New location

Sheraton Sunnyvale Hotel
1100 N Mathilda Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
408-745-6000


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Point of Contact

For more information about this meeting, contact AIAA SF Programs Director Lynn Baroff