The January installation of Mindshare LA explores the future of space travel and the steps we are already taking to get there, with experts from JPL and Virgin Galactic.
NOTE: Last month SOLD OUT - so RSVP in advance!
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As we reach our minds to even further heights, we trudge deeper and deeper into "The Cosmic Frontier."
Happening at The Mezz Bar, Alexandria Hotel - 2nd Floor, 501 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
- 7pm / Doors & Happy Hour -
Mix and mingle with the most exciting minds of LA and enjoy music, hors d'oeurvres, games & prizes! Happy Hour is from 7-8pm.
- 8:30pm / Talks .. "The Cosmic Frontier" -
MC, "The Cosmic Frontier"
Douglas Campbell / Co-Founder & Curator, Mindshare LA
Doug is a community constructor, experience engineer and tuxedo traveler. He co-founded Mindshare LA in 2006 as well as the interactive collective Syyn Labs in 2009. He likes wearing tuxedos for charitable escapades.
"The Most Advanced Mars Rover Yet"
Adam Steltzner / Chief Engineer, EDL, Mars Exploration Rovers mission
It is built into all us human beings through our shared "curiosity gene" to stare into the sky and wonder - What's out there? Adam Steltzner is working to give us some answers. The Mars Science Labratory rover is the most intricately designed, ambitious vehicle in the NASA Mars rover series yet, and Adam is working to get it on the ground. He unravels the tail of how the MSL is being developed - and where it is going.
Adam is the Chief Engineer for the Mars Science Labratory rover entry, descent, and landing phase. He has logged enough airline miles to go around the world more that a dozen times in ensuring that the heat shield, parachute, rockets, airbags and other devices, all worked individually and together to get the mission safely to the surface of Mars. He works at JPL and holds a PhD in Engineer Physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is a musician at heart and a Mechanical Systems Lead by trade.
"When you go to Space.."
William Pomerantz / Vice President, Special Projects at Virgin Galactic
Some people whine, “where is my jetpack?” Mindsharians don’t whine, and we don’t restrict our pining to jetpacks. Many of us are planning now for the realization of another one of our childhood dreams: the days of regularly scheduled passenger flights to space. Space travel is no longer the exclusive domain of government astronaut corps. William Pomerantz will discuss how you, too, will be able to go space in the near future, whether for research, for education, or for fun.
Will is the Vice President for Special Projects at Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, the world's first spaceline, and is a trustee of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS), the world's largest student space organization. He is a graduate of Harvard University, the NASA Academy, and the International Space University. This is his third time speaking at Mindshare—and his third different topic (previous topics: the Google Lunar X PRIZE and OpenGov @ NASA).
"Building the Future of Space Exploration"
Dr. Dmitriy Tseliakhovich / Co-founder and CTO, Escape Dynamics LLC
Space is the new economic frontier and one of the greatest adventures that awaits humanity. What is holding us back? Why aren't we building space colonies and travel to the moons of Jupiter in search for new life forms? Why aren't we getting unlimited energy from Space Based Solar Power satellites predicted decades ago? The answers to these questions represent an unprecedented opportunity and present an extremely exciting challenge that will be addressed through the interplay of exponentially evolving technologies and new business models pioneered by young, innovative teams.
Dmitriy is a space scientist and entrepreneur devoted to the mission of opening space for large scale commercial, scientific and social exploration. He holds a M.Sc. degree in physics from Carleton University in Ottawa and a Ph.D. in astrophysics from Caltech. Dmitriy is also a recent graduate of the Singularity University. In 2010 Dmitriy co-founded Escape Dynamics LLC with the goal of developing new space launch and space exploration systems based on exponentially growing technologies.
- 9:30pm - Late / Interactions -
Stay for the interactive technology installations, stocked bar, music and entertainment!
Explore the MUSIC, GAMES & ART on display!
- ART, GAMES & INSTALLATIONS FROM -
We Are Matik takes existing platforms to the next level by creating a richer user experience. They will bring back the latest version of "Anomaly", an interactive piece that works like a game of "video telephone".
Wise Guys will be in the house once again, conducting another social game!
Coined “The League of Extraordinary Nerds” by Fast Company Magazine, Syyn Labs is a Los Angeles-based organization that fuses the worlds of technology and interactive sciences with artistic mediums to design and construct visually dynamic spectacles that inspire thought and provoke conversation.
