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Saturday, June 28, 2025, 10:30 AM PDT (GMT -0700) (U.S. and Canada)
AIAA LA Planetary Defense and Asteroid
Exploration mini-Conference 2025
Speakers:
Dr. Nahum Melamed (also Moderator)
Dr. Andrew Rivkin, Mr. Philip Groves, Dr. Marina Brozovic,
Dr. Isaiah Santistevan, Brent W. Barbee, Adrienne Rudolph,
Mr. Joe Carroll, Madhu Thangavelu
(Some speakers will present in person, some online.)
(This event is not sponsored by the Culver City Julian Dixon Library)
In-Person in:
Culver City Julian Dixon Library (Meeting Room)
4975 Overland Ave., Culver City, CA 90230
Online:
(Please register / RSVP and you will receive the ticket with the Online link. Please check Spam or Junk folder
shortly after registration to make sure. If not, please try using an alternative email address to register.)
(Meeting link/url in the confirmation email after RSVP or in reminders)
Disclaimer: The views of the speakers do not represent the views of AIAA or the AIAA Los Angeles Section.
Tentative Agenda: (All Times PDT )(GMT -0700)(U.S. and Canada)
10:00 AM PDT: Check-in; Networking
Morning Session
10:30 AM PDT: Dr. Nahum Melamed: Progress on Planetary Defense and Asteroid Exploration
10:50 AM PDT: Dr. Andrew Rivkin: Planetary Defense After DART: What Have We Learned, and What Comes Next?
11:50 AM PDT: Phil Groves: Asteroid Hunters
12:10 PM PDT: Lunch Break; Networking (Lunch on guests’ own, not provided by AIAA LA Section)
Afternoon Session
01:00 PM PDT: Brent W. Barbee and Adrienne Rudolph: "Asteroid Disruption for Planetary Defense and the TERP RAPTOR Mission to Apophis"
02:00 PM PDT: Dr. Marina Brozovic: Apophis and other closely approaching asteroids in the next decade
03:00 PM PDT: Dr. Isaiah Santistevan: Simulating asteroid deflection and disruption with a nuclear device
04:00 PM PDT: Joe Carroll: Cheaper by the Dozen: Solar-Sailing Nanosats for Small-Body Missions
04:30 PM PDT: Madhu Thangavelu: LOSSOL: Line of Sight Speed of Light Directed Energy Planetary Defense Technology
05:00 PM PDT: Dr. Nahum Melamed: Opportunities and Future of Planetary Defense and Asteroid Exploration (Or, additional speaker(s))
05:30 PM PDT: Meeting room closes.
06:00 PM PDT: Library closes.
AIAA LA Section: General Contact: contact@aiaa-lalv.org, Events/Program events.aiaalalv@gmail.com