Inaugural program will feature live interview with CNN’s Miles O’Brien and Eric Anderson of Space Adventures talking about “Building a New Company While Building a New Industry”

The International Association of Space Entrepreneurs (IASE) announces that Eric Anderson, Co-Founder and CEO of Space Adventures, and Miles O’Brien, CNN Anchor/Correspondent, will headline the organization’s Speaker Series event on March 11th at the Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner. This breakfast event officially commences IASE’s 2004 Speaker Series, a quarterly program of educational and networking functions.

“We’re deeply honored to have two professionals as highly regarded as Eric and Miles join us for our first event of the 2004 Speaker Series,” said Guillermo Söhnlein, IASE’s Founder and Director. “Given the significant public interest and scrutiny focused on space initiatives since the President’s recent NASA announcement, it is particularly timely to discuss how the lessons learned from Eric’s experiences in the space tourism industry can benefit other entrepreneurs working in innovative non-space industries, such as bioinformatics and nanotechnology.”

For event details, please visit http://www.spaceentrepreneurs.org/events.html

About Space Adventures
Space Adventures Ltd., the world’s leading space flight experiences and space tourism company, brokered the flights for the world’s first private space explorers, American businessman Dennis Tito in 2001, and the first African in space, Mark Shuttleworth, in 2002. In addition to orbital flights to the International Space Station (ISS), the company offers a wide range of programs, from zero-gravity and Edge of Space flights, cosmonaut training and space flight qualification programs, to reservations on future sub-orbital spacecraft. Headquartered in Arlington, VA, with an office in Moscow, Russia, Space Adventures is the only company to have successfully launched private individuals to the ISS. To learn more about Space Adventures, please visit http://www.spaceadventures.com

About IASE
IASE is a membership trade association specifically focused on the particular needs of entrepreneurs whose business ventures have a quantifiable nexus with the space industry. IASE actively solicits membership from interested entrepreneurs, as well as investment professionals, supporting communities (e.g., law, consulting, accounting, insurance, finance, media, academia) and relevant Government agencies (e.g., military, civilian space, commerce, economic development). To learn more about IASE, please visit http://www.spaceentrepreneurs.org

For more information about IASE, please contact:
Limor Schafman
(703) 205-0729
l.schafman@spaceentrepreneurs.org