Over 300 people gathered in Eugene Oregon August 14-17 2003 at the 6th International Mars society Convention to map out plans to make the human exploration of the Red Planet a reality. Over 100 talks were given, including plenaries by many mars society leaders as well as Mars Exploration Rover Deputy Project Scientist Albert Haldeman, NASA Astronaut John Grunsfeld, planetary scientist William Hartman, and leading science fiction author Greg Bear.