Sustainable Space, Sustainable Earth: From Ideas to Action
Friday, December 6, 2019 from 8:30AM to 4:00PM
Framingham State University, McCarthy Center Forum

These speaker presentations have been edited from live stream video.
To learn more about Sustainable Space, Sustainable Earth: From Ideas to Action, visit the symposium page.

Symposium Page

Introductory Video

 
This video was played as an opening introduction for all events associated with the Moon Landing in Context project, which contextualized the moon landing within the historical, social, and cultural framework of the 1960's.
 

Keynote Presentation

The Role of Space Technology to Support Sustainable Development
Dr. Danielle Wood
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab and the Space Enabled Research Group
Biography and Abstract

 
Dr. Danielle Wood delivers the keynote presentation at the Sustainable Space, Sustainable Earth: From Ideas to Action symposium at Framingham State University, December 6, 2019.
 

Presentations

Impossible Journey: Apollo 11 to the Moon
Dr. Matthew Hersch
History of Science, Harvard University
Biography and Abstract

 
Dr. Matthew Hersch discusses the nearly four-hundred-year journey that began with the first telescope and ended with a reconfiguration of popular notions of the impossible.
 

"For ALL Mankind..." Seeking a Sustainable Space Politics
Dr. David Burbach
Space Policy, U.S. Naval War College
Biography and Abstract

 
Dr. David Burbach discusses the connection between the sustainable politics of space and the sustainable development of space.
 

UN COPUOS and Space Sustainability
Dr. David Kendall
Space Policy, 2016-2017 Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
Biography and Abstract

 
Dr. David Kendall discusses the role of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space in the governing of space exploration for the benefit of all humanity.
 

How to Protect the Earth from an Asteroid Impact, an Introduction to Planetary Defense
Dr. Alissa Haddaji
Space Law and Policy, Harvard University
Biography and Abstract

Panel Discussion

The Power of Photography to Bear Witness to Our Planet
Cleary Vaughan-Lee
Global Education, Global Oneness Project
Biography and Abstract
Introduction begins at 1:45

Sustainable Space, Sustainable Earth: A Bioethical Agenda
Dr. Andrea Vicini, S.J.
Bioethics, Boston College
Biography and Abstract
Introduction begins at 14:41

Imagining Our Way to a Sustainable Future
Dr. Vandana Singh
Physics and Science Fiction, Framingham State University
Biography and Abstract
Introduction begins at 28:10

Facilitated By:
Suzanne Wright
Framingham State University, Class of 2019
Biography

 
Featuring Dr. Andrea Vicini, Cleary Vaughan-Lee, and Dr. Vandana Singh.
 

Report Back

Rebecca Hawk
Framingham State University and Doctoral Candidate in Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University
Biography

Jennifer Brundage
National Outreach Manager, Smithsonian Affiliations
Biography