RICE JFK 60th ANNIVERSARY
Sept 9-12, 2022

Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the John F. Kennedy Speech at Rice Stadium.

Tentative Agenda for the Reunion (not open to the public)

• Friday evening 9/9, 6-9 pm Brockman 101: registration, informal reception / beer / snacks
• Saturday morning 9/10, Brockman 101: breakfast 8-8:30
• Saturday 8:30 - 11:00: talks (virtual and in person) about science
• Saturday 11:15: Go to Stadium for "Spelfie"
• Saturday 12:30-1:30: Barbecue in the Brockman portico
• Saturday 1:30-5:30: Reminiscences of times past and folks who have passed on. (Particularly Stebbings, Haymes, Dufour, and O'Brien plus alumni we have lost). Giving out of alumni/staff awards.
  (If time) end with optional walk around campus to visit their trees.
• Saturday evening (optional): Football game with space theme, or on your own
• Saturday evening (optional): Group dinner being organized by Bob Manka (Coppa in the Village or elsewhere)
• Sunday 9/11 (10-4): NASA exhibits (open to public) in the "Waltrip" inflatable practice field west of the Stadium (see map below)
• Sunday night: VIP commemoration dinner at RMC with distinguished alumni speakers
• Sunday late: observing at the campus observatory
• Monday morning 9/12: (open to public) JFK event at Rice Stadium

Saturday speakers

Science talks for Saturday morning: “Frontiers in Space Science”

• Michael Allison: Juno Microwave Observations of Jupiter's Deep Atmosphere
• Frank Toffoletto: Overview of Magnetospheric Modeling at Rice
• Hugh Christian: Lightning Observations
• Roman Gomez: The Solar Wind Follow-on Solar Wind Plasma Sensor (SWFO-SWiPS)
• Mark Matney: The Challenge of Orbital Debris
• Paul Scowen: SPARCS Program
• Rick Chappell: The role of the ionosphere in populating the magnetosphere

Tribute/history talks for Saturday afternoon:

• Bob Manka: Space Science at Rice: Early Days, Great Science, and a Look to the Future
• Jim Newman: Tribute to Ron and Mona Stebbings
• Pat Reiff: Tribute to Brian O’Brien
• Paul Scowen, Umbe Cantu and Mark Mulrooney: Tribute to Reggie Dufour
• Frank Toffoletto: Tribute to Stan Sazykin and Hector Castañeda
• Russ Palma and Mark Mulrooney: Tribute to David Talent
• Greg Byrne: Tribute to Norma Cowley
• Joe Chambliss: Tribute to Al Heath
• Michael Allison: Tribute to Joe Chamberlain
• Georgina Beristain-Kendall: Tribute to Leisa Townsley
• Pat Reiff: Tribute to Antoun Daou