The International Space Elevator Consortium is sponsoring the International Space Development Conference reception from 6pm to 7pm local time on Saturday May 27th prior to the main awards ceremonies at the dinner engagement.

The one-hour reception will include posters and handouts from ISEC as well as a short speech. The essence of the hour will be to introduce people to the general concept and encourage discussions about Space Elevators and Galactic Harbours. Both the ISEC President (Dr Pete Swan) and Vice President (Dr Dennis Wright) will represent ISEC.

The dinner following will have major awards to:

· Dr. Eric Smith representing the James Webb Space Telescope program

· Dr. David Livingston for his successful Space Show

· Winners of the Rothblatt Competition Awards

· Grand Prize Award for the Space Settlement Contest