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Wednesday, August 2, 2006

4:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Early Registration - North Foyer

Thursday, August 3, 2006

8:00 a.m. – Conference registration opens – North Foyer Vendor and Display set-up – Solarium

Plenary Talks – Ballrooms

9:00 a.m. - Dr. Mike Griffin, NASA Administrator

10:00 a.m. – Elon Musk – CEO and Founder of Space X

11:00 a.m. – Brian Chase – NASA Associate Administrator for Legislative Affairs

11:45 a.m. – Chris Carberry and The Political Action Task Force – Effective Political Outreach

Following the Political Action Task Force Presentation, Conference Attendees will be taken to Capitol Hill for the Great 2006 Mars Blitz

For those unable to travel or with small children, we offer the following during the afternoon: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Youth Activities, Games, stories etc. for our young Martians – ages 4-12 years old. Youth Chapter discussion group for older youth members. - Quorum

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. – 1st Annual Martian Film Festival – Ballroom D

Evening Entertainment – Ballrooms

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. – Reception (light snacks will be served, cash bar)

8:00 p.m. – 9:00 pm – John Geoghegan – Mars Attacks, a History of Mars as Viewed by Popular Culture

9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. – The Mars Underground, presented by Scott Gill

Ninth International Mars Society Convention August 3-6th, 2006 L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC

Friday, August 4, 2006

8:00 a.m. – Registration opens – North Foyer Vendors and Displays – Solarium

Plenary Talks - Ballrooms

9:00 a.m. - Dr. Scott Horowitz, NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems

10:00 a.m. – Dr. Scott Hubbard, SETI Institute, former head, NASA Mars Exploration Program

11:00 a.m. - Matt Mountain, Director of The Space Telescope Science Institute

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – lunch break

1:00 p.m. – 6:00 pm – Track Talks

Track 1 – Ballroom A Track 2 – Ballroom B Track 3 – Ballroom C Track 4 – Monet 1 & 2 Track 5 – Monet 3 & 4 Martian Film Festival – Ballroom D

Evening Entertainment – Ballrooms

7:00 p.m. – Filmmaker Jeroen Lapre –The MERalizer and The Arthur C. Clarke project 8:00 p.m. – The First Martian Poetry Slam, readings from the Double-X crew 9:00 p.m. – A New World – Is it Worth the Risk? – Australian Astronaut Andy Thomas, Dr. Robert Zubrin, Colin Bryant, Paladin Capital Group, Charles Duelfer, Transformational Space Corp, Francis Slakey, Georgetown University and the American Physical Society, and more.

Ninth International Mars Society Convention August 3-6th, 2006

Track Talks, August 4th, 2006

Track 1- MDRS Track 2 – Human Track 3- Track 4 – Track 5 – Law, 2006 Field Season Factors and Colonization and Life on Mars and Governance and Biomedical Resource Mars to Life Political Research Utilization Implications 12:30-1:00 K. Chankaya – Freedom and Authority on Mars 1:00-1:30 T. Muscatello-A B. Luders-Mars D. Wilkinson L. Kuznetz – C. Carberry- Review of the 2006 Life Extension, NEAmines The Hunt for Mars and MDRS Season Bioregenerative working group Water and Life on Congress, Setting Life Support overview Mars up a Meeting 1:30-2:00 Peter Deterline- Brent Bos-Mars Ed Albin – J. Brandenburg D. O’Donnell – Stars for Mars: Atmospheric Mining Ore Mars and Venus: a Astrolaw: What Musk Observatory Hazard Assessment Deposit in Impact Model for a Court System Package (MAHAP) Basins Persistent Greenhouse on Mars 2:00-2:30 Maggie Zubrin- David Gan- D. Terekhov- H. Sarper-The Ed Hudgins – Exploration Food Terrestrial Chemical Vapour Solar Electrolysis Martian Law Simulation at Microbial Metal Refining Experiment (SEX) Revisited MDRS contamination by Drilling 2:30-3:00 E. Tang- Georgia K. Nebergall Mark Moran- G. Fisher - D. O’Donnell Tech Crew 47 Magnetic Sustained Mars Cylindrical Mars Governmental Radiation Exploration Habitats Immunity and The Protection Space Elevator 3:00-3:30 W. Clancey- Paul Todd- R. Zubrin – The Austin Mardon Grant Bonin- Prototype Software Radiation and the Mars Gasshopper Martian Lava Raching Mars for for Trip to Mars: Can Tubes for Less Spaceflight we Get There Habitation Safely? Structures

