AIAA Los Angeles Section Holiday Gathering 12/20

(A hybrid event: In-person and online attendance)

Saturday, December 20, 2025, 10:15 AM PST (GMT -0800)

Disclaimer: The views of the speakers / panelists do not represent the views of AIAA or the AIAA Los Angeles Section.

Tentative Agenda: (All Time PST (GMT -0800))

10:00: Library opens

10:15-10:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks: Madhu Thangavelu

10:30-11:30 #1 Panel

11:30-12:30 #2 Panel

12:30-13:30 #3 Panel

13:30-14:30 #4 Panel

14:30-15:30 #5 Panel

15:30-16:30 #6 Panel

17:00: Library closes

Six Panels on the Human Spaceflight (tentative and it's not in the sequential order) (Updates will be provided soon):

• Past and Education
• Earth Orbit: ISS / Space Tourism / Commercial Space
• Cis-Lunar/Lunar/Mars, Artemis, Starship, SLS
• Space Architecture / Space Agriculture
• Space Philosophy, Law, and Space Art
• Interstellar and Others

Human Space Activity -Past, Present, Future

The award winning Los Angeles Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) welcomes all enthusiasts, students, advocates and dreamers, to a public gathering to learn and discuss the past, present, and future of Human Spaceflight, from visionaries, seasoned practitioners, professionals and panelists, to have fun, network, and to celebrate the happy holidays ahead, wishing all warm seasonal greetings!

(See below for the Panelists list).

Panelists (Tentative)

(more to be announced) (some in-person, some on-line)

Dan Adamo

Adriano Autino

Joe Carroll

Samuel Coniglio

Yazgi Demirbas

Dr. Henry Garrett

Andreas Hein

Steven Hoeser

Daniel Inocente

Les Johnson

Pascal Lee

Bill Maloney

Adam Oswald

Joe Pelton

Henk Rogers

Rand Simberg

Cameron Smith

Jess Sponable

Douglass Stewart Jr.

Rachel Tillamn

Madhu Thangavelu

Rick Tumlinson

Ted Vegvari

Brian Wang

Dr. James Wertz

Melodie Yashar

Panelists (Tentative) Photos (may not in the same order as above)

(more to be announced)