The 2024 AMOS Conference, September 17-20, celebrated 25 years at the Wailea Beach Resort, Maui. Presented by Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB), the premier technical conference in the nation devoted to Space Domain Awareness hosted 1101 in-person attendees with a further 231 participating virtually.
“For a quarter century the AMOS Conference has been at the forefront of technical exchange in space situational awareness” said Leslie Wilkins, MEDB President and CEO, in her welcome remarks. “AMOS brings together a diverse audience to bridge technical gaps, foster international cooperation, and advance space sustainability. With over half of the audience in the private sector, the trend remains reflective of the continuing commercialization of space and related technologies.”
The opening segment of the conference began with a traditional Hawaiian invocation with a reflection and sense of place to set the tone for the week. The message provided guidance and a reminder of responsibility as stewards of the land.
The annual AMOS Conference program featured daily keynote speakers, SSA/SDA policy forums, featured presentations, technical oral and poster sessions, exhibits, short courses and networking receptions. Both in-person and livestream attendees had access to a virtual platform to facilitate networking and collaboration before, during and after the conference.
Congratulations to the 2024 AMOS Award Winners
Best Paper Award
Sam Wishnek, BAE Systems
Minimum Observation Methods of Initial Maneuver Determination
Student Award
Ethan Foss, University California, San Diego
Reachability Analysis of Low-Thrust Cislunar Spacecraft Using State Transition Tensors
Poster Awards
GOLDEN TICKET (Winner of 2025 Oral Presentation Slot)
Brian Williams, Slingshot Aerospace
ML-Based Photometric Fingerprinting and Event Detection at Scale for LEO Satellite Monitoring
MOST CREATIVE
Fabio Chiappina, a.i. solutions
Autonomous Trajectory Planning for Cislunar Space
NEWCOMER
Rachel Stutz, Orion Space Solutions
Dragster 2.0: An Operations-Ready Framework for Neutral Density Assimilation
BEST POSTER LIGHTNING PITCH
Di Wu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MOCAT on Temporal Analysis and Quantification for Policies in Space Sustainability
Award winners pictured left to right: Aaron Rosengren (accepting on behalf of Ethan Foss); Sam Wishnek, Fabio Chiappino, Rachel Stutz, Brian Williams and Di Wu.
The 7th annual EMER-GEN® Program challenged, informed and mentored thirty-eight young professionals through a 3-week schedule. A joint initiative of the AMOS Conference and the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), the program presented by the Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB) kicked off with three webinars and culminated in the in-person event September 15-17 at the Wailea Beach Resort, Maui. Read EMER-GEN 2024 Highlights
AMOS 2024 Conference Photos & Videos
Watch AMOS 2024 Playlist
Technical Chairs
Paul Kervin, AFRL/RDSM (Ret.)
Daron Nishimoto, EO Solutions
2024 Session Chairs
Astrodynamics
Tom Kelecy,Space Enthusiast
Geoff Lake, BAE – Space and Mission Systems
Atmospherics/Space Weather
Mary Ellen Craddock, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Shaylah Mutschler, Space Environment Technologies
Cislunar SDA
John Iannamorelli,The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Jamie Stearns, AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate
Conjunction/RPO
Jeff Aristoff, Slingshot Aerospace
Mariel Borowitz, OSC / Georgia Tech
Machine Learning for SDA Applications
Heather Griffith James, Kitware, Inc.
Nathan Toner, Cloudstone Innovations
Satellite Characterization
Carolin Frueh, Purdue University
Emily Gerber, Ten One Aerospace
SDA Systems & Instrumentation
Jeff Sherk, The Aerospace Corporation
Stacie Williams, HQ U.S. Space Force
Space-Based Assets
BT Cesul, Umbra
Orlando Diaz, NASA Ames Research Center
Space Debris
Heather Cowardin, NASA
Zach Gazak, SSC/SZG
Space Domain Awareness
Ayla Reed, AFRL/RDSM
Lauchie Scott, Defense R&D Canada
Poster Chairs
Pat Patterson,Space Dynamics Laboratory, Utah State University
Matthew Stevenson, LeoLabs