3:30-4:00 Elizabeth Tang- William Rowe-An Shaun Moss – H. Sarper- Phase II J.J. Hurtak – MDRS All Female Crew Steel Making on Biosphere Multilateral Engineering for Mars Mission Mars Observation Agreement for a Manned Mission 4:00-4:30 Bo Maxwell-Euro- Gary McPeters- Robert Terry- Shaun Moss- C. Carberry – Mars Cargo Handling Mars Sample Terraforming Operation and Exploration Return via In-Situ Mars, the President and the Propellant Importance of 2008 Presidential Production Preparation Race 4:30-5:00 Double X Crew – N. Chapin- J. Dowding – Philip Crume- J. Brandenburg What I Learned Integrity in Mars Untethered Mars Colony as Mars is the Prize from MDRS Data Human-Computer part of a Space but the is not Interactions Civilization to be Despised 5:00-5:30 Paul Graham - McCormack- Tony Muscatello- Brian Hanley- D. O’Donnell- An overview of the Health Concerns in Integrated Mars In Control Global ISDAC: MDRS Refit Colonization Situ Propellant Warming with Imprimatur Production Terraforming Structure Methods 5:30-6:00 R. Zubrin – Kurt Chankaya – James Brown- Joseph Palaia- W. Hulsey – FMARS 2007 – The End of the A Fuel Depot in 4Frontiers Technology Four Months in the Servant Society Mars Orbit Corporation Development Frozen North through Intellectual Property Analysis

Ninth International Mars Society Convention August 3-6th, 2006 L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC

Saturday, August 5, 2006

8:00 a.m. – Registration opens – North Foyer Vendors and Displays – Solarium

Plenary Talks - Ballrooms

9:00 a.m. – Dr. Robert Zubrin, President, The Mars Society

10:00 a.m. – Andy Thomas, ISS Astronaut

11:00 a.m. – Dr. Chris Mckay

12:00p.m. – 1:00 p.m. – lunch break

1:00 p.m. – 6:00 pm – Track Talks

Track 1 – Ballroom A Track 2 – Ballroom B Track 3 – Monet 1 Track 4 – Monet 2 Track 5 – Monet 3 Martian Film Festival – Ballroom D Mars Society Steering Committee Meeting - Degas

Evening Entertainment – Ballrooms

6:30 – 11:00 - 9th Annual International Mars Society Banquet and Recognition Ceremony Ninth International Mars Society Convention August 3-6th, 2006

