BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC Apex Expo will feature aerospace entrepreneur and Virgin Galactic spacecraft designer Burt Rutan.

During the keynote on Feb. 4, Rutan will present SpaceShipOne: A New Era in Commercial Space Travel and Inspiration for Innovation and the New Race for Space.

Rutan founded the aerospace research firm Scaled Composites and was named one of “the world’s 100 most influential people” by Time in 2005. He designed the Voyager, the first aircraft to circle the world nonstop without refueling. He also created SpaceShipOne, the world’s first privately funded spacecraft, which won the $10 million Ansari X Prize.

Rutan is currently working on the Stratolaunch, part airplane, part spaceship, and the SkiGull, an amphibious aircraft that runs on the same gas we use for cars and boats.

The conference and exhibition will run Feb. 4–6. For more information, visit www.IPCAPEXEXPO.org.

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