California Space Authority to Host Webinars to Develop Future Plans

CSA UPDATE

This April, the California Space Authority (CSA), facilitator of the collaborative statewide California Space Enterprise Strategic Plan 2010-2012, will be hosting several webinars around critical issues identified by the CSA Board’s appointees to the Space Enterprise Advisory Council (SEAC). A webinar will also be held to revisit the collaborative statewide vision that the California space enterprise community has adopted for its past two strategic plans.

Unlike previous planning periods, in which stakeholders had to commit to serving on various statewide collaboratives, CSA’s new process replaces domain-specific collaboratives with issue-oriented forums (mostly e-forums), without requiring long-term committee-like participation. Join in on one or all of the following webinars. There is no cost to participate, so let your voice be heard! (Please note that there will no doubt be some overlap in inputs/discussion among the webinars). See webinar and registration information below. Questions? Contact Jamie Foster (jamie.foster@californiaspaceauthority.
org or 805-349-2633, ext. 122).

Revisiting the California Space Enterprise “Vision” Statement
Webinar: Monday, April 26, 2010, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/760092810

Maintaining California/U.S. Space Competitiveness in a Challenging Business and Economic Climate
Webinar: Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/590454371

With the California budget in crisis, the national economy stalled and seemingly more taxation and regulation on the horizon, what can we collectively do to help California space enterprise remain competitive, especially for small business?

Sustaining the California Space Industrial Base, Cornerstone of U.S. Competitiveness
Webinar: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/612196859

The traditional supply chain is now a complex, dynamic network of supplier relationships, with individual suppliers responsible not only for integrating their own pieces of the network, but also for assuring supplier capacity in meeting the digital communication and quality demands of the 21st Century. Some existing suppliers cannot find customers, some customers are seeking unique, one-of-a-kind suppliers. How can we serve the two and ensure a sustainable, robust, globally competitive supplier network?

Investment Risk/Planning Challenges in an Uncertain NASA/DOD Technology Roadmap Environment
Webinar: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/314794114

With shifting government priorities and budgets, with government technology roadmaps on hold or unavailable, how does the space community plan technology investments and prioritize its activities?

Attracting an Appropriately Trained 21st Century Space Workforce
Webinar: Thursday, April 29, 2010, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/542302771

Now that STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) is a national priority, how does California space enterprise ensure its share of STEM-trained professionals and technicians?

Building a Cohesive, Broad-Based California Space Enterprise Communications Strategy
Webinar: Friday, April 30, 2010, 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Register: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/705452730

To bring both public and policymaker support to space enterprise, an overarching communications strategy leveraging public and private communications activities is critical. How can such a strategy be developed and implemented in the geographically and functionally diverse California space community?