SWF hosts ISU "Space and Security Theme Day"

Secure World Foundation hosted a Space and Security Theme Day during this year's International Space University (ISU) Space Studies Program (SSP). The 9-week SSP is held annually and brings together over a hundred participants from dozens of countries to take place in an intense, multidisciplinary space program. This year's SSP is being held in the United States at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountainview, California. Pictured above are, from left to right: Dr. Ray Williamson (SWF), Scott Madry (ISU), Brian Weeden (SWF), Ben Baseley-Walker (SWF), Ariane Cornell (Space Generation Advisory Council), and Rudi Jehn (European Space Agency).

The Theme Day included speakers from SWF, the European Space Agency, the Space Generation Advisory Council, and ISU. The presentations talked about the many definitions of space security, the space environment challenges, using space for human and environmental security on Earth, space weapons, and current international space security initiatives. The Theme Day concluded with a panel discussion taking questions from the audience.