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Packing for Space: Dynamic Leadership Across Time and Space
SIAN PROCTORwill share her unique space story through the idea of packing for space and how the most important thing you will ever pack is yourself. In this motivating keynote, she breaks down how preparation, persistence, opportunity, creativity, and responsibility are fundamental parts of herself and leadership style and how they have transformed her life and how you can use your unique "space" to inspire those within your reach and beyond.
Space2inspire: A Renaissance Roadmap to the Future of Education
DR. SIAN PROCTOR will share her unique space story while engaging in a thought-provoking and inspiring discussion on how we are currently writing the narrative of human spaceflight and how that has implications for the future of education. In this motivating keynote, she breaks down how Open Educational Resources and the evolving Web3 space are rapidly transforming the way we learn, live, work, and play as we extend humanity to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Earthlight Impact: An Orbital Perspective on Sustainability
DR. SIAN PROCTOR will share her unique space story and how experiencing Earthlight impacted her perspective as a geoscientist and environmentalist. In this motivating keynote, she breaks down how solving for space actually solves for Earth as she invites the audience to discover ways in which they can make a difference for themselves and our planet.
Manifesting a J.E.D.I. Space (Just, Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive)
DR. SIAN PROCTOR will share her unique space story and how she has found her authentic voice through a life-long journey of exploration and discovery. In this motivating keynote, she will take participants into a future centered around creating a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive space (J.E.D.I. space) both on Earth and beyond.
The Art of Inspiration
DR. SIAN PROCTOR will share her unique space story and how she won her seat to space as an artist and poet. In this inspiring keynote, she will take participants on a journey of discovery, loss, perseverance, and celebration through the sharing of her stunning Afrofuturism art and the reading of her poetry.
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Dr. Sian Leo Proctor is a futurist poet, artist, and visionary. In 2021, astronaut-explorer Dr. Proctor made history as the first artist selected to go to space on the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission. She is the first woman commercial spaceship pilot and the only African-American woman to be a mission pilot.
Dr. Proctor is the founder and CEO of Space2inspire, an art and media entertainment company. Her nonprofit is the Proctor Foundation for Art and Science where she sends community college students and faculty to Space Camp. She is an international speaker and science communicator and has authored multiple books including the science book Earthlight. Dr Proctor believes humanity gets to actively strive for a Just, Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Space (J.E.D.I. Space) both here on Earth and off planet in order to ensure space is for everybody.
Dr. Proctor is currently a member of the National Space Council Users’ Advisory Group and serves on the STEM Education subcommittee and Climate and Societal Benefits subcommittee. She is also the U.S. Department of State Science Envoy for Space.
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