Track Talks, August 5th, 2006

Track 1 – Analog Track 2 – Track 3 – Missions, Track 4– Track 5 – Special Analog Studies Propulsion and Philosophical and Projects, Outreach Development Launch Vehicles Historical and Education Implications of Mars Exploration 1:00-1:30 Chris Vancil- K. Nebergall Carlos Glender – Declan O’Donnell- Hannes Griebel – Suited for Mars The Polar Logistical Space The Mars Balloon Spacesuit Exploration Importance of Development Project Symposium Initiatives Supportability, Phase ARCHIMEDES Maintainability and Commonality 1:30-2:00 J. Milliun- Douglas Gage Erik Kabo – A B. Serrato- Hannes Griebel- Experiments to Begin High Feasibility Study of Paradigm Shifts, Radio Science Determine Impacts Fidelity Mars a Mars Scout Ripples in Space Investigations with of Analogue Suits Simulations Now Vehicle to Study Mars Express Methane 2:00-2:30 Gary Harris- Paul Graham - J.E. Brandenburg- M. Adams – E. Wagner-Mars Architecture of a FMARS-MOD2, MET(Microwave Killing Apollo: Gravity Planetary EVA an overview Electro- Why America is Biosatellite: Spacesuit Thermal)Thruster not a Space-Faring Project Overview Nation 2:30-3:00 C. Carr-Walking Paul Todd Randy Parsley- Marvin Hilton – Fulford-Jones and Running in Laboratory Based Evolution of EELV The Real Reason Mars Gravity Space Suits Simulator of Mars Upper Stage for Exploring Biosatellite: Surface Propulsion for In- Mars Payload Environment Situ Exploration 3:00-3:30 L. Kuznetz- The S. Rupert – What Mike Houts – Ed Hudgins – J. Lagarde- Demo Mars Suit Project Forestry Research Fission Surface Martian Culture of New Mars Teaches Power and its Terrestrial Society Web Site Prelude Tools 3:30-4:00 Gary Harris-The C. Phillips – Frank Crossman- James Heiser – Paul Graham - North Dakota Spaceflight and The Weakest Link What is a New The Future of the Spacesuit Sims in the Space Civilization Engineering Team Elevator Vision Worth? 4:00-4:30 D. Allred – Bruce Irving – Debbie Lee Howard Bloom – T. Hill – Intermediate Virtual Wilkinson-Moving How New I want to Go to Martian Prototyping , Targets-The Frontiers Resculpt Mars, a Children’s Atmospheric Study Orbiter Space Inherent Nature of your Body and Book and Demonstration Flight Sim Orbital Dynamics your Brain 4:30-5:00 L. Kuznetz - Grant Bonin – Z. Whitten-A S. Davidian- L. Kuznetz- Go to Biosensors and Physiological Martian Railroad, Centennial Mars: An Smart Suits Issues in Human Opening the New Challenges Education Based Mars Exploration West Mars Game 5:00-5:30 James Brown- Regan Walker-the J. Heldmann- Mars , Sooner and Drive to Mars NASA Quest Web Cheaper Using Challenge as an Ed Small Launch Tool Vehicles 5:30-6:00 Richard Thieltges- Martha Adams – J.E. Tillman Roadmap for the Evolution of Manned Mars & Exploration Cultural and K-8 Education Human Differences between Planetary Cultures

Ninth International Mars Society Convention August 3-6th, 2006 L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, Washington, DC

Sunday, August 6th, 2006

8:00 a.m. – Registration opens – North Foyer Vendors and Displays – Solarium

Plenary Talks - Ballrooms

9:00 a.m. – Eric Anderson, CEO Space Ventures Inc.

10:00 a.m. – Dr. Penelope Boston

10:45 a.m. – George Whitesides, President of National Space Society

11:00 a.m. Registration closes Vendors and Displays begin breakdown

11:30 p.m. – lunch break

12:15 p.m. – 2:00pm – Track Talks

Track 1 – Ballroom A Track 2 – Ballroom B Track 3 – Ballroom C

2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Closing Meeting, Dr. Robert Zubrin, Steering Committee Members

Ninth International Mars Society Convention August 3-6th, 2006

Track Talks, August 6th, 2006

Track 1 – Track 2 – Track 3 – The Mars Track 4 - Philosophical & A New Look at Mars Homestead Theological Implications of Mars Exploration 12:15 – 12:45 James Heiser – Truth, J. Brandenburg Bruce Mackenzie – Virtue and the CI Carbonaceous The Mars Homestead Opening of a New Chondrites as Missing Overview World Old Meteorites 12:45-1:15 Howard Bloom - G.Drake- Outreaching Mars Homestead Super Simultaneity – to the Environmental continues Answering a Community Fundamental Darwinian Question 1:15-1:45 James Weber- R. McGowan- Mars Homestead Towards a Beginning Particulate Lensing in continues Astrotheology the Earth’s Atmosphere 1:45-2:15 Boris Yik Yim – Hugh Gregory – Mars Homestead Philosophy for Project Mast continues Martians