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The 1999 Annual Alumni Conference will be held in combination with Mars Week, which is the first confernce organized by ThinkMars. ThinkMars is a group of MIT students that has developed a business concept for the human exploration of Mars.

Conference Plans thus far:

Friday, October 1, 1999

• Afternoon registration
  
• "Students and Space" - evening event for students to learn about opportunities in the space industry, and local and national space organizations
  • National Space Society
  • The Planetary Society
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • The Mars Society
  • SEDS
  • EAPS
  • NAAA
  • Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium
  • MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Sponsored by societies and departments, free to students.
  Intro by Professor Ed Crawley
  Location TBD (On MIT Campus)
• Semi-planned social event to local restaurant, nightclub, bar, etc for
  attendees.
  

Saturday, October 2, 1999

"All about Mars" technical forum with 6 invited speakers (order and
speakers subject to change)

9:30 Start
9:45 – 10:00Welcome Justin Talbot-Stern
10:00 – 10:45Why Mars?Robert Zubrin
10:45 – 11:30Think MarsKevin Leclaire
11:30 – 12:15Humans to MarsKent Joosten
12:15 – 1:00Viking on MarsGerald Soffen

12:15 - 1:30 Lunch

1:45 – 2:30Life on MarsEverett Gibson, Kathie Thomas
2:30 – 3:15Geology of MarsMaria Zuber
3:15 – 4:00Robots on MarsTBD
4:00 – 4:45 Mars on EarthPascal Lee

7:00 - 7:30 Reception
7:30 - 9:00 BanquetChris McKay


Cost of forum: TBD
Cost of banquet: TBD

Sunday, October 3, 1999

The following Items are planned to take place

1. NAAA 3rd Annual Congress

2. UNISPACE III SGF Update/Discussion Group

Several alumni attended and served as delegates to UNISPACE III's SGF, which was organized by ISU for the United Nations. Andrew Hoppin has agreed to provide an update at the Annual Event. In addition, a group discussion based on a few HOT topics from the SGF is under consideration.

3. Mars Workshop - "Let's talk about Mars" discussing a variety of
Mars-related topics, with participation
by students, invited speakers and faculty.

Possible topics (add to this list):
- mission architectures
- colonization strategies
- funding and marketing strategies
- terraforming techniques
- construction techniques
- public and congressional outreach development

Workshop start: 10 am
Workshop end: 3 pm
Cost of workshop: TBD