The program grid below documents the current list of panels expected for NewSpace 2009.
| Time | Panel/Speaker | Panelists |
| 8:30-9:00am | Conference Welcome | James Muncy |
| 9:00-9:30am | AMES Opening | Steve Zornetzer |
| 9:30-10:20am | AMES Small Satellites | John Hines, Dan Andrews |
| 10:40-11:30am | AMES Commercial Space | Dan Rasky, John Hogan, Yvonne Cagle |
| 11:30-12:20pm | AMES Public/Private partnerships | Jeffrey Smith, Gary Martin, Michael Marlaire |
| 12:30-1:30pm | Networking Lunch | |
| 1:30-1:45pm | Isle of Man Presentation | Bob Richards |
| 1:45-2:30pm | Big Opportunities in Tiny Satellites: NewSpace and Nanosats | Pete Klupar, Rob Call, Milind Pimprikar, Dave Masten |
| 2:30-3:10pm | Orbital Fuel Depots: Fueling the Frontier | Jon Goff, Derek Hinspater, Dallas Bienhoff |
| 3:30-4:15pm | Suborbital Point-to-Point: Going Places or Taking Us for a Ride? | Paul Damphousse, Kelvin Coleman, A.C. Charania, Chuck Lauer, Randall Clauge |
| 4:15-5:15pm | Space Solar Power: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel? | Taylor Dinerman, Paul Damphousse, Tom Olson, Paul Contursi, Gary Barnhard, Amaresh Kollipara |
| 5:15-5:30pm | Speaker | David Livingston |
| Time | Panel/Speaker | Panelists |
| 8:30-11:45am | Business plan Competition | |
| 11:45-12:00pm | ISU Executive MBA Announcement | Walter Peters |
| 12:00-1:00pm | Boeing Sponsored Lunch | Paul Eckert |
| 1:00-2:00pm | NewSpace Policy: Accelerating development or picking winners? | Ken Davidian, Jim Muncy, Bruce Pittman, David Livingston |
| 2:00-2:20pm | Commercial Lunar Opportunities | Robert Kelso |
| 2:20-3:00pm | Commercial Lunar Opportunities Panel | Rob Kelso, Dennis Wingo, Tom Taylor |
| 3:20-4:00pm | Orbital Debris: Should we be worried, and what is being done about it? | James Dunstan, Dennis Wingo, Joe Carrol, Tony DeTora |
| 4:00-5:00pm | NewSpace Case Studies- The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat | Ecliptic Enterprises, MirCorp, Masten Space System, Ken Davadian |
| 5:00-5:15pm | Jim Crisafulli | |
| Time | Panel/Speaker | Panelists |
| 8:30-9:00am | Can We Even Live on Other Worlds? | Jim Logan |
| 9:00-10:00am | The Google Lunar X-Prize: A Look Into the Entrepreneurial Future | Nicole Jordan, Fred Bourgeois, Bob Richards, Kevin Myrick, Randa Milliron, Mike Joyce |
| 10:00-10:40am | The Role of Commercial Space in Exploration | John Olson |
| 11:00-1:00pm | Teachers in Space Session & Lunch | |
| 1:00-2:00pm | The Watch Presents: Asteroids - The Threat and Promise | Rick Tumlinson, Dr. David Morrison, Dr. John Lewis |
| 2:00-2:45pm | Behind the Architecture: What goals should drive exploration? | James Muncy, Jim Crisafulli, Dave Huntsman, Dennis Stone, John Olson |
| 3:05-4:00pm | The Science of Space Settlement | Dr. Stewart Nozette, Dr. Paul Spudis, Dr. Clive Neal |
| 4:00-4:15pm | Microgravity Opportunities | Dennis Stone |
| 4:15-5:15pm | Where Do We Go From Here? | Pete Worden, Rick Tumlinson, Chris McKay, Jim Logan |
| 6:00-10:30pm | Apollo 11 Gala | Rick Tumlinson, Gwynne Shotwell, John Olson, Bob Richards, Peter Diamandis, David Webb, Art Dula, Esther Dyson, John Vornle, Jim Muncy, Bob Werb, Kevin Sterling |