About twice a week a guest makes a presentation not directly related to the curriculum, followed by a reception, giving the students additional time for informal questions and open-ended discussions. Most guest speakers are prominent professors, researchers, or business leaders; some are also SSP alumni.

SSP's Guest Speaker program is underwritten by a grant from Lockheed Martin Corporation / Sandia National Laboratory.

Guest speakers at SSP / 2007 include:

Ojai Campus Dr. Deborah Fygenson UC Santa Barbara Macromolecular Technology Dr. Larry Sverdrup Ophthonix, Inc. Mad? Science Dr. Gregory A. Lyzenga Harvey Mudd College Rocketry Dr. Tyrone Hayes UC Berkeley From Silent Spring to Silent Night Dr. Kimberly Turner UC Santa Barbara Nanotechnology Dr. Mark Moldwin UCLA The Perils of Space: An Introduction to Space Weather Dr. Kevin McKeegan UCLA Meteorites Dr. Henry Roe SSP '91 Lowell Observatory Methane on Titan Dr. David Pierce (former SSP Academic Director) El Cerrito College Closing Address		Dr. 'Mad Scientist' Sverdrup hammers with a banana, frozen using liquid nitrogen.   Dr. Paul Butler SSP '77 describes planets outside of our solar system.
Socorro Campus
Dr. Tom Vestrand Los Alamos National Lab Transient Astrophysics Dr. Agnes Kim (former SSP faculty) Univ. of Texas-Austin The Singing Universe Dr. Marshall Long SSP '71 Yale Univ. Probing Fire with Light Dr. Horton Newsome Univ. of New Mexico, Institute of Meteoritics Impact crater adventures, Africa, India, and New Mexico Dr. Penelope Boston New Mexico Tech Caves: Exploring Life Underground from Earth to Mars and Beyond		E. Bruce Held Sandia National Lab Espionage in New Mexico Dr. Eric Davis (former SSP faculty) Inst. for Advanced Studies at Austin An Assessment of Faster-Than-Light Spacetimes: Make or Break Issues Dr. Larry Sverdrup Ophthonix, Inc. Mad? Science Dr. Eileen Ryan New Mexico Tech Asteroid Hazards and the Magdalena Ridge Observatory 2.4m Telescope Dr. Nicholas Suntzeff (former SSP faculty) Texas A&M Univ. Cosmology Dr. Van Romero New Mexico Tech Closing Address