5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARTEMIS ACCORDS (Meridian Intl), Dec 11, 2025, DC/online, 8:30-10:30 am ET

The 5-year anniversary of the Artemis Accords will be celebrated at an event on December 11, 2025 from 8:30-10:30 am ET in-person at the Meridian International Center, 1630 Crescent Place, NW, Washington, DC, and online.

Pre-registration is required for both. Seating is limited.

Meridian says it also will air on their social media channels that include https://x.com/MeridianIntl on X and https://www.youtube.com/c/MeridianCommunity on YouTube.

Among the speakers are Mike Gold, currently President, Civil and International Space, Redwire, and Gabriel Swiney, currently Director of Policy, Advocacy, and International Division, Office of Space Commerce, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. Gold and Swiney led development of the Accords in 2020 when Gold was at NASA and Swiney at the State Department.

Other speakers include:

Amit Kshatriya, Associate Administrator, NASA
Alicia Brown, Executive Director, Commercial Spaceflight Federation
Allen Cutler, President, Coalition for Deep Space Exploration
Annabelle Dullin, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Luxembourg
Yosuke Kaneko, First Secretary & Space Attache, Embassy of Japan
Kathleen Karika, Senior Advisor, Office of Interagency and International Relations, NASA
Bhavya Lal, Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
Dr. Scott Pace, Director, Space Policy Institute, The George Washington University
Eddie Seyffert, Director of Civil Space, Blue Origin
Valda Vikmanis, Director, Office of Space Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Wendy Williams, Vice President and General Manager of Launch and Exploration, Northrop Grumman

To date, 59 countries have signed the Artemis Accords that establish 10 principles for responsible behavior on the Moon. The first eight signed in October 2020. The Philippines became the most recent signatory in October 2025 and Latvia is on the cusp of signing.  NASA told SpacePolicyOnline.com on November 3 (during the government shutdown) that the Latvian government passed legislation on October 31 allowing them to proceed with signing and would do so in Washington once the shutdown ended.