Thursday, November 14th

Day Long Exploration - A Conference to Change Lives

STEM, Space and Hollywood

A Conference for Educators, Space Visionaries & Students

Dr. Jackie: The Innovation Program - Click Here for Complete Agenda

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM, The Ahmanson Food Tent

Networking & Hospitality

 

11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Sesson I: Ahmanson Hall, Live Webcast

Our Space Future: A Five-Year Moon and Mars Strategy and the K-12 Space Education Adventure

Z. Nagin Cox, Tactical Mission Lead : Curiosity Rover Flight Team, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Ben Dickow, President and Executive Director, Columbia Memorial Space Center

Rod Pyle, Author, Journalist, and Editor-In-Chief, Ad Astra magazine, National Space Society

Marty Perlmutter, President, Multisensory Interactive Learning Institute (MILI), Moderator

Speaker Bios and Session Information - Click Here

 

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Sesson I: Ahmanson Hall, Live Webcast

Space Educators: From Space Scientists to Creative Visionaries

Marc Zicree, TV, Writer/Producer, Star Trek – The Next Generation, Sliders, Babylon 5, Deep Space Nine

Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, Astrophysicist, Author, Musician and FIU CASE Board Member

Z. Nagin Cox, Tactical Mission Lead : Curiosity Rover Flight Team, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Rod Pyle, Author, Journalist, and Editor-In-Chief, Ad Astra magazine, National Space Society

Marty Perlmutter, President, Multisensory Interactive Learning Institute (MILI), Moderator

Speaker Bios and Session Information - Click Here

 

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Sesson I: Ahmanson Hall, Live Webcast

Space Innovators: VR/AR/XR - Experiments in Technology & Design

Rob Ray, Senior Designer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Penka Kouneva, Leading Games Composer, “NASA AR installations”, “The Mummy VR at IMAX VR

Susan Ip-Jewell, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mars Academy USA

David Birnbaum, Design Director, Immersion Corporation, Moderator

Speaker Bios and Session Information - Click Here

 

3:15 - 4:30 PM, Ahmanson Hall, Live Webcast

The XPrize/Space Medicine/Disaster Medical Challenge: The Collaboration of Space - Science, Disaster Relief and the Medical Community

Dr Susan Ip-Jewell MD ( Moderator/Speaker) - Mars Academy USA, AvatarMEDIC / Space Surgery Institute

John Hanacek MA, CEO, AvatarMEDIC / AvatarRESCUE / SAR 5G / EMPATHealth

Dr Maria Harney MD, CEO, Symbiotic / Mars Academy USA

Helena McGill, BFA, CEO, Noctvrnal / SAR5G / HighAR Ground

Amna Wozniewicz, BFA , COO, AvatarMEDIC / Noctvrnal / SAR 5G

Speaker Bios and Session Information - Click Here

 

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Open to all attendees

End-of-Day Reception – Tent Area

Outdoor Area In Front of Ahmanson Hall

Co-Sponsored by

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The Innovation Forum

Archive of "Space" Panels at Digital Hollywood

 

Hollywood and Space: Honoring the Greatest in Creativity – The Artists – The Science and the Right Stuff

Jeffrey Kluger, Editor at Large, Time magazine and Time.com, Author, Apollo 13 and Apollo 8

Lynda Obst, Producer, Interstellar, Contact, Sleepless in Seattle, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Partner & Stakeholder, The Rogue Initiative

Ian Hunter, Academy Award Winner, Special Effects, “Interstellar”, - Co-Founder / Creative Director, New Deal Studios

Brian Muirhead, Project Manager, Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission (ARRM), NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Chris DeFaria, President of DreamWorks Feature Animation Group, (Executive Producer, "Gravity")

Moderator - Steve Schklair, founding principal and CEO, 3ality & 3mersiv

Introduction by: Marty Perlmutter, Technologist & Social Activist

Speaker Bios and Session Information - Click Here

 

Space Habitats and Living Environments vs. Hollywood Fiction - The Designs for the Future

Jacki Morie, Founder / Chief Scientist, All These Worlds, LLC. (VR for NASA)

Jon Arenberg, Chief Systems Engineer, James Webb Space Telescope, Northrop Grumman

Dr Pascal Lee, Chairman, Mars Institute, Planetary Scientist, SETI Institute, Director of the NASA Haughton-Mars Project at NASA Ames Research Center

Pete Blumel, co-founder, CEO, and Creative Director, The Rogue Initiative (former DREAMWORKS SKG and Amblin Entertainment Animation Executive)

