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Space Access 2019 April 18 - 21, 2019 Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley Fremont, CA (510) 413-3700 |
Space Access 2019 will be the next round of Space Access Society's conference on the technology, business, and politics of radically cheaper space transportation, brought to you this year by the Bay Area's own Experimental Rocket Propulsion Society in cooperation with SAS.
And it's coming up fast! In less than two weeks SA2019 gets underway. The Marriott is 10 miles from the San Jose Airport, 24 from Oakland - book your flights soon before fares go higher.
Book your room soon! Our $130 Marriott discount room rate is once again available while rooms last, for booking now through Wednesday, April 10th.
Register for the conference now! Conference registration for Regular attendees is now $220. Register now and avoid the At-Door Registration line.
Also, we've run into local budget problems with putting on our traditional Hospitality suite spread - Learn How You Can Help!
SA2019 will feature a cross-section of the growing cheap access community, talking about what's going on now and what happens next, in an intensive informal atmosphere, single-track throughout so you don't have to miss anything. Space Access has been described as a "Hackers" conference for rocket people, with better content than other space conferences costing many times more. It's three days of total immersion in making the future happen.
This presentations schedule now has detailed start-times and durations. There are now three major focus areas over the three days of the program: On Thursday, we feature the current Entrepreneurial Revolution in Smallsat Launch. On Friday, the near-future transition to Reusable-Rocket Transport Networks in Earth-Moon Space. And on Saturday, the eventual transition to Getting There Faster: Advanced High-Energy Space Propulsion. Minor schedule tweaks may still happen as we try to accommodate all our excellent speakers.
We're still interested in Student Space Project Presentations - we have just a few short (5-10 minute) timeslots left in the main program track for student/amateur presentations on interesting (not necessarily directly access-related) space projects. Contact space.access@mindspring.com
Keep up on the latest overall conference info at SA2019 Info.
Conference Registration includes: all programming, Exhibit Hall/Hospitality access.
| Type | Early Reg | Starting Mar 27 | One Day |
Description |
| Regular | $180 | $220 | $80 | Regular membership |
| Exhibitor | $300 | $400 | -- | As above plus an 8' table in the Exhibit Hall and 2 chairs |
| Patron | $400 | $500 | -- | All the Member benefits and your bio in the Program Book/Proceedings |
| Student | $60 | $80 | $40 | Special discount rate |
Online registration closes on Yuri's Night, April 12. The same conference rates will be available at the door, but online registrants can breeze thru badge pickup when the conference opens. Registration to attend just one day of the conference is available at the door only.
Conference Hotel is the Fremont Marriott Silicon Valley, 46100 Landing Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538.
Our SA2019 $130 per night discount Marriott room rate has been extended and is available for booking now through Wednesday, April 10th. Rooms remaining in our discount block are limited, so book soon! Call (510) 413-3700, hit "1" for Reservations, and mention "Space Access 2019" to get the $130 rate.
Hotel Note: Rooms are for the moment available at our rates for all nights of the conference, including a very limited number for Wednesday night 4/17. If they are again out of discount Wednesday rooms when you call, you may find an affordable Wednesday 4/17/19 rate nearby at this link. Even if you need to stay elsewhere for a night we would appreciate your booking at the Marriott the rest of your stay, for your added convenience and to help us meet our contractual room-nights obligation.
We will have a combined Hospitality space and Exhibitor Room in the Fremont mini-ballroom, right across the foyer from the main SA2019 Presentations Ballroom. Exhibitor membership will get you one Regular membership, an 8' display table, and two chairs. Space is limited and will be assigned on a first come first served basis. When space is filled we will create a waitlist. Register at the $400 Exhibitor Rate at SA2019 online registration.
"Help Make Our Hospitality Hospitable!"
Previous Space Access conferences have been known for their lavish Hospitality spreads. We've been able to do that on our customary shoestring budgets only because we were able to bring in our own food & beverage rather than pay typical ten-times higher Hotel f&b prices.
Unfortunately, this Marriott is serious about allowing only their own food & beverage in hotel function spaces. And our hotel bill this year is already impressively steep, the Bay Area being what it is. On available budget our Hospitality area this year would be a sparse and spartan experience (aside from the reliably sparkling company there you all so generously provide.)
Unless, that is, you Donate To The SA2019 Hospitality Fund! (Fully tax-deductible as ERPS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.) Any size donation gratefully accepted, but you can be a listed Hospitality co-sponsor for a day for $500, and a full sponsor for a day for $1000. (Any donations in excess of our final Hospitality food & beverage bill will be applied toward the rest of our large Marriott tab for function space etc. Any donations in excess of that will go towards other ERPS 501(c)(3) compatible activities in development and promulgation of liquid fuel rocket technology.)
As with past years, we will be providing a live stream of the video and audio of the Presentations to the Exhibits Room and Hospitality. We hope to record the presentations for posterity.
No conference can run smoothly without the help of lots of dedicated people. If you'd like to help organize and run this conference, we'd like to hear from you!
Send us a note at: sa2019help@erps.org