Robert Dickman
Bob Dickman is the Executive Director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a professional membership technical society with more than 35,000 members in 79 countries. AIAA organizes the Space Exploration conference as well as many other technical conferences for the aerospace industry. His career spans the space business from basic research in particle physics to command of the 45 Space Wing and Director of the Eastern Range at Cape Canaveral, FL. He served as the Air Force’s Director of Space programs, the Department of Defense Space Architect and the senior military officer at the National Reconnaissance Office. He retired from active duty in 2000 as a major general. From 2002 to 2005, he was Deputy for Military Space in the office of the Undersecretary of the Air Force. He was the National Space Club’s Astronautics Engineer of the Year, was selected as one of Space News ‘“100 Who Made a Difference” and is a member of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board and the National Reconnaissance Office’s Technical Advisory Group.

Wayne Hurwitz
Mr. Wayne Hurwitz is a Northrop Grumman Associate Technical Fellow and the Aerospace Systems Sector Multi-disciplinary Design, Analysis & Optimization (MDO) Team Lead with over 30 years of industry experience, a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Hurwitz has extensive aircraft and propulsion system design and integration experience having served as an IPT leader or manager on several aircraft development and upgrade programs, including the T-38/F-5, F-20, TSSAM, B-2, F/A-18, X-47A, F-35 and most recently NUCAS. After receiving his Master’s degree, Mr. Hurwitz worked for General Electric’s Small Engine Business Group in Lynn, MA. He moved to Los Angeles in 1984, where he worked for Northrop Grumman for 16 years, including several years as manager of the Advanced Propulsion organization. Mr. Hurwitz rejoined Northrop Grumman in 2010 after 10 years at Pratt & Whitney in East Hartford, CT. While at Pratt & Whitney, he served in various roles, including manager of F119/F135 Operability, IPT lead for the F-35 Lift Fan, and manger of Pratt & Whitney's Vehicle Systems & Mission Analysis group, where he worked on next generation systems for both military and commercial aircraft applications. Mr. Hurwitz is an AIAA Associate Fellow and serves on several AIAA and SAE industry committees, including the AIAA Technical Activities Committee (TAC), AIAA Propulsion & Energy Group, TAC Liaison to the AIAA Publications Committee and the SAE S-16 Committee on Turbine Engine Inlet Flow Distortion.