USPTO Graphic on Apollo 50 July 23, 2019 event. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Date And Time
Tue, July 23, 2019
2:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT

Location
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Clara Barton Auditorium
600 Dulany Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
United States

Event description:
Apollo 50: The role of intellectual property in space commerce

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, the USPTO will host an event focused on space innovation, technology transfer from the Apollo missions, and an overview of the current administration’s policy on space exploration, commerce, and industry.

Featured speakers include federal government executives, astronauts, inventors, and commercial space industry executives:
United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu
Director of the Office of Space Commerce Kevin O’Connell
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the USPTO Laura Peter
Former Associate Director, Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office, NASA and National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee Frank Cepollina
Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan
Astronaut Paul Richards
VP and General Manager of Strategic Operations of Ball Aerospace Debra Facktor
CEO of NanoRacks Jeffrey Manber
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Slingshot Aerospace Melanie Stricklan