August 3-7, 2015
Annual Staff and Advisory Committee Meeting
SWF Advisory Committee members met in Boulder, Colorado for the annual Advisory Committee Meeting. This year saw Richard Tremayne-Smith and Kazuto Suzuki stepping down from the Committee after providing years of guidance, perspective, and insight as we defined our mission and established our operation. SWF would like to thank them for their dedicated service and wish them well in all future endeavors. We also wish to offer our thanks to the returning Committee members for their ongoing participation and support. Further, please join us in welcoming Peter Marquez and Patti Grace Smith as advisors, and to welcome back advisor Richard DalBello. Additional information can be found here.
August 5, 2015
SWF Hosts Second Panel on Disaster Risk Management
In concert with the annual Staff and Advisory Committee meeting, this year SWF hosted an open panel on disaster risk management at the Hotel Boulderado in Boulder, Colorado. “From Response to Resilience: Space and Disaster Risk Management," was the second SWF event on this theme as part of an ongoing effort to promote communication and exchange of best practices across the full spectrum of disaster management activities and the role of space-based assets in this effort.
August 28, 2015
SWF Co-Hosts Two-day Conference on Space Security
During the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) Conference this year in Geneva, Switzerland, SWF collaborated with The Simons Foundation to host the invitation-only event. Over the two-day period, discussions were held on national approches to space security, military and civilian uses of shared space, and legal and diplomatic aspects of space security. For copies of the agenda, speaker bios, and other information, please visit our website here.
