In her welcome remarks, Leslie Wilkins, MEDB President and CEO, said, “Since MEDB assumed stewardship in 2006, AMOS has evolved into a premier global forum for technical experts, policymakers, industry innovators, academics, and international partners — all committed to advancing space sustainability. AMOS is where technical depth meets strategic policy dialogue, forging meaningful collaboration across sectors.”
Held on Maui at the Wailea Beach Resort, the opening segment of the conference included a traditional Hawaiian invocation to bring place and purpose to the week and remind the audience of their Kuleana (responsibility) as stewards of the islands and of the shared space domain.
The annual AMOS Conference program featured daily keynote speakers, policy forums, featured presentations, technical oral and poster sessions, exhibits, technical 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 2025 AMOS Award Winners
Best Paper Award
Roger Hunter, NASA
NASA’s Starling Mission and Space Situational Awareness Implication
Student Award
Allan Shtofenmakher, Massachussets Institute of Technology
Optimal Tasking and Scheduling of Satellite Constellations for Space Situational Awareness
Poster Awards
GOLDEN TICKET (Best Overall Poster, Winner of 2026 Oral Presentation Slot)
Greg Furlich, University of Colorado Boulder
Utilizing Civilian Launches as Live Exercises for Evaluating a Federated Protect and Defend SDA Battle Management System
MOST CREATIVE (Top poster with the most ambitious goal and/or most unexpected methodology to solve)
Brian McReynolds, U.S. Air Force Academy
Unlocking Accurate Photometric Reconstruction of Dim, Unresolved Point Source Objects with an Event-based Vision Sensor
NEWCOMER (Top poster by a person presenting at AMOS for the first time)
Sarah Luettgen, University of Colorado Boulder
Coupling of Thermosphere-Exosphere Helium Dynamics for Improved Satellite Drag Physics
BEST POSTER LIGHTNING PITCH (Top 30-sec pitch presented during plenary sessions)
Ryan Shepperd, Iridium
Iridium’s Use of Mean Elements in Collision Assessment
Award winners from L to R: Zachry Theis, (accepting on behalf of Brian McReynolds), Greg Furlich, Allan Shtofenmakher, Roger Hunter, Sarah Luettgen, Ryan Shepperd
AMOS 2025 Conference Photos & Videos
Watch AMOS 2025 Playlist
Technical Chairs
Paul Kervin, AFRL/RDSM (Ret.)
Daron Nishimoto, EO Solutions
2025 Session Chairs
ASTRODYNAMICS
Laura Pirovano, Northstar Earth & Space
Sam Wishnek, BAE Systems
ATMOSPHERICS/SPACE WEATHER
Tzu-Wei Fang, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Piyush Mehta,West Virginia University
Shaylah Mutschler, Space Environment Technologies
CISLUNAR SDA
Jill Bruer, AFRL
Channing Chow, Cloudstone Innovations
CONJUNCTION/RPO
Mariel Borowitz, OSC / Georgia Tech
Keith LeGrand, Purdue University
MACHINE LEARNING FOR SDA APPLICATIONS
Heather Griffith James, Kitware, Inc.
Justin Fletcher, Odyssey
SATELLITE CHARACTERIZATION
Sean Allen, U.S. Space Force / SSC / SZ
Heather Cowardin, NASA
SDA SYSTEMS & INSTRUMENTATION
Jose Miguel Lozano, GMV
Jeff Sherk, Aerospace Corporation
SPACE-BASED ASSETS
Melrose Brown, UNSW Canberra
Orlando Diaz, NASA Ames Research Center
SPACE DEBRIS
James Blake, University of Warwick
Zach Gazak, SSC/SZG
SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS
Jeremy Raley, U.S. Space Force
Ayla Reed, AFRL/RDSM
Mahalo to our 2025 Sponsors
