The Space Security and Safety (SSS) Program at the University of Texas at Austin’s Strauss Center, and the Cockrell School of Engineering, in partnership with the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), Lockheed Martin, and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics(AIAA), held the 6th annual Space Traffic Management conference, “Facing the Security Challenge.” The conference took place on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, and Thursday, February 20 at the University of Texas at Austin. The conference was organized by Daniel Porras (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research Space Security Fellow), SSS Program Lead Dr. Moriba Jah, and non-resident SSS scholar Diane Howard.

Experts from all over the world gathered to discuss and exchange on space traffic management. Technical sessions were devoted to several topics like Range Management, Airspace/Orbital Space Integration, Space Safety, Security, and Sustainability, Space Environment Effects and Impacts and Related Issues.

Access the various sessions by either using the skip function or by clicking the playlist button in the upper right corner of the video below.

CONFERENCE MATERIALS:

The final agenda can be found here and participant biographies can be found here.

Papers and most presentations referenced on the agenda can be found here.

Conference Venue:
University of Texas at Austin
James J. and Miriam B. Mulva Conference Center (0.904)
Engineering Education and Research Center (EER)
2501 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712

For video and audio of last year’s conference, please visit here.

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