Space Education & Strategic Applications 2024
Preparing for the Cosmos: Readying the Next Generation
of Space Explorers
Virtual Conference
Thursday and Friday, September 19-20, 2024
US Eastern Time
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Call for Proposals 2024
See Previous Years’ Programs and Videos:
2023
2022
2021
2020
The call for proposals for the 2024 SESA Conference is now open!
Check out this document for more information, guidelines, and instructions. The early deadline for submissions is July 31st, 2024. For any questions, please contact Daniel Gutierrez at [email protected]
Keynote speaker for 2024:
Dr. Sian Proctor is a Geoscience Professor at the Maricopa Community Colleges, an Afrofuturism Space Artist, and an Astronaut. She is the Chief Inspiration Astronaut of Space2inspire and founder of The Proctor Foundation for Art and Science. She was the mission pilot for SpaceX Inspiration4, the first all-civilian orbital mission. She is the first woman commercial astronaut spaceship pilot and the only African American woman to ever be a mission pilot. She is also the first African-American commercial astronaut, and the first African-American to paint in space. She is currently serving as a member of the National Space Council Users’ Advisory Group representing the Maricopa Community Colleges and, in 2024, was selected to serve as a U.S. Science Envoy with the State Department. Her motto is Space2inspire where she encourages people to use their unique strengths and passion to inspire themselves and those within their reach. She uses her unique artistic style and poetry to share her love of human spaceflight and to bring her EarthLight experience down to Earth. She believes that we need to actively strive for a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive (J.E.D.I.) space both on Earth and beyond.
As the United States, other nations, and industrial leaders move forward with plans to create and maintain a human off-world presence, it is critical to develop the necessary infrastructure, policies and technologies required to sustain human explorers in the harsh space environment. The Space Education and Strategic Applications (SESA) 2024 conference, co-organized by the American Public University System and the Policy Studies Organization, brings together innovators, researchers, and decision-makers within all areas of the space community – astronauts, astro-biologists, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, educators, associations, and policy makers – to discuss the technological, training, and human factors required to safely support crewed exploration initiatives. SESA 2024 encourages multidisciplinary scholarship and conversations relating to all aspects of human space exploration, including safety, science, technology, education, policy, and workforce preparation. Presenters and attendees will have many opportunities to share current findings, identify challenges and share solutions through rich discussions and networking. Panelists and presenters are invited to submit a summary of their presentations for publication in the SESA 2024 Conference Proceedings, which will be published in the Space Education & Strategic Applications journal.
The event is fully virtual, free, and open to the public. All sessions will be live streamed via Zoom, and the public links to access all the sessions will be posted before the event.
For any questions, please contact Daniel Gutierrez at [email protected]
