International Space Security Conference: “Advancing the Trilateral Europe - U.S. - Japan
Space Security Partnership”
June 5-7, 2016, Prague
On June 5-7, 2016, the Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI), together with its principal cosponsor, the Secure World Foundation (SWF), will convene its third Space Security Conference.
Other partners include the European Space Agency (ESA), the Analytical Graphics (AGI), PSSI
Washington and ITOCHU Europe. The event is organized under the auspices of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Czech Ministry of Transport and Czech Ministry of
Defense.
This third gathering of PSSI’s Space Security Conference Series will focus on the growing
intersection of space security and terrestrial geopolitical events/conflicts. It will review steps that
have been taken by European countries, the EU, the U.S. and Japan to address nationally and
internationally the increasingly complex and fast-moving space security developments, including
efforts to align national space security priorities with various multilateral efforts. “This event will
emphasize that the security of this domain stands equal with other national and international
security considerations” observed PSSI’s Space Security Program Director, Jana Robinson.
The conference will be attended by over a hundred experts from various countries, including
representatives from the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Commission
(EC), the U.S. Department of State, The U.S. Airforce Space Command, Japan’s and France’s
Ministry of Defense, as well as prominent non-governmental and commercial entities, such as
George Washington University Space Policy Institute (SPI), the Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS), the Analytical Graphics (AGI), the Lockheed Martin Corporation, and
others.
The conference will be held in the Czernin Palace, Headquarters of the Czech Foreign Ministry.
The topics of this year’s conference will include:
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Trilateral Cooperation to Strengthen Space Resilience
Implications of Hostile Acts on Sustainability of Outer Space Activities
Threats of Radiofrequency Spectrum Interference and Other Reversible Counterspace
Actions
International Norms of Behavior to Promote Space Protection
Authorizing and Supervising In-Space Operations
Dual-Use Aspects of Debris Remediation Techniques
Confirmed speakers include:
Francois Rivasseau, Special Envoy for Space, Head of Security Policy and
Space Policy Division, European External Action Service (EEAS)
Scott Pace, Director, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University
Pierre Delsaux, Deputy Director General, Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROWTH), European Commission
Douglas L. Loverro, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy
Mikio Shiokawa, Principal Deputy Director-General, Cabinet Satellite
Intelligence Center (CSICE), Japan
Lt. Gen. David J. Buck, Commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic),
Air Force Space Command; and Commander, Joint Functional Component Command
for Space, U.S. Strategic Command
Robert Crane, Senior Homeland Security Advisor, National Coordination Office
for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security
Atsuo Suzuki, Deputy Director General, Bureau of Defense Policy, Ministry of
Defense, Japan
Mallory Stewart, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control,
Verification, and Compliance, U.S. Department of State
General C. Robert "Bob" Kehler, former Commander of the U.S. Strategic
Command
Carlo des Dorides, Executive Director, European Global Navigation Satellite
Systems Agency (GSA)
Peter Marquez, former Director for Space Policy at the White House National
Security Council
Eric Stallmer, President, Commercial Spaceflight Federation
For more information please go to: www.spacesecurtiy.eu
Contact for journalists:
Filip Šebek
PSSI
sebek@pssi.cz
+420 776 160 952