The 21st, and first virtual, Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference, presented by Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB), helped foster important dialogue and international collaboration on the space environment, at a time when global security is rapidly changing. With relatively little advance notice, the AMOS team was able to make the inaugural all-virtual conference experience engaging and fruitful with the combination of live-streaming, on-demand sessions, digital exhibits, and networking chatrooms. 885 participants from 25 countries around the world spanning 19 time zones attended.
Additionally, an Aloha Reception featuring Hawaiian music and Tahitian dancing transported participants from around the world to paradise in anticipation for their in-person return to Maui in 2021.
Congratulations to the 2020 AMOS Award Winners
Best Paper Award
Maneuver Detection for Cislunar Vehicles using Optical Measurements
Jesse Greaves, University of Colorado Boulder
Best Student Paper Award
Robust Initial Orbit Determination Using Streaks and Admissible Regions
Sam Wishnek, University of Colorado Boulder
Videos & Photos
Videos of the Opening, Keynotes and SSA Policy Forums can be viewed at AMOS Conference YouTube channel.
Photos caught the virtual action as well as selfies posted as part of the #AMOSselfie social media challenge. View them all
Technical Chairs
Paul Kervin, AFRL/RDSM
Daron Nishimoto, Pacific Defense Solutions – A Centauri Company
Conference Advisors
Col L. Kirk Lewis, Ret., Institute for Defense Analyses
Jeanne Skog, Skog Rasmussen LLC
2020 Session Chairs
Adaptive Optics & Imaging
Geoff Andersen, Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Michael Hart, University of Arizona; HartSCI LLC
Astrodynamics
T.S. Kelso, ComSpOC Corp
Marek Ziebart, University College London
Atmospherics/Space Weather
Thomas Berger, University of Colorado at Boulder
Marcus Holzinger, University of Colorado at Boulder
Machine Learning Applications of SSA
Justin Fletcher, Air Force
Nathan Toner, Centauri
Cislunar SSA
James Frith, Air Force Research Laboratory
Jaime Stearns, Air Force Research Laboratory
Non-Resolved Object Characterization
Tamara Payne, Applied Optimization, Inc.
Emily Lambert, L3 Harris
Optical Systems & Instrumentation
Sue Lederer, NASA Johnson Space Center
Darren McKnight, Centauri
Orbital Debris
James Blake, University of Warwick
Heather Cowardin, NASA Johnson Space Center
Space-Based Assets
Brandon Cesul, Centauri
Elizabeth Cunningham, Air Force
Space Situational Awareness/Space Domain Awareness
Moriba Jah, University of Texas at Austin
Danielle Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mahalo to our 2020 Sponsors
Featured Exhibitors
| Air Force Office of Scientific Research | JHU Applied Physics Lab |
| Air Force Research Laboratory | Kratos |
| ABB | L3Harris |
| a.i. solutions | LeoLabs |
| AGI | Lockheed Martin |
| Applied Optimization | Northrop Grumman |
| Astro Haven | Northstar Earth & Space |
| Ball Aerospace | Numerica Corporation |
| Boeing | Peraton |
| Braxton Technologies | Planewave Instruments |
| Centauri | SAIC |
| Charles River Analytics | Sandia National Laboratories |
| DLR Space Administration | Secure World Foundation |
| ExoAnalytic Solutions | Seradata |
| General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems | Software Bisque |
| Space Foundation | USRA |