Events
The IDEAS (Innovations, Demonstrations, Exhibits, Applications,
Spinoffs) Conference, focusing on microsystems, will be
held November 17–18, 1999, at NASA's Glenn Research Center
at Lewis Field in Cleveland, Ohio. This Microsystems Partnering
Forum is designed to bring researchers and industry representatives
together to stimulate partnering in this exciting and rapidly evolving
arena. Technologies showcased will focus on health monitoring in
harsh environments, including sensors, actuators, microelectronics,
packaging, micromachining and other supporting topical areas. Keynote
speakers are Dr. Al Pisano of the University of California at Berkeley
and Dr. David E. Cole, Director of the Office for the Study of Automotive
Transportation. The event is being sponsored by Glenn Research Center,
the Great Lakes Industrial Technology Center, the Ohio Aerospace
Institute and the Mid-Atlantic Technology Applications Center. For
more information, visit http://ideas.grc.nasa.gov or contact
ideas@grc.nasa.gov
Planetfest '99, December 3–5, 1999, is an international
festival and exhibition, presented by The Planetary Society, at
the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California, to celebrate
and witness the arrival of the Mars Polar Lander on Mars with live
images from its cameras of the never-before-explored domain near
the Martian south pole. There will be special activities and interactive
technological programs, including a children's "Mars Experience"
hall, science fiction book signings, the sealing of a millennium
time capsule, space art, NASA and JPL exhibits and science fiction
films. A World Wide Web presence includes presentations, debates
and discussions by renowned and popular science and science fiction
authorities. For more information, visit http://planetary.org/Pfest99/index.html
The Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST) Science and Technology
Exposition will be held September 13–16, 1999, at the
Four Points Sheraton Hotel in Hyannis, Massachusetts. This meeting
will acquaint the astronomical research community and industry with
the instrument study results and early plans of the prime contractors.
It is an opportunity for astronomers to learn about the technology
challenges associated with various aspects of the NGST designs (such
as large lightweight optics, advanced operations concepts and infrared
detectors) and to examine research programs in the Design Reference
Mission. Industry participants can learn how specific astronomical
investigations drive design decisions for the observatory. They
will also have the opportunity to present technologies to the NGST
Phase A prime contractors and science instrument teams. For more
information, contact Debora Miller at Goddard Space Flight Center.
Call: 301/286-5265, E-mail: Debora.A.Miller@gsfc.nasa.gov
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