NSS Announces First Symposium on Space Venture Finance
May 24, InterContinental Hotel, Dallas, Texas

Society announces Commercial Space Investment Symposium in
conjunction with its May 2007 International Space Development
Conference

WASHINGTON, DC. The National Space Society announced today its first
Symposium on Space Venture Finance, to be held in Dallas on Thursday,
May 24 in conjunction with the 26th annual International Space
Development Conference (ISDC 2007). This full day Symposium will
gather together leaders in the investment and space communities to
discuss recent innovations and deals in early- and mid-stage finance
within the commercial space, spaceport, satellite and space-related
information technology industries.

The day long symposium program will focus on the following current
topics of interest:

„X Pre-operational finance methods in aerospace, including debt-equity
financing deals
„X Private venture capital financing of entrepreneurial commercial
space firms,
„X State venture equity fund investment in space companies and space-
related infrastructure such as spaceports
„X Angel financing of commercial space ventures
„X Private equity in satellite, telecommunications and space-related
information technology industries
„X Current investment opportunities in entrepreneurial space companies
in the US, Canada and elsewhere

Members of the investment banking, venture capital, private equity,
angel financing and state venture equity investment communities will
give presentations concerning new entrants, practices and emerging
trends in the space finance sector.

Confirmed speakers include:

„X Peter Banks, General Partner, Red Planet Capital (Symposium
Chairman)
„X John Higginbotham, Chairman (retired), SpaceVest (Symposium
Chairman)
„X Lon Levin, Chief Strategic Officer, Transformational Space
Corporation; Co-Founder, XM Satellite Radio
„X Mohanjit Jolly, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures
„X J. Armand Musey, President and Partner, Near Earth LLC
„X Burton H. Lee, Managing Partner, Innovarium Ventures (Symposium Co-
Chairman)
„X Greg Kulka, Director-Alternative Investments Portfolio, New Mexico
State Investment Council
„X Mark Ellison, Director, Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Office of
the Governor
„X Stephen Fleming, Angel Investor and Board of Directors; XCOR
Aerospace; Chief Commercialization Officer, Georgia Institute of
Technology

Larry Page, Google co-founder, has been invited to give the keynote
luncheon talk. Additional invitations have been extended to Esther
Dyson, Edventure Holdings; Amnon Carr, Bear Stearns & Co.; Malcolm
Morris, Deutsche Bank; Richard Harroch, VantagePoint Venture
Partners; Harry Hopper, Columbia Capital; and Steve Kohler, Executive
Director of Space Florida, among others.

"This first Symposium on Space Venture Finance marks an important
milestone in the development of a sound and sustainable global
commercial space industry that can contribute to solving problems on
Earth as well as making significant contributions to the peaceful
exploration of the solar system. We aim to showcase an emerging high
technology sector that is now reaching maturity, and that can
demonstrate a reliable and diverse pipeline of funding opportunities
and exit strategies for both startup firms and investors," said Dr.
Burton Lee, Symposium Co-Chairman.

Participants are expected to represent a wide cross-section of the
following communities:

„X investment banks;
„X venture capital and private equity firms;
„X state economic development departments, venture equity funds and
spaceport authorities;
„X commercial space company CEOs and entrepreneurs;
„X satellite telecommunications and other space-related information
technology firms;
„X major aerospace and defense corporations;
„X NASA and other space agencies;
„X advisors and analysts with institutional investors; and
„X space and finance media.

Attendance will include 200 to 250 finance and space professionals
from around the United States, Europe and Asia. The above program is
subject to revision. Registration details are available at
www.isdc2007.org/finance.

Please contact the Symposium Chairman Dr. Burton Lee at
Burton.Lee@... for questions and additional information.