Space Operations Summit 2024 is the only conference to look at space both as an independent operational domain, and as an enabler for joint all-domain operations.

The conference brings together space professionals and senior military leaders who depend on space to deliver results in the air, on land, and at sea by providing a platform for stakeholders to simultaneously engage with launch service providers, defence space leaders, and end-user customers.

Unlike other conferences on space, the conference agenda adopts a multifaceted approach which looks to solve challenges in space through the active participation of policy makers, militaries and industries.

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As space becomes more accessible, more nations are beginning to incorporate the domain into their national strategies. While the US remains at the lead in spending, new entrants such as Poland have emerged, while the UK and France have both pledged to increase their spending. This market report covers spending from selected countries on:

• Point Navigation and Timing Systems (PNT)
• Communications/SatCom
• Third Party Launches
• Data Gathering
• Earth Observations
• Space Training
  

In this interview, Air Marshal Andrew Turner delves into the logarithmic increasing importance of Space Domain Awareness. Life on earth has become ever more dependent on the Space Domain which has led to issues in space congestion and collision. In this piece he:

• Explains the urgency of the Space problem
• The role new technologies can play in solving the issue
• Challenges of implementing these new technologies
  

Space no longer has the barriers to entry it once did. Its democratisation has allowed greater participation by both nations and private actors. This activity has proven to be a double edge sword as our reliance on space has cluttered it increasing the potential of disaster, whether by incident or design. In this Rapid-Fire interview, Brigadier General Teichmann shares his views on the current state-of-play of the Space Domain Awareness.

The "Procurement Enterprise Transformation and the Future for NASA Acquisition" presentation was delivered at the Space Operations Summit 2022 by Ms. Karla Smith Jackson, Senior Procurement Executive, Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer & Assistant Administrator for Procurement NASA who will be joining us once again as a speaker in Space Operations Summit 2023. 

This Presentation Covers:

• NASA’s Mission
• NASA Mission Directorates (How We Do Business)
• NASA Buying Locations
• NASA Centres
• NASA By The Numbers FY2021
• Office of Procurement FY2021 Workforce Data
• Procurement FY2022 Transformation Initiatives
• NASA Major Acquisitions
• Strengthening Program Management
• Supply Chain Challenges

Ahead of the Space Operations Summit 2023, the 2022 Attendee Report highlights the leading organisations within the industry and extensive list of high-level attendees that have previously attended. The event lends itself as a unique and useful opportunity for industry leaders, space commands, government officials and academia to come together to share with the forum the challenges they face and solutions to these challenges.

In this interview Richard Laing, Principal Project Manager for the NCI’s Joint Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Centre expresses his views on the developing space domain. Space has become one the most exciting domains as every day it is becoming more democratised, opening to new concepts and industries. Space’s increased accessibility provides new opportunities, challenges and threats. Richard uses his experience and knowledge to reflect on these aspects providing invaluable insight for anyone in the sector.

View the 2019 attendee list for Space Operations Summit to see who participated. 

In 2019, the inaugural  Space Operations Summit welcomed speakers from 10 nations and a truly international attendee faculty to London.

Missed the summit? Find out what you missed with the Defence iQ Space Operations Post Show Report. 

Included within the report are: 

• 2019 Attendee snapshots and demographics
• Event Summary provided by conference co-chairmen Steve Huybrechts, Chief of Staff, Applied Minds & Mark Presley, Director, MAP ANALYTICA
• 2019 Speakers