Matt Wallace is the Deputy Director for Planetary Science at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Prior to this role, he served as the Mars 2020 Project Manager. He initiated the concept work for the Mars 2020 mission, and has led the development and implementation team since 2013. The spacecraft and Perseverance rover launched in July of 2020 and landed in February 2021, beginning its surface mission of in-situ science and technology experiments, and collecting samples for return to Earth by a future mission.

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner provided for all in-person attendees.

​7:30 - 8:30 a.m. - Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:30 a.m. - Speaker One, Tim Canaham, 'Drones on Mars: The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter'

9:30 - 12 p.m. - Presentations, Poster Sessions and Networking

12 - 12:45 p.m. - Lunch

12:45 - 1:00 p.m. - Group Photo

1:00 - 4:15 p.m. - Education Sessions

4:15 - 4:30 p.m. - Break

4:30 - 5:15 p.m. - Featured Program Awardees

5:15 - 6:30 p.m. - Speaker Two, Matthew Wallace, 'The Search for Ancient Life: Getting the Perseverence Rover and Ingenuity Helicopter to Mars'

6:30 - 7:00 p.m. - Closing Remarks