California Space Enterprise Strategic Plan, 2004

Implementation

Collaboratives--This section contains information about the formation and activities of the five Collaboratives, each charged with the implementation of one of the plan's five strategic initiatives.

Introduction: "One Collaborative for Each Initiative"
Implementation Tracking Report (PDF: 58kb)
SEAC Meeting, May 17, 2005
- Meeting Agenda, (PDF: 144 kb)
- Dr. Nikzad "Benny" Toomarian Issue Forum, (PDF: 384 kb)
August-September 2005 Collaborative Meetings Schedule (PDF: 21 kb)
Web Area for SEAC and Collaborative Members

Business Development, Retention, and Growth (BDRG)
California Space Industrial Base Vitality (CSIBV)
- Space Manufacturing Group (SMG)
Science, Research, and Technology Development (SRTD)
Education and Workforce Development (EWD)
- New Space Professionals Working Group (NSPWG)
Public and Policymaker Awareness (PPA)

The Plan is Released!

See the June 8, 2004 release.

Here is the Plan (PDF, 2.2MB)

Background

In 1998, the California Space Authority, assisted by 300 statewide space stakeholders representing 125 organizations, developed the first-ever "California Space Strategic Plan". Twenty-one strategic priorities were identified to enhance the robustness of statewide California space activity. The implementation period for the Plan was 1999-2001.

2004 California Space Enterprise Strategic Plan Update

Much has changed since the development of the original California Space Strategic Plan. The California Space Authority recognized a need to update the Plan to address a changing environment impacting statewide space enterprise. New space enterprise-related factors included the impacts, challenges and opportunities of an expansion of space-based consumer/business services, emergence of space-related homeland security opportunities, the continuing high cost of space access and a growing need for transformational launch and satellite-related operational responsiveness and space integration. In addition, California space enterprise is faced with new competitiveness and regulatory issues on the local, state, national and international fronts, as well as competition for California space assets from other states and countries. Working together, California space enterprise can more fully realize its opportunity to showcase its economic and strategic importance to new administrations at both the federal and state levels, garnering support for enhanced public appreciation for space enterprise benefits and services, as well as increased investment in space-related technologies.

The current update of the Plan began December, 2003, when the California Space Authority (CSA) established the Space Enterprise Advisory Council (SEAC) to support the CSA Board of Directors and oversee a three-month process which would culminate in the new "California Space Enterprise Strategic Plan". Composition of the SEAC includes executive and senior-level managers of key statewide space enterprise organizations: space-related corporations and suppliers; workforce and economic development entities; civil and national security sites and installations; local, state and federal public-sector space stakeholders.

Between January and March, 2004, the SEAC reviewed inputs from 12 working groups (later merged to 8) representing key domains critical to California space enterprise vitality. Working group participants were drawn from California's diverse statewide network of civil, commercial and military space stakeholders, as well as the public-sector organizations and agencies that support them.

Thank You! to Sponsors of this Update Effort
Aerojet
Bearing Point
The Boeing Company
DIRECTV
EchoStar
Lockheed Martin
NASA Far West Regional Tech Transfer Center
Raytheon
Scitor Corporation
Southern California Edison
Space Exploration Technologies
Stellar Solutions

Thank You! to Meeting Location Hosts
Ace Clearwater Enterprises
The Aerospace Corporation
Continental Development
CSU Long Beach
Microcosm
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
Scitor Corporation
Southern California Edison South Bay Service Center

Additional Information:

Space Enterprise Advisory Council (SEAC) summary sheet [PDF, 117kb]
Outline of the 2004 planning process [PDF, 247kb, 10 slides]
Working Groups [PDF, 89kb, goals and objectives of each Working Group]
Working Group meeting schedule for January 2004 [PDF, 12kb]
Working Group meeting schedule for February 2004 [PDF, 9kb]
SEAC and Working Group Participants and Supporters
BDRG Spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel files)

to read PDF files (it's free).

Contacts:

Jamie Foster, Chief Information Officer, California Space Authority
(805) 349-2633, jamie.foster@californiaspaceauthority.org