It is my pleasure to announce that Mirror Technology Days 2013 will be the week of October 1 to 4. The workshop will be held at the Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Aerospace Presentation Center, One Space Park, Redondo Beach, CA. A specific start day and time will be announced once we have a preliminary agenda.
Please note:
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The meeting has moved to the fall because NASA has shifted its SBIR calendar. Six month SBIR Phase 1 contracts will be announced in April 2013 and the next Call for Proposals will be in mid-Oct 2013. |
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We are not holding the meeting in a hotel. Therefore, everyone needs to make their own arrangements. |
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As per our past practice, as much of the workshop as possible will be ‘open’. Northrop-Grumman is able to accommodate foreign national and green card attendees. |
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But, Northrop-Grumman policy does not allow cell phones or other electronic devices with communication capability inside the Conference Center. Thus, there will be no internet access during the meeting. To compensate, we will either schedule more frequent or longer breaks. |
Tech Days annually summarizes the USA Government's investment strategies and activities in developing technology for any application (such as telescopes, imaging systems, seeker/trackers, high-energy laser systems, solar energy, etc.) which requires optical components. Tech Days covers technology investment investment efforts in: optical materials; substrate design & manufacture; optical fabrication and metrology technology; optical coatings; wavefront sensing and control via adaptive optics; nano-technology imaging technologies; etc.
The purpose of Tech Days is to:
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Review the technical accomplishments of last year and plans for the future of mirror technology development being funded via the Government (e.g. SBIRs, DIIs, NASA ROSES, direct contracts, etc.) |
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Celebrate success stories of funded mirror technology development efforts which have either been integrated into a Government program or reached the commercial marketplace. |
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And, offer Prime Contractors and/or Systems Integrators the opportunity to identify specific technologies which they would like to see developed. |
There will be OPEN and CLOSED sessions. OPEN sessions are intended for presentations of basic mirror technology development research. Presentations in the OPEN session contain no Export Controlled information. CLOSED sessions are intended for presentations which are Export or ITAR Controlled. Attendance for CLOSED sessions is restricted to US Citizens and Green Card Holders. Presentations will be distributed via DVD/CD.
This year, Optical Society of Southern California and Ronald Polidan, Manager, Science and Civil Weather Systems, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems will be our local hosts and SPIE will handle registration.
For your consideration, OSSC and Northrup-Grumman are planning several tours.
OSSC has setup blocks of government rate rooms at: Towne Place Suites Los Angeles LAX/Manhattan Beach, and Ayres Hotel Manhattan Beach/Hawthorne/LAX. It is expected that additional hotels will be added to the block.
I look forward to seeing you in California.
Thank you for your support of Tech Days.
Sincerely;
H. Philip Stahl, PhD
