The 26th annual AMOS Conference will have a full-house again September 16-19 at the Wailea Beach Resort, Maui. Chief of Space Operations, General Chance Saltzman, headlines a three-day program that brings together policymakers and experts from the private sector, academia, the military, and government agencies.
Each morning features the AMOS Policy Forum, a collaboration with Secure World Foundation, that brings together the developers and implementers of SSA capabilities and the architects of SSA policy to discuss a landscape that is rapidly evolving.
Following General Saltzman’s keynote, a panel will discuss the “International Military SDA Sharing.” In 2019, NATO released its first space policy as an institution and released in June 2025 a commercial space policy similar to the commercial utilization strategy that both DoD and USSF put out last year. As it is formalizing its space strategies and as other NATO members strengthen their military space capabilities, it is increasingly a possible platform for sharing SDA data. Similarly, the rise of the Quad (US, Japan, India, and Australia) also lends itself to serving as a way in which to share SDA data amongst military partners.
This panel will discuss pathways for sharing SDA data, goals for doing so, identify possible gaps from the various SDA systems to find ways in which new SDA producers can fill niches, and look at how the commercial SSA sector can best work with military SDA actors.
Moderator Victoria Samson, Chief Director, Space Security and Stability at Secure World Foundation will be joined by Group Captain Nick Bewley, UK Space Command; Barbara Golf, Strategic Advisor for Pivot SDA, USSF/SSC; Gp Cpt Rex Harrison, Director SDA, Defence Australia; and Lt Col Amandeep Singh, Officer Commanding, SDA, The Indian Army, Ministry of Defence.
Victoria Samson, Secure World Foundation
Gp Capt Nick Bewley, UK Space Command
Barb Golf, USSF/SSC
Lt Col Amandeep Singh, The Indian Army, Ministry of Defence
“The US Space Force recently released its international partnerships strategy, designed to help the United States share data with and integrate allies and partners into operations easily, in order to ensure coherence and alignment between like-minded nations.” explained Samson. “The panel will discuss how the United States and militaries from Europe and Asia can share data in order to promote a predictable, stable operating environment for all.”
DAY 2
Aarti Holla-Maini, Director, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) will kick off Day 2 with a keynote presentation. The British lawyer, economist and space expert maintains responsibility for UNOOSA management and administration, provides strategic guidance to its work and ensures that it is implemented in accordance with the mandates of the General Assembly, the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), and the established policies of the United Nations.
Ms. Holla-Maini serves as the senior advisor to the Secretary-General and represents the SG at meetings and conferences on matters relating to the peaceful exploration and use of outer space. She also discharges the Secretary-General’s obligations under the UN treaties and principles on outer space.
Aarti Holla-Maini, Director, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs
The keynote presentation will be followed by a Policy Forum discussion titled “U.S. China – Space Safety Information Sharing – Exploring Need and Possibilities.” The two most prolific space actors today – in terms of number of operational spacecraft – are the United States and China. Amid a tense geopolitical relationship there is operational need for exchange of space safety information and building of operator-to-operator coordination channels for basic operational safety and stability in the space environment.
This panel, moderated by Ian Christenson, Senior Director, Private Sector Programs at Secure World Foundation, will discuss the extent of existing physical interactions between U.S. and Chinese constellations and the need for coordination, and from there explore what prospects may or may not exist for practical exchange of information between the two communities.
Christenson will be joined onstage by Siamak Hesar, Co-Founder & CTO, Kayhan Space, Josef Koller, Head of Space Safety and Sustainability, Amazon Project Kuiper; and Audrey Schaffer, Vice President of Strategy and Policy, Slingshot Aerospace. Kristin Burke, Senior Space & Counterspace Researcher at China Aerospace Studies Institute will join the panel virtually, and Zhang Peng, Director of Solutions, Galaxy Space, Ltd. will provide remarks.
Christenson commented, “As operations in the space environment become more complex, finding means to ensure space safety information is shared between US and Chinese civil and commercial space operators is a key challenge that must be addressed. We look forward to sharing perspectives on this challenge through this panel.”
