Join SDL and industry experts at SmallSat for a facilitated panel exploring the critical partnership between principal investigators, project managers, and systems engineers in delivering successful missions.
- Learn practical insights on mission formulation, common programmatic pitfalls, and strategies for overcoming them
- Discuss how strong collaboration shapes decisions, reduces risk, and ultimately drives mission success
- Meet with experienced mission leaders and engineers to discuss collaborative approaches that support your mission needs
- Gather strategies to improve your next proposal or bring your mission concept to life
As a long-standing partner for NASA science missions, SDL collaborates with science, engineering, and mission teams from concept to completion. Learn more about our mission heritage, proven project management, expert systems engineering, and PI collaboration.
Registration & Attendance
The PI Mission Forum is open to registered Small Satellite Conference attendees. No additional registration is required, though capacity is limited to the first 100 attendees.
Schedule
(Mountain Time | Schedule is subject to change)
Tuesday, August 25
3:25–4:10 PM
Location
Salt Palace Convention Center
250A/B
100 South West Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah
Moderator & Panelists
Moderator
Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen
Head of ETH Zürich | Space; former Head of NASA Science
Panelist
Dr. Sarah Tuttle
University of Washington | Associate Professor of Astronomy
Panelist
Dr. Pete Roming
SDL | Civil Space Division Director
Panelist
Burt Lamborn
SDL | Senior Project Manager
Panelist
Dr. Sara Susca
SDL | Multidisciplinary Systems Engineer