SMi Reports: Key representatives to discuss how military and civilian organisations can ensure that safe and responsible space exploitation can continue for years to come
SMi presents the 13th annual Military Space and Situational Awareness (SSA) conference, which will be taking place in London on the 25th and 26th April 2018. Key military, government, civilian and industry stakeholders will be speaking at the conference and discussing how various Space Situational Awareness (SSA) strategies can be implemented to battle the growing concern of active satellites, space junk and debris crowding the space domain. Key SSA issues were raised in the news last month, as a United Nations committee announced that it had “reached agreement last week on nine guidelines intended to reduce the risk of collisions in space and other harmful space activities”.
Top decision makers from UK Space Agency, U.S. Strategic Command, US Air Force, French MoD, Ministry of Defence Germany and many more, will be presenting high level briefings on the issues surrounding SSA at the conference.
Featured Presentations:
Colin Armstrong, Head of Space Security Policy, UK Space Agency presenting “Creating an Effective Space Security Structure for the UK’s Civilian and Military Space Assets”
The importance of ensuring comprehensive SSA capabilities in line with UK Spaceflight Bill aspirations
Ensuring safety through advanced space technologies
Brigadier (AF) Jean-Pascal Breton, Commander, French Joint Space Command, French MoD presenting “Priority Number One for Joint Space Command: Enhancing SSA Capabilities to Ensure the Security of all Space Systems”
Ensuring access to robust, resilient and flexible capabilities through sovereign, allied and commercial space systems to protect space systems
Fulfilling capability gaps to better protect space assets: enhancing GRAVES and the development of pre-C2 space surveillance capability
Developing the standard of SSA service to enhance support for military operations
Plans for future development of next-generation space capabilities
Cooperation with allies in a united approach to SSA- the European SST initiative
Panel Discussions:
Space Situational Awareness: Solely a Military Responsibility?
Identifying common needs and challenges
Preparing for the commercial era of space
Leading the way on next-generation technologies (civilian and government cooperation)
There is a brochure available to download which include the full agenda and speaker line-up, at: http://www.military-space.com/defconpr
13th annual Military Space and Situational Awareness Conference
25 – 26 April 2018
Copthorne Tara Hotel, Kensington, London, UK
http://www.military-space.com/defconpr
Gold Sponsor: ExoAnalytics
Sponsors: Applied Defense Solutions Inc., Baader Planetarium GMBH, L3 Technology
For sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, contact Sadia Malick on +44 (0) 20 7827 6748 or email [email protected]
For delegate enquiries, contact James Hitchen on +44 (0) 20 7827 6054 or email [email protected]