Track and Breakout Sessions Invite Participation

A special feature of the Strategic Space Symposium is the Track Sessions and associated Breakout Sessions, which give attendees unprecedented access to military and industry leaders plus the opportunity to participate in in-depth conversations about critical issues and, as appropriate, to make recommendations and offer solutions.

The Track and, where applicable, Breakout Sessions will be repeated throughout the two-day meeting, Nov. 2 - 4 at the Qwest Center Omaha, to give attendees a chance to participate in a broad array of discussions.  The scheduled Sessions and their moderators are:

Track: Improving Integration of Space Effects
Associated Breakout Sessions:
Environmental Monitoring
NAVWAR (led by Lt. Col. Daniel Wright, USAF, director, Navigational Warfare/Position, Navigation, and Timing, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense Network and Information Integration)
ISR (led by Col. Charlotte Wilson, USAF, director, National Reconnaissance Office Operations Center)
SATCOM (led by Peter Sauvé, director, Global Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Center under Joint Task Force Global Network Operations (JTF-GNO), U.S. Cyber Command, USSTRATCOM)

Track: Determining the Value of Responsive Space as an Element of Our National Space Strategy (led by Peter M. Wegner, Ph.D. director - Operationally Responsive Space Office, United States Department of Defense)
Associated Breakout Sessions:
How Should the Department of Defense Posture Acquisitions for Operationally Responsive Space? (led by Capt. Brian N. Humm, USN, chief, Global ISR and Space Division, USSTRATCOM)
Session to be determined (led by Col. Thomas A. Doyne, USAF, deputy director, Space Programs and Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense)

Track: Policy/Strategy Challenges to Implementing Data Sharing (led by Maj. Gen. Susan J. Helms, USAF, (pictured) director, Plans and Policy, USSTRATCOM)
Track Panel Members:
David A. Anhalt, senior director, Advanced Programs, Orbital Sciences Corporation
Kelli L. Seybolt, division chief for space and cyberspace cooperation, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs
William Schuster, chief operating officer, GeoEye

Additional moderators will be announced as they are confirmed.

For more information, including online registration, agenda, speakers, and exhibitor and sponsorship information, go to www.StrategicSpaceSymposium.org. Also, see related Space Watch articles:

For more information, including online registration, agenda, speakers, and exhibitor and sponsorship information, go to www.StrategicSpaceSymposium.org. Also, see related Space Watch articles:

• Symposium Overview
• Military/Government Speakers
• Industry Speakers
• AMERICOM Exhibit Center
• Sponsors
• Law Seminar

 

This article is part of Space Watch: September 2009 (Volume: 8, Issue: 9).