Featured Speakers
Dr. Bonnie Dunbar
Retired NASA Astronaut, Engineer and Educator
John and Bea Slattery Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Director, Aerospace Human Systems Laboratory, Texas A&M University
Jared Isaacman
Mission Commander, Polaris Dawn Crew
Commander, Inspiration4
Dr. Pascal Lee
Planetary Scientist, SETI Institute
Co-Founder and Chairman, Mars Institute
Director, Haughton-Mars Project
Anita Gale
International Space Settlement Design Competitions,
National Space Society Board of Directors
Daniel Suarez
Science-Fiction Author
Dr. David Livingston
Founder and Host, The Space Show®
Janet Ivey
President, Explore Mars, Inc.
CEO, Janet’s Planet, Inc.
Dr. Anthony Paustian
VP of Marketing
National Space Society
Holly Melear
CEO & Founder
STEAMSPACE Education Outreach
Gary Barnhard
President and CEO
Xtraordinary Innovative Space Partnerships, Inc.
National Space Society Board of Directors
Rod Pyle
Author, Journalist, Filmmaker
Previous Featured Speakers
Lori Garver, Former NASA Deputy Administrator (ISDC 2022)
Kathryn Lueders, NASA Associate Administrator (ISDC 2022)
Lars Hoffman, SVP, Rocket Lab (ISDC 2022)
James Green, Former NASA Chief Scientist (ISDC 2022)
Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator (ISDC 2019)
Tory Bruno, CEO, ULA (ISDC 2019)
Eileen M. Collins, Former NASA Astronaut (ISDC 2019)
Kathryn P. Hire, Former NASA Astronaut (ISDC 2019)
Jeff Manber, CEO, NanoRacks (ISDC 2019)
Scott Pace, Executive Secretary, National Space Council (ISDC 2019)
Al Worden, Apollo 15 Astronaut (ISDC 2019)
Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Blue Origin (ISDC 2018)
Freeman Dyson (ISDC 2018)
Thomas Muller, Propulsion CTO, SpaceX (ISDC 2018)
William Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator, NASA (ISDC 2017)
Thomas P. Stafford, Gemini & Apollo Astronaut (ISDC 2017)
Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Director General, ESA (ISDC 2017)
Ellen Ochoa, Director NASA’s Johnson Space Center (ISDC 2016)
Lindley Johnson, Planetary Defense Officer, NASA (ISDC 2016)
Alan Stern, Principal Investigator, New Horizons (ISDC 2016)
Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 Astronaut (ISDC 2015)
Anousheh Ansari, X Prize, private Space Traveler (ISDC 2015)
Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator (ISDC 2015)
Kip Thorne, Interstellar, Caltech (ISDC 2015)
Elon Musk, SpaceX (ISDC 2014)
Mae Jemison, NASA Shuttle Astronaut (ISDC 2013)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India (ISDC 2013)
Jeff Bezos at ISDC® 2018
Los Angeles, California
Photo by Keith Zacharaski/NSS
Kip Thorne at ISDC® 2015
Toronto, Canada
Photo by Gordon Hawkins/NSS
Buzz Aldrin at ISDC® 2015
Toronto, Canada
Photo by Gordon Hawkins/NSS
Lori Garver, Former NASA Deputy Administrator (ISDC 2022)
Kathryn Lueders, NASA Associate Administrator (ISDC 2022)
Lars Hoffman, SVP, Rocket Lab (ISDC 2022)
James Green, Former NASA Chief Scientist (ISDC 2022)
Jim Bridenstine, NASA Administrator (ISDC 2019)
Tory Bruno, CEO, ULA (ISDC 2019)
Eileen M. Collins, Former NASA Astronaut (ISDC 2019)
Kathryn P. Hire, Former NASA Astronaut (ISDC 2019)
Jeff Manber, CEO, NanoRacks (ISDC 2019)
Scott Pace, Executive Secretary, National Space Council (ISDC 2019)
Al Worden, Apollo 15 Astronaut (ISDC 2019)
Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Blue Origin (ISDC 2018)
Freeman Dyson (ISDC 2018)
Thomas Muller, Propulsion CTO, SpaceX (ISDC 2018)
William Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator, NASA (ISDC 2017)
Thomas P. Stafford, Gemini & Apollo Astronaut (ISDC 2017)
Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Director General, ESA (ISDC 2017)
Ellen Ochoa, Director NASA’s Johnson Space Center (ISDC 2016)
Lindley Johnson, Planetary Defense Officer, NASA (ISDC 2016)
Alan Stern, Principal Investigator, New Horizons (ISDC 2016)
Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 Astronaut (ISDC 2015)
Anousheh Ansari, X Prize, private Space Traveler (ISDC 2015)
Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator (ISDC 2015)
Kip Thorne, Interstellar, Caltech (ISDC 2015)
Elon Musk, SpaceX (ISDC 2014)
Mae Jemison, NASA Shuttle Astronaut (ISDC 2013)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India (ISDC 2013)
Jeff Bezos at ISDC® 2018
Los Angeles, California
Photo by Keith Zacharaski/NSS
Kip Thorne at ISDC® 2015
Toronto, Canada
Photo by Gordon Hawkins/NSS
Buzz Aldrin at ISDC® 2015
Toronto, Canada
Photo by Gordon Hawkins/NSS