2022 Workshop Information

Confirmed Speakers (as of 24 July)

(Click on underlined names for a short bio of the speaker; other bios will be updated soon)

Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Air War College (AWC)
Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Institute of Technology
Brandon de Bruhl, University of Southern California
Everett Dolman, AWC
Clifford Fletcher-Jones, Royal Air Force / Kings College London
Peter Garretson, American Foreign Policy Council
Namrata Goswami, Independent Scholar
Michelle Hanlon, University of Mississippi School of Law
Andrea Harrington, Air University
R. Lincoln Hines, AWC
Kirk Johnson, USSF / AWC
Andrew Keys, Air Force Institute of Technology
John Klein, George Washington University Space Policy Institute
Monique Laney, Auburn University
Roger Launius, Launius Historical Services
Niki Lindhorst, USSF / Space Delta 13
Gordon Lott, USAF / Air Command & Staff College (ACSC)
Gregory Miller, ACSC
Isaiah Montemayor, USSF / ACSC
George Nield, Commercial Space Technologies, LLC
Michael Pavelec, ACSC
Lawrence Rubin, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ariel Sandberg, MIT Lincoln Labs
Michael ”Coyote” Smith, ACSC
Kaylee Swenson, University of Missouri
Wendy Whitman Cobb, School of Advanced Air & Space Studies
Brent Ziarnick, ACSC

Session Topics

Day 1 includes a welcome/introductions as well as sessions on: Orbital mechanics; US Space Force/USSPACECOM; and Space Power Theory and Strategy

Day 2 will have 2 tracks. Participants may choose any panel from either track (i.e., you are not required to stick to just one track even during the same day).

Day 2/Track A: Space History
Early Space History
Cold War Space Race
Post-Cold War Space Cooperation
Rise of Commercial Space

Day 3: Special Topics
International Space Law
US Space Policy and Strategy
US Space Policy
Commercial Space

Day 4: Comparative Space Policies
Middle East Policy
French Policy
Indian Policy
Chinese Policy

Day 5 Pedagogy and Research
Conducting Research on Space
Graduate Student Research Panel
Best Practices for Teaching about Space
Science Fiction as Space Literature Panel

Day 2/Track B: Tech/STEM
Space Vehicle Design
Responsive Space: An Industry Perspective
Position Navigation & Timing
Space Threats/Warfare