Space Security: Issues for the New U.S. Administration

The topics of this year’s conference included:​

• Space Crisis Dynamics
• Cooperation in Space and Missile Defense
• The Future of Space Launch
• Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management

Speakers included:

• Vice Admiral Charles A. Richard, Deputy Commander, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
• Jim Bridenstine, U.S. House of Representatives, Member of the House Armed Services Committee
• Robert Kehler, Gen (USAF, ret.), Former Commander, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
• John Hamre, President and CEO, CSIS
• Roger W. Robinson Jr., Chairman and Co-Founder, PSSI
• Jana Robinson, Director, Space Security Program, PSSI
• Thomas Karako, Director, Missile Defense Project, CSIS
• Todd Harrison, Director, Aerospace Security Project, CSIS
• Rear Admiral Jon Hill, Deputy Director, Missile Defense Agency
• Peter Hays, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University
• William LaPlante, Vice President, Intelligence Portfolio, National Security Engineer Center, MITRE
• Brian Weeden, Senior Technical Advisor, Secure World Foundation
• Victoria Samson, Director, Washington DC Office, Secure World Foundation
• Scott Pace, Director, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University
• Brett Alexander, Director, Business Development and Strategy, Blue Origin
• Travis Langster, Vice President, Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI)
• Kazuto Suzuki, Professor of International Political Economy, Hokkaido University, Japan
• Andrew Hunter, Director, Defense- Industrial Initiatives Group, CSIS
• Zack Cooper, Fellow, Japan Chair, CSIS
• Bhavya Lal, Research Staff Member, IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute
• Shuji Maeda, Political Counselor, Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
• John D. Schumacher, Vice President, Washington Operations, Aerojet Rocketdyne
• Colonel Géraud Laborie, Air Ataché, Embassy of France
• Claes Hansen, European Space Agency

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