CAPACITY-BUILDING FOR SPACE SUSTAINABILITY: ROLE OF GOVT, INDUSTRY & CIVIL SOCIETY (SWF), July 23, 2020, virtual, 9:00-11:00 am ET

Update, July 15:  The event has been rescheduled for July 23 from 9:00-11:00 am ET.  The revised participant list is as follows. The only change is that David Turner will represent the U.S. State Department instead of Amber Charlesworth.  More information and a registration link are on the event’s website.

• Niklas Hedman, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, Austria
• Andre Rypl, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil
• Keren Shahar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel
• David Turner, Department of State, United States

• Aarti Holla-Maini, EMEA Satellite Operators Association, Belgium
• Therese Jones, Satellite Industry Association, United States
• Daniel Oltrogge, Space Safety Coalition, United States
• Charity Weeden, Astroscale, United States                                                           

• David Kendall, Outer Space Institute, Canada
• Jean-Jacques Tortora, European Space Policy Institute, Austria
• Guoyu Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
• Danielle Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Update, July 1:  This event has been postponed. The message from SWF issued today is as follows:

“Thank you for registering to attend the webinar on Capacity-building for Space Sustainability, scheduled for 9:00AM EDT on Thursday July 2, 2020.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have made the difficult decision to postpone this event. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and look forward to sharing updates in the coming days.”

Original Posting: The Secure World Foundation (SWF) will hold a webinar on July 2, 2020 from 9:00-10:00 am ET on “Capacity-Building for Space Sustainability: Role of Government, Industry, and Civil Society.”

Participants are:

• Amber Charlesworth, Department of State, United States
• Niklas Hedman, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, Austria
• Andre Rypl, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil
• Keren Shahar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel

• Aarti Holla-Maini, EMEA Satellite Operators Association, Belgium
• Therese Jones, Satellite Industry Association, United States
• Daniel Oltrogge, Space Safety Coalition, United States
• Charity Weeden, Astroscale, United States                                                           

• David Kendall, Outer Space Institute, Canada
• Jean-Jacques Tortora, European Space Policy Institute, Austria
• Guoyu Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
• Danielle Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States