2025 Workshop Information
Planned Speakers (as of 12 June)
Aaron Bateman, George Washington University
Svetla Ben-Itzhak, USSF / JHU-SAIS
Magdalena Bogacz, USSF / JHU-SAIS
Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Tech
Ellen Chang, CapZone Impact Investments
Namrata Goswami, USSF / JHU-SAIS
Ron Gurantz, USSF / JHU-SAIS
Michelle Hanlon, University of Mississippi
Kirk Johnson, USSF / JHU-SAIS
John Klein, Space Strategist
Gregory Miller, USSF / JHU-SAIS
Teasel Muir-Harmony, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Mike Pavelec, USSF / JHU-SAIS
Saadia Pekkanen, University of Washington
Lawrence Rubin, Georgia Tech
Doug Ruyle, USSF / JHU-SAIS
Ariel Sandberg, Space Development Agency
Gabriel Swiney, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Samantha Taylor, USSF / JHU-SAIS
Brian Weeden, The Aerospace Corporation
Session Topics
The agenda is still being finalized, but below is the current draft (as of 12 June):
Morning Sessions
— Session 1: 0830-1000
— Session 2: 1015-1145
Day 1 – Introductions (note 0900 start time only on this day)
Session 1 — Welcome; Participant Introductions (0900-1045)
Session 2 — Space Security (1100-1230)
Lunch Break (1230-1345)
Session 3 — Early Space (1345-1515)
Session 4 — (Optional) Air and Space Museum tour (beginning at 1545)
Day 2
Track 1 – History and Future of Space
Session 1 – Cold War History
Session 2 – Commercial Space Economy
Lunch Break
Session 3 – Satellites in the Ukraine War
Panel Session – Future of Commercial Space
Track 2 – STEM for non-STEM Scholars
Session 1 – Orbital Mechanics
Session 2 – Trade Space Analysis Applied to Spacepower
Lunch Break
Session 3 – Responsive Space and Emerging Architectures
Panel Session – Future of Commercial Space
Afternoon Sessions
— Session 3: 1245-1415
— Session 4: 1430-1600
Day 3
Track 1 – Security Studies
Session 1 – Space Geopolitics
Session 2 – Space Terrorism
Lunch Break
Session 3 – Middle East Space
Session 4 – China
Track 2 – Space Governance
Session 1 – Space Diplomacy
Session 2 – Space Ethics
Lunch Break
Session 3 – Intro to Space Law
Session 4 – Role of NGOs
Day 4 @ Applied Physics Lab (APL) – (depart SAIS at 0800; return at 1600)
Day’s agenda TBD, but will include tour of APL and lunch break
Day 5 – Pedagogy
Session 1 – Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Session 2 – Space Mini Exercises
Lunch Break
Session 3 – Orbital Debris Exercise
Panel – Science Fiction and Space Strategy