NASA Briefing for NC Governor’s Office

 UNC Office of the President, 910 Raleigh Road, Chapel Hill, NC

 

DATE:  October 24, 2005

DRIVING DIRECTIONS: http://www.northcarolina.edu/content.php/hr/map.htm?submenu=45

Due to overwhelming demand, the NASA event on Monday the 24th is SOLD OUT. Additional registrants cannot be accommodated.

Thank you for your interest.

We look forward to seeing all pre-registered participants at the event.

                                                       

Requester: Donna Lawson                                                 Host:   Scott Daugherty

NASA LaRC (Legislative Affairs)                                            Lenzie Harcum         

Phone:  757-864-2505/757-570-6843(cell)                             Phone: 919-715-7272

 

TIME

BRIEFING

PRESENTER

 

 

 

11:00 – 12:00

Optional

NASA Educational Outreach in NC

Bill Williams

Administrator and students from Paisley Magnet School in Winston-Salem

12:30

Box Lunch

Introduction

LaRC Overview

Box Lunch

 

Donna Lawson 

Bob McMahan 

Russ Lea

1:00

Vision for Space Exploration

Highlight University & Industry Role

Chris Giersch and

Dave Bowles

1:30

Life Science Research in NC

Chris Brown

 

2:00

Small Aircraft Transportation System in NC

Guy Kemmerly

2:30

 

National Institute of Aerospace

 

Bob Lindberg

 

 

3:00

Break

 

3:10pm

 

NC Space Grant Consortium

 

Fred DeJarnette

 

3:30pm

 

Key Issues in North Carolina

 

Scott Daugherty

Dan Winfield

 

4:00

 

Doing Business with NASA: SBIR/STTR Programs Highlight NC Success Story

 

 

 

Bob Yang,

John Ujvari,

local SBIR success story

 

 

4:30

Closing Remarks

 

Depart for NASA LaRC

 

Donna Lawson

Scott Daugherty

 

 

 

 

 

Attendees: Governor’s staff, economic cabinet members, chambers, industry, university, school administrators, district directors for NC congressional delegation.

 

Proposed presenters:

Donna Lawson, Manager for State Government Relations, NASA Langley

Dr. David E. Bowles, Director, Space Exploration Technology Directorate, NASA Langley

Chris Giersch, Outreach Manager, Space Exploration Directorate, NASA Langley

Dr. Christopher Brown, Director of Space Programs, North Carolina State University

Bob Yang, SBIR/STTR Program Manager, NASA Langley

Dr. Bill Williams, Precollege Program Manager, NASA Langley

Dr. Bob Lindberg, President, National Institute of Aerospace

Dr. Fred DeJarnett, Director, NC Space Grant Consortium

Scott Daugherty, Executive Director, Small Business and Technology Development Center

John Ujvari, SBIR Specialist, UNC SBTDC

Dr. Russ Lea, Vice President for Research & Sponsored Programs

Dr. Robert McMahan, Senior Advisor for Science and Technology to NC’s Governor and the Executive Director of the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology

Dan Winfield, Director of Technology Applications, Research Triangle Institute

School Administrator and Students participating in NASA Explorer School, Winston-Salem