COLORADO IN SPACE!
Thursday, February 18, 12:00 - 1:15 PM
CPIA QUARTERLY MEETING
Colorado companies are at the forefront of space travel, exploration, and groundbreaking research. Like the westward pioneering of our past, this highly collaborative Colorado industry contingent is paving the way into new chapters of discovery in the frontier of space. As we at CPIA know, advancement in space is enormously influenced by optics and photonics technologies used in remote sensing, navigation, telecommunications and other areas. Attend the CPIA Quarterly Meeting to hear from experts in the industry and find out where the Colorado space industry is heading.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Jay Lindell, Aerospace and Defense Industry Champion, Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT) - Jay’s role is to promote business development in the aerospace and defense industry economic sector for Colorado. In that role, he works with local, state, and federal government, research and development institutions, trade associations, and business to develop a vibrant business climate to maintain, sustain, and grow aerospace and defense business in Colorado. Jay joined the OEDIT in November 2013. Jay previously served in the Air Force for over 33 years after graduation from the Air Force Academy in 1978. He retired as a Major General on 2 January 2012 with his last assignment to the Pentagon serving under the Air Force Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, as Capability Director, Global Power Programs.
Dave Ruppel, Director, Colorado Air and Space Port - Dave is the Director of the Colorado Air and Space Port located at the former Front Range Airport. A career Naval Officer and Helicopter Aviator who retired from the Navy in 2005, he established a second career as an Airport Manager at Yampa Valley Regional Airport near Steamboat Springs Colorado. Mr. Ruppel was hired in November of 2014 to head Front Range Airport and bring the Spaceport licensing effort to completion. His efforts have resulted in the Colorado Air and Space Port’s receipt of its license as the 11th U.S. Commercial Spaceport on August 17, 2018. 
Joe Rice, Director of Government Relations, Lockheed Martin Space Systems - Joe has been with Lockheed Martin for ten years, advocating for LMCO and aerospace in general in the state of Colorado. Joe is a Colonel in the Army Reserve with five combat tours of duty in Iraq and one peacekeeping tour in Bosnia. Joe is on the Board of the Colorado Space Business Roundtable and active with the Colorado Space Coalition and Citizens for Space Exploration. He also serves as an appointee of Governor Hickenlooper on the Colorado Aeronautical Board. He is a former member of the Colorado State House of Representatives, and a former mayor of the City of Glendale.
MEETING AGENDA
REGISTRATION

CPIA Members Free
Non-Members $25

Zoom Sign-In information will be sent before the meeting.

Deadline for registering is 10:00 am on February 18.

Agenda
Thursday, February 18, 2021

12:00 CPIA Update and Introductions

12:20 Aerospace Guest Speakers

1:00 Question and Answer

1:15 Conclude
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