Adelaide Public Lecture - Overview of ISDC 2014

The Mars Society of Australia SA branch would like to invite you to this upcoming event - 'Overview of the International Space Development Conference 2014 – A Space Renaissance' by Mr Peter Nikoloff.  ISDC 2014 is one of the major conferences the National Space Society run each year and draws a large number of high profile and respected presenters from both NASA, Industry and Associations. I recently attended the conference that was held in Los Angeles which covered a wide range of topics over five days. An overview of the conference will be provided with a focus on Mars related topics. The presentation will be held on Sunday 1st June 2014 at 6 pm at Nova Systems, 27-31 London Road, Mile End South, SA  5031.

Speaker Bio: Pete Nikoloff is an Executive Director, co-founder of Nova and Senior Weapons System Engineer. He obtained an Aeronautical Engineer degree from RMIT in 1986 and has over 25 years experience supporting and conducting test and evaluation of aerospace and defence systems.  Prior to starting Nova, Pete worked as a Flight Test Engineer at the RAAF’s Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU) in the role of Senior F/A-18 Hornet Test Engineer. Pete served at ARDU for over ten years and has vast experience over a range of aircraft and associated systems.  He had major involvement with several Hornet Test & Evaluation projects, including the Hornet Upgrade Project and various missile evaluation and integration projects

Pete also actively supports the industry in other capacities such as:

  • President of the Australian Chapter of the International Test andEvaluation Association (ITEA)
  • Member of the National Committee for Space Engineering – EngineersAustralia
  • Chair for the Systems Engineering/Test & Evaluation Conference  (SETE 2010)
  • Active involvement with the Senate Enquiry into the Australian Space Sector

A warm welcome extended to anyone interested in Mars or space exploration

Feel free to join us after the presentation.  Meals can be ordered at affordable prices.

To book or for further information contact Marcia on 0417 800 956 or mt01@adam.com.au

Continent: 
Oceania
Country: 
Australia
State: 
South Australia