Connie Reese, Civil Space Communications, Space Systems Division Public Relations, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Moderator

Speakers to be announced

Speaker Bios and Session Information - Click Here

 

Astronaut Greg Chamitoff, Shuttle Missions STS-124, STS-126, STS-134, and Space Station Expeditions 17/18

Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Film/TV, Writers, SciFi Novels and Non-Fiction Best Sellers – Star Trek Enterprise, Race to Mars, Authors, Icefire, Star Trek Books, Mars: The Stories of the People Behind NASA’s Mars Missions, Past, Present, and Future

Jeffrey Kluger, Editor at Large, Time magazine and Time.com, Author, Apollo 13 and Apollo 8

Liam Young, founder, Thomorrows Thoughts Today

Moderator, Marty Perlmutter, Technologist & Social Activist

Speaker Bios and Session Information - Click Here

 

VR & AR in Space – Mars – Moon – Space Habitats - From Simulation and Training to Space Themed Cinema

Marijke Jorritsma, UX/UI Designer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Daniel Schechter, Head of Development, 8i , “VR legacy experience for Buzz Aldrin”

Louis Cacciuttolo, CEO, VRrOOm (French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet on the ISS)

Christian Laursen, Creative Director & VR Creative Services - ‎LOOT Interactive, LLC - VR Production Partner for 8i and Time Inc.’s LIFE VR “Buzz Aldrin: CYCLING PATHWAYS TO MARS”

Bud Myrick, VR Supervisor / CG Supervisor, FuseFX / FuseVR, Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways to Mars

Marcus Anzengruber, founder, ARVR Ventures

Nick DeMartino, Managing Director, Startupbootcamp MediaTech, Moderator

Speaker Bios and Session Information - Click Here

 

Hollywood, Space Science and Entertainment ThinkTank: Writers, Directors, Producers

Ben West, Creative Director, Framestore

Z. Nagin Cox, Tactical Mission Lead : Curiosity Rover Flight Team, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Kieran Dickson, Editorial Director, Comet TV (Home of Classics: Star Gate, Mystery Science Theater, Invasion of the Body Snatchers)

John Alan Simon, Writer - Director - Producer, "“Radio Free Albemuth”, "The Getaway"

Dr. Armin T. Ellis, Founder, Exploration Institute, Inventor of i2i Method™, Moderator

Speakers to be announced

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Register for Digital Hollywood - Click Here

The Complete Three-Day Agenda - Click Here

Dr. Jackie: The Innovation Program - Click Here for Complete Agenda

Attendee List from Last Year - 2018 - Click Here

Sponsor and Exhibitor Information - Click Here

Background about Digital Hollywood Click Here

The Skirball Center - See Photos of Skirball Center

I. The Influencer Awards - Voices and Vision of an Industry

Watch Videos From Digital Hollywood

Speaker Selection: To Submit a speaker, please email your speaker submission indicating panel(s) of interest along with bio of your speaker, backgrounder of your company

 

Humans & Exploration to Mars, The Moon and Near Earth Asteroids -

The Near Future, The Future and The Extended Future

Z. Nagin Cox, Tactical Mission Lead : Curiosity Rover Flight Team, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Vera Mulyani, Founder & CEO, Mars City Design

Dr. Susan Jewell MD, Founder/ Mars Academy USA

Rod Pyle, Space Author, Journalist and Historian

Northrop Grumman, Speaker to be announced

Connie Reese, Civil Space Communications, Space Systems Division Public Relations, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Moderator

Speakers to be announced

Speaker Bios and Session Information - Click Here

 

“2001 A Space Odyssey” & “Star Trek” – The Science, The Technology – The Visionary Genius - Imagination Gets Realized

Michael Nankin, Writer – Director - Producer, (Battlestar Galactica, CSI, Taken, Van Helsing, Black Sails)

Dr. Pascal Lee, Chairman, Mars Institute, Planetary Scientist, SETI Institute, Director of the NASA Haughton-Mars Project at NASA Ames Research Center

Mark Murphy, Founding Partner, Voyager Media Company (Producer, Space Odyssey Adventure with Neil deGrasse Tyson)

Allison Huynh, Founder and CEO, MyDream Interactive

Frank Pietronigro, Co-Founder and Chief Visionary Officer, Zero Gravity Arts Consortium (ZGAC),

Marty Perlmutter, Technologist & Social Activist, Moderator

Speaker Bios and Session Information - Click Here