HWO Meetings
START/TAG Kickoff, October 2023
The first Face-to-Face (F2F) START/TAG meeting took place Oct 31 - Nov 2, 2023 in Washington DC. Present at the meeting were most members of the START and TAG, along with several representatives from NASA HQ. The public was invited to participate virtually.
The START/TAG teams and other staff at the first face to face meeting in October 2023.
The meeting agenda is provided here.
Below are the various talks from the meeting, with the talk titles linked to PDF files containing the slides used, and with the recording labels linked to .mp4 files of the recording of the meeting.
Day 1: Oct 31
| Talk Title (Links to Slide PDF) | Speaker | Watch on YouTube |
| Welcome | Julie Crooke (NASA HQ) | Day 1 - morning 1 |
| Why We Are Here | John O'Meara (Keck Observatory) | |
| Meeting Goals & Plans | Courtney Dressing (UC Berkeley) | |
| NASA Mission Development 101 | John Ziemer (JPL) | |
| START & TAG Scope | Shawn Domagal-Goldman (NASA HQ) | Day 1 - morning 2 |
| Systems Engineering and the Road to Phase A | Mike Menzel (GSFC) | |
| Lessons for the Future: SMD Large Mission Study & LUVOIR | Aki Roberge (GSFC) | Day 1 - afternoon |
| Lessons for the Future: HabEx | Bertrand Mennesson (JPL) & Scott Gaudi (OSU) |
Day 2: Nov 1st
| Talk Title (Links to Slide PDF) | Speaker | Watch on YouTube |
| Welcome Back & Logistics | Julie Crooke / Shawn Domagal-Goldman (NASA HQ) | Day 2 - morning 1 |
| Lessons for the Future: JWST Slides 1 (Feinberg); Slides 2 (Rigby) | Lee Feinberg (GSFC) & Jane Rigby (GSFC) | |
| Lessons for the Future: CGI & Roman Slides 1 (Zhao); Slides 2 (Bolcar) | Feng Zhao (JPL) & Matt Bolcar (GSFC) | |
| Lessons for the Future: Industry Panel | Charlie Atkinson (NG), Matthew East (L3Harris), Alison Nordt (LM), & Erik Wilkinson (Ball) | Day 2 - morning 2 |
| Connecting with the NASA Program Offices | Swara Ravindranath, Jason Derleth (COR), Eric Mamajek & Nick Siegler (ExEP) |
Day 3: Nov 2nd
| Talk Title (Links to Slide PDF) | Speaker | Watch on YouTube |
| Welcome Back & Logistics | Julie Crooke / Shawn Domagal-Goldman (NASA HQ) | Day 3 - morning |
| Mentorship Program and Workforce Development Slides 1 (Crooke); Slides 2 (Dressing) | Julie Crooke (NASA HQ) & Courtney Dressing (UC Berkeley) | |
| Communications & Outreach Planning | Shawn Domagal-Goldman & Alise Fischer (NASA HQ) | |
| Update from HQ | Mark Clampin (NASA HQ) | |
| Closeout remarks | Megan Ansdell, Joshua Pepper, & Julie Crooke (NASA HQ) |