Wallops Flight Facility Industry Day

This one-day event will explore the intersection of space exploration, science and economic development, highlighting how collaboration drives innovation, workforce development and community growth across Maryland.

This event will feature prominent leaders from Maryland’s aerospace community and industry and government leaders. Speaker information will be coming soon!

Agenda

8:00 AM – Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM – Fireside Chat Welcome

• Tom Sadowski, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director, MEDCO
• David Pierce, Director, NASA Wallops Flight Facility

10:00 AM – Industry Panel - Wallops Flight Facility

• Scott Bissett, Deputy Program Director, MACH-TB 2.0, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
• Kandace Chappell, Lead Small Business Specialist, Office of Small Business Programs, Goddard Space Flight Center
• Coleman McCord, Director of Launch Site Development, Firefly Aerospace, Inc.
• Moderator: Jules Clayton, Portfolio Director, Space Systems Division, Insight Global

11:00 AM – A Conversation with Commerce Deputy Secretary

• Ricardo Benn, Deputy Secretary, Maryland Department of Commerce
• Jennifer Goodrum, Director of State and Local Government Operations, Rocket Lab

11:30 AM – Lunch & Networking Break

12:45 PM – Local Legislative Panel

• Christopher T. Adams, Maryland State Delegate
• Julie M. Giordano, County Executive, Wicomico County
• Bryant Owens, Chair, Crisfield-Somerset County Airport Advisory Board
• Weston Young, Chief Administrative Officer, Worcester County
• Moderator: David Livingston, Board Member, Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce

1:30 PM – Student Programs Panel

• David Pierce, Director, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
• Victoria Stoffel, Workforce Development and Training Team Lead, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
• Ryan Shifler, PhD, Associate Dean, Henson School of Science and Technology; Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences; Salisbury University

2:00 PM – Closing Remarks

• The Honorable Brooke E. Lierman, Comptroller of Maryland

Please select a requirement from the Acquisition Forecast that you are interested in. View the forecast at: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/forecast/NAF.html.