Pre-Event

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Sessions Floor: Mezzanine Level 1

12:00 PM MasterMinds - Space Investing

This session will cut through the smoke and fury around launchpad hype, offering key essentials, clear insights, and actionable tips to help both potential and seasoned investors understand who’s truly taking off and who will never leave the ground.

Hosted by:
Zaheer Ali - Instructor - U. of Central Florida, Investor

Doug Owens - Founder - Space Outcomes LLC, Investor

1:00 PM Orbit-Ready: Closing the Texas Space Talent and Workforce Gap presented by SWIFT

Space Workforce Incubator for Texas (SWIFT), in partnership with New Worlds, gathers leaders from industry, education, and government to chart a new course for Texas. Whether you're a space worker, or space employer, come spend an afternoon with those building the new Texas space workforce—from shop floor to launch pad. This session is open to the public. Reservation required.

Please make your reservation here:

SWIFT NEW WORLDS WORKSHOP OCT. 23

1:30 PM MasterMinds Break

1:50 PM Workshop - Space Community Activism and Grassroot Initiatives

Hosted By:
Hunter Hatchell

3:20 PM MasterMinds Break

3:40 PM Powerful Public-Private-PEOPLE Partnerships…with Academia

Hosted by:

Col. (ret.) Chris Hossfeld

6:00PM Live Podcast: 0G Spot with Ubaldo

6:00 PM VIP & Speaker Party

*VIP Exclusive Perk

Location: at Amity’s/Hole-in-the-Wall

7:00 PM Book Launch - "Why Space? The Purpose of People" Rick Tumlinson

The Book for Spacers, Dreamers, and Anyone Ready to Find Their True Purpose

Location: Amity’s/Hole-in-the-Wall

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VIP 2026 New Worlds Conference

VIP 2026 Space Cowboy Ball

FREE 1-Year Membership to the New Worlds Institute ($100 value)

Disclaimer: Event dates and locations are subject to change. If the dates does not work for you, you may cancel at least 10 days before the new date to receive a 100% refund.

New Worlds & Space Cowboy Charity Ball, Proudly Presented By:

To carry the seeds of life to places now dead,

The light of love to places now dark,

and the eyes, hands and imagination of humanity

to places unseen, untouched and unexplored.

We are Spacers. We are the New Pioneers. We are EarthLight. We Rise.

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We are, however, radically Pro-Human, Pro-MotherWorld, and Pro-Space!