The California space enterprise community - industry, government and academia - continues to lead the United States as the nation transforms space in the civil, national security, and commercial sectors. This transformation is taking place in all three sectors in order to meet the nation's changing requirements to explore outer space, ensure access to space, transport space tourists, enhance launch and satellite responsiveness, and educate the future aerospace workforce.

A three-day conference will be held on November 5-8 in Los Angeles, the nation's hub for space enterprise. The conference will be held a short distance from LAX airport as well as from Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), industry leaders (Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon) and world-class universities (CalTech, USC and UCLA).

Space professionals throughout the country who are integrally involved in the tra­nsformation of space enterprise will be attracted to the only state in the nation that has end-to-end space capabilities. Conference attendees will benefit through knowledge of the current business opportunities in all three space sectors (i.e., civil, commercial and national security), discussions of space policy and networking with California’s space leaders.

The conference will be hosted by the California Space Authority (CSA) and the California Space Education and Workforce Institute (CSEWI). CSA is a non-profit organization designated by the State of California as the California Spaceport Authority. CSEWI is a charitable, non-profit organization devoted to space educational and workforce issues.

Member of the press/media: please contact Eric Daniels, CSA Media/Public Relations Manager, or call (916) 551-1543.