Ian Christenson, Secure World Foundation
Josef Koller, Amazon Kuiper
Siamak Hesar, Kayhan Space
Audrey Schaffer, Slingshot Aerospace
Kristin Burke, China Aerospace Studies Institute
DAY 3
The final day of AMOS will kick-off with a Fireside Chat titled “Reflections on the Evolution of U.S. Policy for Space Traffic Management Policy” with a bipartisan group of former U.S. Executive branch officials: Richard DalBello, Diane Howard, and Kevin O’Connell. All three have served at the U.S. Office of Space Commerce (OSC), starting with O’Connell taking on the Director role 2018-‘21. Howard joined the office in 2019 to serve as Chief Counsel until 2021. DalBello took over as OSC Director from 2022-2024. Howard also served as Director, Commercial Space Policy at National Space Council during 2021-2024.
This anticipated lively discussion will set the stage for the panel that will follow, “SSA Needs for Novel Space Activities.” A number of areas of novel space activities are now seeing operational commercial missions increase in scope and pace. These include return and reentry activities; rendezvous and proximity operations, including satellite servicing and active debris removal; and cislunar and lunar surface missions. These activities offer both new needs for SSA information and new challenges for collecting SSA data.
Brian Weeden, Systems Director, The Aerospace Corporation, will moderate the panel with speakers Alberto Águeda, Director of Space Surveillance and Traffic Management, GMV; Mariel Borowitz, Director of International SSA Engagement, Office of Space Commerce; Tahara Dawkins, Director of Policy, Astroscale; Pascal Faucher, Chairman EU SST, Defense and Security, CNES; and Carolin Frueh, Associate Professor, Purdue University.
The panel will discuss the role of SSA in enabling and supporting these novel commercial space activities and seek to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement in current capabilities. It will also discuss how national space traffic coordination systems would support this mission and how SSA information might support improved licensing practices for novel space activities.
Brian Weeden, The Aerospace Corporation
Mariel Borowitz, Office of Space Commerce
Tahara Dawkins, Astroscale
Pascal Faucher, CNES
Carolin Frueh, Purdue University
In addition to the keynotes and policy discussions, the conference features technical sessions, exhibit and poster sessions, fourteen technical short courses plus featured presentations. This year’s featured presentations include Colonel Jonathan Whitaker, Chief of Staff and Director of Space Operations, NATO Combined Force Space Component Command (CFSpCC); Dr. Kelly Hammett, Director, Space Rapid Capabilities Office; Colonel Barry Croker, Commander of Mission Delta 2; and Mrs. Barbara Golf, USSF, Strategic Advisor for SDA, SSC/SZ.
Colonel Richard Beckman, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) /RV Space Vehicles Directorate, and Mr. Enrico Jeantete, Deputy Director, Innovation and Acquisition Prototyping Delta, Space Systems Command (SSC); will give a joint presentation on “SDA Support to Next-Generation Space Mobility and Logistics.” This talk will highlight the decades-long collaboration between the AFRL and SSC in developing and deploying innovative space solutions. Both organizations are at the forefront of novel space domain technical challenges.
View the full agenda at https://amostech.com/agenda/
Presented by Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB), the AMOS Conference will be hybrid, offering livestreaming of all presentations. In-person registration has been sold out for months with many placing value on the numerous networking opportunities provided. In anticipation of numbers and limited seating, the conference will be streamed live to an overflow room and to the virtual platform and mobile app. Virtual tickets are still available providing access to all presentations as well as online networking and the exhibit hall.
The 2025 AMOS Conference is sponsored by a.i. solutions, Advanced Scientific Concepts, Advanced Space, Amazon Kuiper, Anduril, Astro Haven Enterprises, Astroscale, ATIK Cameras, AV, BAE Systems, Boeing, CACI, Celestron, COMSPOC, EO Solutions, ExoAnalytic Solutions, General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, GMV, Hart Scientific Consulting International, HTDC, JCO, JHU Applied Physics Laboratory, Kayhan Space, KBR, Kratos, L3 Harris, LeoLabs, Lipoa Investments, LLC, Lockheed Martin, LSAS Tec, Maxar, MDA Space, Mitre, NEC Aerospace Systems, Nokomis, Northrop Grumman, Officina Stellare, Parsons, Planewave Instruments, Raytheon, Rocket Lab, SAIC, Sandia National Lab, Sea West Observatories, SEAKR, Slingshot Aerospace, SpaceFlux, SpaceMap, SpaceNav, Teledyne, Telesat, The Aerospace Corporation, TOPTICA Photonics, Trusted Space, University of Colorado Boulder, USRA, and Voyager.