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Space2inspire: Dynamic Leadership Across Time and Space
DR. SIAN PROCTOR will share her unique space story and how she learned to overcome imposter syndrome and became the first black female pilot of a spacecraft. In this motivating keynote, she breaks down how preparation, persistence, opportunity, and responsibility have transformed her life and how you can use your unique space to inspire those within your reach and beyond.
Space2inspire: A Renaissance Roadmap to the Future of Education
DR. SIAN PROCTOR will share her unique space story while engaging in a thought-provoking and inspiring discussion on how we are currently writing the narrative of human spaceflight and how that has implications for the future of education. In this motivating keynote, she breaks down how Open Educational Resources and the evolving Web3 space are rapidly transforming the way we learn, live, work, and play as we extend humanity to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Earthlight Impact: An Orbital Perspective on Sustainability
DR. SIAN PROCTOR will share her unique space story and how experiencing Earthlight impacted her perspective as a geoscientist and environmentalist. In this motivating keynote, she breaks down how solving for space actually solves for Earth as she invites the audience to discover ways in which they can make a difference for themselves and our planet.
Manifesting a J.E.D.I. Space (Just, Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive)
DR. SIAN PROCTOR will share her unique space story and how she has found her authentic voice through a life-long journey of exploration and discovery. In this motivating keynote, she will take participants into a future centered around creating a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive space (J.E.D.I. space) both on Earth and beyond.
The Art of Inspiration
DR. SIAN PROCTOR will share her unique space story and how she won her seat to space as an artist and poet. In this inspiring keynote, she will take participants on a journey of discovery, loss, perseverance, and celebration through the sharing of her stunning Afrofuturism art and the reading of her poetry.
Dr. Sian Proctor is a commercial astronaut, geoscience professor, artist, author, and science communicator. She became the first woman commercial spaceship pilot on the SpaceX Inspiration4 spaceflight. On September 15, 2021, as pilot of the Inspiration4's SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, Proctor became the first African-American woman to pilot a spaceship spending 3-days in orbit. She is also the first African American commercial astronaut and received her FAA commercial astronaut wings in 2021. She was also the education outreach officer for the first Hawai’i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) Mission.
Post-Inspiration4, Sian Proctor has become a noted afrofurist artist, poet and author with her company Space2inspire. Proctor is the first African American astronaut to paint in space. She is a geoscience professor with the Maricopa Community Colleges where she specializes in teaching sustainability and the science of disasters. She is currently serving as a member of the National Space Council Users’ Advisory Group (UAG) under Vice President Harris and is assigned to the STEM workforce and Climate Change subcommittees.
Her motto is Space2inspire where she encourages people to use their unique strengths and passion to inspire those within their reach and beyond. She believes that we need to actively strive for a just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive (J.E.D.I.) space as we advance human spaceflight.
