WHAT TO EXPECT: THE OEWG ON REDUCING SPACE THREATS, Apr 21, 2022, virtual, 9:00 am ET

BASIC and the Third Nuclear Age Project at the University of Leicester (U.K.) will hold a virtual event on April 21, 2022 at 2:00 pm local time in London, England, which is 9:00 am EDT.

The topic is “What to Expect: The OEWG on Reducing Space Threats,” where experts will discuss the Open Ended Working Group established by the United Nations to discuss norms of behavior in space.

More information and a registration link are on the event’s website.

Speakers are:

Introductory Remarks

Eric Desautels, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, AVC, Department of State, US Government.

Panel

Dr Jessica West, Senior Researcher, Ploughshares Canada
Dr Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan, Director of the Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology (CSST) at the Observer Research Foundation
Dr Bleddyn Bowen, Associate Professor, University of Leicester
Victoria Samson, Washington Office Director, Secure World Foundation

Discussant:
Nivedita Raju, Researcher, SIPRI

Chair:
Anuradha Damale, Policy Fellow, BASIC, PhD Researcher, University of Leicester