May 4-5, 2022
Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) Spring Meeting
SWF Space Law Advisor Chris Johnson discussed space law and policy applicable to lunar activities and economic development of the Moon at the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) Spring meeting at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Maryland. Video of the panel can be found here.
May 7, 2022
SWF Joins Virtual ‘Café Espacial’
Washington Office Director Victoria Samson and Director of Strategic Partnerships and Communications Daniel Porras discussed SWF's “2022 Global Counterspace Capabilities” report as part of the Café Espacial Series. They discussed challenges and opportunities for current UN discussions on space security. Video of the event is available here.
May 9-13, 2022
SWF Participates in UN Open-Ended Working Group
Ms. Samson delivered a statement on behalf of SWF, under Agenda Item 5, General Exchange of Views, and Dr. Martinez gave a statement under Topic 5: Voluntary mechanisms and regimes applicable to outer space in the context of threats arising from State behaviors with respect to outer space.
May 11, 2022
SWF Moderates Panel on Space Sustainability
At the Geospatial World Forum held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Director of Space Application Programs Krystal Azelton moderated a panel discussing space sustainability challenges and how the geospatial community could be affected. This panel highlighted the importance of the link between the value of space technology and space sustainability efforts in areas such as anti-satellite testing, space debris, and law and policy.
May 11, 2022
Victoria Samson Presents SWF Counterspace Report
Washington Office Director Victoria Samson presented SWF’s Global Counterspace Capabilities: An Open Source Assessment for a gathering at the U.S. mission to Geneva, Switzerland. She also discussed trends in anti-satellite testing and the long-lived nature of much of the debris created by those tests.
May 12, 2022
Brian Weeden Discusses War in Space on the Off Nominal Podcast
Director of Program Planning Brian Weeden joined the Off Nominal podcast for an informal discussion about ASAT test bans and the role of space in the war in Ukraine
May 15, 2022
SWF Joins Space Leadership Panel at SA-SGW
Dr. Martinez participated in the space leadership panel at the 7th SGAC South America Conference in Quito, Ecuador. The South American Space Generation Workshop (SA-SGW) was a one-day hybrid workshop, which brings together students, young professionals, industry experts and government stakeholders from across Latin America.
May 16, 2022
SWF Participates in Global Conference on Space for Emerging Countries
Dr. Martinez attended the 2022 Global Conference on Space for Emerging Countries in Quito, joining the emerging countries roundtable and moderating a panel on "How to Build A Space Ecosystem."
May 17, 2022
Krystal Azelton Hosts Roundtable at the Defense IQ Space Operations Summit
The growing use of, and reliance on, space for national security has also led more countries to look at developing their own counterspace capabilities that can be used to deceive, disrupt, deny, degrade, or destroy space systems. In light of this, this roundtable discussed Secure World Foundation's open source Global Counterspace Capabilities Report, trends in this area, and prospects for global governance.
May 17, 2022
Victoria Samson Speaks About Space Sustainability
Ms. Samson spoke on a panel on "Stakes and Solutions in Responsibly Managing Space" at the SatExpo Summit 2022 which was held as part of CABSAT 2022 in Dubai, UAE. Her panel discussed threats to space sustainability, what efforts can be taken to ameliorate those threats, and whose responsibility it is to do so.
May 18-20, 2022
SWF participates in 6th European Space Debris Workshop
Chris Johnson presented on the law and policy applicable to space debris, including orbital debris remediation, at the 6th European Space Debris Modeling and Remediation workshop, held in Milan, Italy, and virtually.
May 19, 2022
Krystal Azelton Appears on the Space Policy Show
Together with Jacob Geer from the UKSA and Dr. Angie Bukley and Colleen Stover from Aerospace’s Center for Space Policy & Strategy, Ms. Azelton discussed efforts to bring top experts together to understand the issues and find solutions to keep the space environment sustainable for future generations. A recording of the discussion can be found here.
May 24-25, 2022
Victoria Samson Moderates a Panel on Space Sustainability
Ms. Samson moderated the panel “Taking Urgent Space Safety Steps Now to Avoid Future Loss of In-space Assets” at Space Tech USA Expo's annual conference in Long Beach, CA. Her panel discussed the biggest threats to space sustainability, the role debris mitigation and remediation can play in this, and how space security concerns can affect the viability of space as a reliable domain.
May 24, 2022
Krystal Azelton Discusses the Urgency of Space Sustainability on Space Café WebTalk
Ms. Azelton appeared on an episode of Space Cafe WebTalk with Torsten Kriening, publisher of SpaceWatch.Global. Their conversation included discussion of a wide range of topics ranging from space and media to anti-satellite testing to the upcoming Summit for Space Sustainability. The recording can be viewed here.
May 24, 2022
SWF Co-Hosts Panel with UNIDIR, Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Dr. Martinez moderated a panel on the role of non-governmental entities in achieving space security in a workshop co-organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Secure World Foundation and UNIDIR on the theme of “Advancing space security through norms, rules and principles of responsible behaviors."
