{"id":11187,"date":"2015-08-11T21:24:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T01:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11187"},"modified":"2015-08-11T21:24:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T01:24:22","slug":"new-worlds-2015-conference-to-focus-on-colonizing-the-moon-mars-and-free-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11187","title":{"rendered":"New Worlds 2015 Conference to focus on colonizing the Moon, Mars and Free Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

An announcement from the New Worlds Institute<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Space Settlers Wanted
\n<\/strong>New Worlds 2015 Conference to Focus on <\/em>
\nColonizing the Moon, Mars and Free Space<\/em>
\nAustin Texas \u00a0| \u00a0October 16 & 17<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Worlds 2015 is going to be something new in the space field, something that steps out of the airlock of what a space event is supposed to be \u201d<\/em><\/strong>
\n \u2014 Rick Tumlinson<\/em><\/p>\n

Recently billionaires such as Jeff Bezos of Amazon, PayPal billionaire Elon Musk, Paul Allen of MicroSoft, Richard Branson and many others have begun to build spaceships designed to carry regular people into space. Some such as Musk declare outright that they intend to put the first settlers on Mars. Joining them are national entities like the United Arab Emirates who just announced a multi-billion dollar space program aimed at the Red Planet, China which is designing its own Moon base plans, and other countries and projects to be announced soon. NASA is also rapidly moving towards supporting the opening of space to citizens as a focus of its human spaceflight program.<\/p>\n

Register Now<\/a> for New Worlds 2015<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
\n Special Early Bird Pricing Still Available<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Elon Musk says he\u2019ll be landing on Mars by 2030,\u201d Meagan Crawford, New Worlds Executive Director added. She continued: \u201cThe premise of the Institute and New Worlds Conference is that while these bright minds work to build new space ships to carry people out into space, someone needs to focus on what we will do when we get there \u2013 how we will live, prosper and create the next level of human civilization.\u201d<\/p>\n

Featured talks<\/a><\/strong> on colonizing the Moon, Mars and Free Space, space solar power, the space station and its relevance to colonizing the solar system will join presentations by New Space start ups and businesses leaders working to create a space economy. Stories from real space fliers and astronauts will be interspersed between sessions by top experts<\/a><\/strong> in such areas as biology, engineering, design, science and space systems. Short, high-level talks on such things as life extension, farming on Mars, the military in space, and genetic engineering will round out the event. On Friday parallel events will include workshops on crowdsourcing settlement solutions, empowering women in space and other important aspects of the space revolution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe age of human space exploration is just beginning and this event is a sampler of the different ideas and opportunities the Institute will be looking to cultivate, It\u2019s a starting point for professionals and students to tell the community their dreams\u201d said Jay Milla, Executive Producer of the event. \u201cWe\u2019re also including art, music and various workshops for people to ‘think tank’ what is to come. Your crazy idea is welcome here!”<\/p>\n

New Worlds 2015 will feature a student competition called \u201cCities in Space<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u201d in which middle and high school students will create 3D or video models of a 10,000 person colony. Students of all ages are encouraged to attend and participate in both the conference sessions and the cultural events such as the art show and the concert. The New Worlds Institute is offering extreme discounts to students, with prices starting at just $15 a day, to encourage the active participation of the future space settlers. Students are encouraged register now<\/a><\/strong> to reserve this special discounted price.<\/p>\n

The New Worlds Institute<\/a><\/strong> announced today it\u2019s inaugural event, to be held in the Palmer Event Center in Austin, Texas October 16-17. New Worlds 2015<\/a><\/strong> is a different kind of space event. The renaissance affair will be a conference, a gathering of minds, a series of workshops, an art exhibit, a cultural experience, a concert, and most importantly, it will be an all-inclusive discussion about humanity\u2019s future as we migrate to new worlds.<\/p>\n

The core premise of the event and the organization is that the first settlers of the Solar System are alive right now, and it is time to begin to focus on the technologies, tools and culture they will need to open the frontier. This is the purpose of New Worlds 2015<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Worlds 2015 is going to be something new in the space field, something that steps out of the airlock of what a space event is supposed to be,\u201d said Rick Tumlinson, Founder of the New Worlds Institute. \u201cOur goal is to take the serious core of science and engineering we will need to build new communities in space and wrap it in a cultural experience that is fun, challenging and generally mind blowing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn More about VIP and Sponsorship<\/a> packages; <\/strong><\/em>
\ndesigned\u00a0for space enthusiasts and small businesses<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

While the Institute itself intends to focus on serious research into the technologies and engineering challenges needed to create real human cities in space, the group believes that there also needs to be a cultural element included in what it calls the \u201cbreakout\u201d. Thus the event will feature such unusual elements as an art show and a rock concert\/dance party featuring the techno-rock band Arc Attack, known for using Tesla coils and amazing lightning effects in its show, complimented by performance artists Nadis Warriors and The Clergy.<\/p>\n

The New Worlds Institute is producing this event as the first in a series of social gatherings and conferences meant to engage the public, the business world and the scientific community in a constructive dialog about not just how we get there, but how we stay. The two-day event will highlight concepts and ideas about building the first human communities on the Moon, Mars and in the free space between worlds.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Worlds 2015 is an experiment,\u201d said Tumlinson. \u201cSpace has been boring too long. Our goal is to plant the seeds of a new and dynamic space culture that will begin to grow in the years ahead so those who will literally build the first human space colonies can be ready when the space ships are ready to carry them out there. It may sound crazy, just as 20 years before the MayFlower saying you might go across the ocean and start a new community in that New World sounded crazy. But it will also be incredibly fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Register now<\/a><\/strong> to reserve our special early bird pricing of just $275 for both days (including lunch and admission to the Lift Off! concert on Friday night). Click here<\/a><\/strong> to learn more about the event, including location details<\/a><\/strong>, speakers<\/a><\/strong>, discussion topics<\/a><\/strong>, the student competition<\/a><\/strong> and more. VIP packages and small business sponsorship opportunities are available online or by contacting us directly. Please contact us to learn more about our corporate level sponsorship options and partnership opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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