Risk and Exploration II: Earth As A Classroom http://www.riskexplore2007.com/ 28-30 October 2007, Baton Rouge en Copyright 2008 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:40:17 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LIVE WEBCAST LINKS All sessions will be webcast live. The links below will become active shortly before each session begins. Within a short period after each session, links to a webcast archive - and a podcast archive - will be posted. Note: all times are Central Daylight Time.

28 October 2007

29 October 2007

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To register online please go to this link at LSU

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The following is a final draft of the Symposium's agenda - subject to minor changes.

PDF version of this Agenda

]]> http://www.riskexplore2007.com/2007/10/agenda.html http://www.riskexplore2007.com/2007/10/agenda.html Agenda Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:38:14 -0500 Miles O'Brien Featured Speaker
CNN's Miles O'Brien to Speak at LSU's Upcoming Risk Symposium

Two Emmy winners are among the speakers at LSU event

BATON ROUGE - CNN anchor and Emmy winner Miles O'Brien will join an impressive list of speakers at LSU's upcoming international symposium on risk and exploration, Oct. 28-30. "Risk & Exploration: Earth as a Classroom," will be held on LSU's campus and is free and open to the public and the media. O'Brien is scheduled to speak on Monday, Oct. 29, from 9:05 to 9:45 a.m. Central time and will serve as moderator for a panel discussion titled "Risks of Nature: Impact of and Response to Hurricane Katrina," which is slated for 10:40 a.m. until noon. The panel will feature such guests as Baton Rouge Mayor-President Melvin "Kip" Holden, LSU Police Chief Ricky Adams and NASA-Michoud official Stephen A. Turner.

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The Symposium e-vite Invitation is now online

]]> http://www.riskexplore2007.com/2007/10/evite_online.html http://www.riskexplore2007.com/2007/10/evite_online.html General Information Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:11:35 -0500 LSU Colors Go To Extremes: Weightlessness
Several weeks ago, Risk and Exploration Symposium co-chair Keith Cowing had a chance to take a ride aboard a plane full of teachers as they all experenced weightlessness as part of the Northrop Grumman Foundation's "Weightless Flights of Discovery" program. Click on image to enlarge.

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]]> http://www.riskexplore2007.com/2007/10/lsu_colors_go_to_extremes_weig.html http://www.riskexplore2007.com/2007/10/lsu_colors_go_to_extremes_weig.html Exploration Resources Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:57:54 -0500 LSU Colors Go To Extremes: Devon Island, Mars on Earth
This past Summer, Risk and Exploration Symposium co-chairs Leroy Chiao (Left) and Keith Cowing (R) spent 8 days on Devon Island, a remote research base in Canada 800 miles from the North Pole. While there they explored the surrounding terrain - often referred to as "Mars on Earth", conducted educational webcasts, and built a memorial to the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger. Click on image to enlarge.

Read their journal entries

]]> http://www.riskexplore2007.com/2007/10/lsu_colors_go_to_extremes_devo.html http://www.riskexplore2007.com/2007/10/lsu_colors_go_to_extremes_devo.html Exploration Resources Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:56:15 -0500 LSU to Host International Symposium on Risk and Exploration
;"BATON ROUGE - Louisiana State University announced today that it will serve as the host for a symposium devoted to examining how risk factors into the exploration of - and beyond - our home planet.

Titled "Risk and Exploration: Earth As A Classroom," this event will be held on the LSU campus from Oct. 28-30 with the financial sponsorship of the Northrop Grumman Corp. Campus locations include the state-of-the-art auditoriums in the Energy, Coast, and Environment Building and the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student Athletes.

This three-day event is modeled after a previous symposium, "Risk and Exploration: Earth, Sea, and the Stars," held in Monterey, Calif., in September 2004.

As was the case with the first symposium, this upcoming event will be targeted toward space, oceanic and terrestrial explorers, as well as others who encounter risk in their daily lives, including entrepreneurs, firefighters and police.

The conference will provide a forum for the discussion of various risk-taking philosophies, with the hope that such groups will gain a greater appreciation for the similarities and differences of their respective activities. Senior NASA managers and scientists have expressed their intent to participate, as have a number of other prominent explorers, media representatives and scientists.

All events will be open to the public, with special efforts taken to allow presentations to be disseminated in a wide variety of Internet and media formats.

The event will also be supported by financial contributions by Aerojet Corporation and by four organizations devoted to learning and exploration: The Explorers Club, the Association of Space Explorers, the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, and the Space Generation Advisory Council. Co-chairs for the event will be Astronaut Leroy Chiao, who is the Smiley and Bernice Romero Raborn Distinguished Chair and Max Faget Professor in Mechanical Engineering at LSU, and Keith Cowing, president of SpaceRef Interactive Inc. - one of the organizers of the first Risk and Exploration Symposium in 2004.

"LSU is grateful to Northrop Grumman for agreeing to sponsor this event," LSU Chancellor Sean O'Keefe said. "As you may recall the entire population of Louisiana was suddenly faced with a real time crash course in handling risk several years ago. As such, the experiences of those who endured Katrina and Rita, and how they handled risk, will also be an integral part of this event. In addition, many people risked their lives and made immense personal sacrifices to keep the Michoud Assembly Facility - and thus America's Space Shuttle fleet - operational. LSU will play a prominent role in the discussion of how we manage risk and exploration, learning from our rich past and experiences in today's vibrant world, while eagerly and confidently anticipating an unknown future."

"Northrop Grumman embraces the spirit of this conference because it reflects our own experience of the role that risk-taking plays in every significant discovery," said Douglas Young, vice president of Northrop Grumman's space exploration systems organization. "By exploring the boundaries of our knowledge about the commercial, civil, government and international markets we serve, we've been able to identify and manage the risks associated with helping our customers reach their destinations. We look to this conference to create momentum for collaborations between industry and academia that will lead to the most significant technological achievements of our time."

Information on this symposium can be found online at www.riskexplore2007.com.

Kristine Calongne
kcalong@lsu.edu
LSU Media Relations
225-578-5985

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Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $30 billion global defense and technology company whose 122,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in information and services, electronics, aerospace and shipbuilding to government and commercial customers worldwide.

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Challenger Center for Space Science Education

The Challenger Center for Space Science Education is an international, not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) education organization that was founded by the families of the astronauts lost during the last flight of the Challenger Space Shuttle in 1986. Through Challenger Center's programs and its international network of Challenger Learning Centers, the diversity, spirit, and commitment to education that exemplified the Challenger 51-L mission continues to make an impact on students, teachers, and families today.

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]]> http://www.riskexplore2007.com/2007/07/dining_on_campus.html http://www.riskexplore2007.com/2007/07/dining_on_campus.html About LSU Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:45:45 -0500 Hotels and Motels There are a number of hotels amd notels on or near the LSU campus. This link contains a list.

]]> http://www.riskexplore2007.com/2007/07/hotels_and_motels.html http://www.riskexplore2007.com/2007/07/hotels_and_motels.html FAQ Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:44:29 -0500 Directions to LSU Campus LSU campus map with parking options. Visitors to the LSU campus should contact  LSU’s Visitor Center with questions about driving on campus during class times. The Visitor Center number is 225 578-5030.

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More information

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