Workshop on

The Space Policy Institute, in partnership with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, and the Secure World Foundation hosted a January 24 workshop on “The State of Space Security.” A diverse audience of approximately 150 persons heard a full day of presentations and discussions aimed at providing an overview of recent specific positive steps towards collective space security, defined as secure and sustainable access to and use of outer space in accordance with international laws and treaties, free from threat of disruption. Financial support for the workshops was provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, with additional contributions from the Secure World Foundation, the Ploughshares Fund, and Ball Aerospace.

• Welcoming Remarks
  John M. Logsdon, Director, Space Policy Institute
  Leonard (Sandy) Spector, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
  Cynda Collins Arsenault, Secure World Foundation
  
  
• Keynote Address
  Gerard Brachet, Chair, United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (Click here to view presentation)
  
  
• Perspectives on Space Security
  Evolving U.S. Perspectives on Space Security – James Clay Moltz, Naval Postgraduate School (Click here to view presentation)
  
  Evolving European Perspectives on Space Security – Xavier Pasco, Foundation for Strategic Research, France (Click here to view presentation)
  
  Evolving Asian Perspectives on Space Security – Kazuto Suzuki, University of Tsukuba, Japan (Click here to view presentation)
  Public Attitudes towards Space Security – Nancy Gallagher, Center for International and Security Studies, University of Maryland (Click here to view presentation)
  
  
• New Directions in the U.S. Approach to Space Security
  Ambassador Donald A. Mahley Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Threat Reduction, Export Controls and Negotiations Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation Department of State ( Click here to view remarks)
  
  
• Enhancing Space Situational Awareness
  Richard DalBello, Intelsat (Click here to view presentation)
  Joseph Rouge, Director, National Security Space Office (Click here to view presentation)
  General(ret.) Bernard Molard, Military Adviser, EADS Astrium Space (Click here to view General Molard's Remarks)
  
  
• Managing Space Traffic
  Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Director, European Space Policy Institute (Click here to view presentation)
  Brian Weeden and Ben Basely-Walker, Secure World Foundation (Click here to view Ben Basely-Walker's presentation.) (Click here to view Brian Weeden's presentation)
  
  
• Closing Remarks - What about Space Weapons?
  John M. Logsdon, Director, Space Policy Institute
  
  
• For a summary of the workshop prepared by Anna Burzykowska, who is visiting the Space Policy Institute from the Polish Space Office, click here.