2006 SEDS International Conference

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SEDS-Earth is organizing a one-day conference to be held the day prior to the Space Generation Congress in Valencia, Spain.

Contents 1 Basic tasks 2 Planning Timeline 3 1 October 2006 Program 4 Projected expenses 5 Ideas 6 Completed Tasks

Basic tasks

1. 7 May: Write letter to ProEspacio for sponsorship. (Adolfo)
2. 7 May: Create a simple information packet for sponsors (Kirk/Adolfo)
3. 7 May: Create a timeline for other tasks (Kirk/Adolfo)
4. 7 May: Web page up—real web page will go here (nothing there yet) (Kirk)
5. 7 May: Registration page up (but needs to be modified for use w/ SEDS international event)— registration page

Planning Timeline

• 10 September: Deadline to register
• 1 October: Go.

1 October 2006 Program

Two parts of program:

1. Morning: Learn how to develop a project. Tentatively this will be a student payload for the Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission. For those that don't want to participate on this project specifically, the principles learned will still be relevant.
2. Afternoon: Learn how to be a leader in SEDS, i.e. develop the SEDS network.

10:00 - 10:30.- Opening session + Introduction + Guest speaker
10:30 - 11:00.- Networking event
11:00 - 11:45.- World space seminar
11:45 - 12:00.- Coffee break
12:00 - 13:00.- Creating an space project from scratch
13:00 - 15:00.- Lunch time (with guest speakers)
15:00 - 16:00.- SEDS Stuff
16:00 - 17:00.- Sponsors session
17:00 - 17:30.- Close session
From 17:30.- Meetings (chapters, projects development, ...)

Projected expenses

First priority

1. Name tags ($1/person × 40 people = $40)
2. Program ($5/person × 40 people = $200)
3. Lunch ($15/person × 40 people = $600)
4. Travel for speakers
   • Chris Lewicki, LAX to VLC, ($950)
   • Two representatives of SSETI
   • Jim Volp
5. Coffee/snacks for morning ($3/person × 40 people = $120)

First priority total: $1910

Extra

1. Travel scholarships for participants
2. Items for participants (e.g. t-shirt, bookbag)
3. Items for staff (e.g. polo shirt, lunch)
4. Banners
5. Dinner

Second priority total: $x Feel free to convert this to euros... I'm not familiar w/ the conversion yet :) --Kirk 23:41, 23 April 2006 (PDT)

Ideas

Ideas that don't fit into any category yet...

• Go to xe.com for a currency converter.
• Resume cd
• Streaming (+chat)
• Get individual donors to provide matching donations
• Start a "Learn Spanish" blog/email list/wiki/something
• Start planning for Hyderabad 2007 (Hyderabad, India)
• SEDS paper at IAC 2006

Completed Tasks

• Pick a date: DONE—1 October, 2006
• Get a venue: DONE (but where is it?)

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