Mark Hopkins, CEO of the National Space Society - 12 minutes [slides in PDF]
John C. Mankins, President of Artemis Innovation Management Solutions - 28 minutes [slides in PDF 5MB]
George Dietrich, President of SPACE Canada - 3 minutes
Questions and Answers - 48 minutes

Space Solar Power: The First International Assessment of Space Solar Power: Opportunities, Issues and Potential Pathways Forward. John C. Mankins, Editor. International Academy of Astronautics. November, 2011, 272 pages. PDF 50 MB. Reactions to report

Related background material:

• Kalam-NSS Energy Initiative
• National Security Space Office Report: Space-Based Solar Power As an Opportunity for Strategic Security
• NSS Space Solar Power Library
• NSS Space Solar Power portal page

Some News Reports about the First International Assessment of Space Solar Power:

• Reuters: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• Aviation Week: Space Solar Power Seen Profitable By 2040 (print edition Nov. 21, 2011, p.20)
• National Geographic: Beam It Down: A Drive to Launch Space-Based Solar
• Discovery News: Beaming Down Earth's Energy from Space
• The Space Review: Making the case, again, for space-based solar power
• Next Big Future: Major IAA Space Based Solar Power Report
• ABC Science: Space solar power touted for energy needs
• MSNBC: Orbital solar power plants could meet Earth's energy needs
• Kurzweil AI: A limitless power source for the indefinite future
• World Future Society: Space-Based Solar Power Could Arrive in Ten Years and Create Millions of Jobs, Say Researchers
• Clean Energy: No new technology necessary to bring solar space stations to reality
• Yahoo News: Is Space-Based Solar Power's Time Drawing Nigh?

Some web reports derived from the original Reuters report (listed alphabetically):

• Arab News: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• AtisSun: Orbiting Solar Power Stations by 2041, New Study Reports
• Bangladesh News: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• Business Green: Could space lasers deliver clean energy breakthrough?
• Business Live: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• Calgary Herald: Harvesting sun's power in space 'feasible': study
• Chicago Tribune: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• Clean Technica: Space Lasers! (for Clean Energy, Obviously)
• CNBC: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• Daily FT: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• The Daily Mail (U.K.): Giant orbiting power plants could harvest the sun's energy to provide world's power needs
• The Daily Star (Lebanon): Orbital solar panels could resolve all power needs
• Dawn: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• ECN: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• The Economic Voice: Spaced based solar power stations of the future
• EcoSeed: Space solar power station possible within three decades – I.A.A.
• Energy and Capital: Solar Power in Orbit: Sending Solar Plants to Space
• Geek.com: Space-based solar power collectors possible in twenty years
• The Globe and Mail: Orbital solar plants could help solve Earth's energy crisis
• Green Planet Ethics: Space Solar Power Plants? Orbital Space Solar Power Plants Possible in Decade or Two
• The Guilfordian: Solar power from space explored as energy alternative
• Gulf Daily News Bahrain: Orbital solar plants 'can solve energy crisis'
• Hamari Web: Space solar power touted for energy needs
• Independent Online: Harnessing the power of the sun
• Inhabitat: Leading Scientists Predict Giant Orbiting Power Plants Could Power the Earth by 2041
• InterAksyon: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• International Business Times: Orbital Solar Power Plants Touted for Energy Needs
• The International News: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• Irish Independent: Giant solar space panels tipped to power cars, homes of future
• Khaleej Times: Space solar power can solve energy crisis
• Kyiv Post: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• Mother Nature Network: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• Mumbai Mirror: Orbital solar plants could power Earth
• News Daily: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• The News International: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• Nile International: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• OilPrice.com: Energy of the Future: Spaced Based Solar Stations
• Peak Oil: Orbiting stations would harvest sun's energy
• PhysOrg.com: IAA says 'Yes We Can' to power plants in orbit
• Red Orbit: Orbiting Solar Power Plants 'Technically Feasible' Within 30 Years: Study
• The Register (U.K.): Enormous orbiting solar raygun power plants touted
• SlashGear: Solar satellite plan blasts fossil fuels with eco-laser
• SmartPlanet: Space, solar power's next frontier?
• Techthefuture: Space Solar Power Only Ten Years Away
• Today (Singapore): Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• Vancouver Sun: Orbiting stations would harvest sun's energy
• Vision: Orbital solar power plants touted for energy needs
• ZME Science: Tomorrow's energy will come from space based solar stations, no later than 2016