Who Can and Should Attend

Military, Government, University, and Contractor employees who are U.S. citizens with a Secret Clearance and an interest/stake in the space environment will benefit from this annual conference.

Leaders in both space weather and space operations have been invited and have committed to the conference to include a discussion Air Force Space Command priorities in Space Weather. Additionally, key decision-makers from acquisition agencies and industry are expected as speakers and participants.

As researchers and operators know all too well, space weather events can severely impact U.S. national security. Not only do space weather events degrade C2, precision navigation, and communications, they can also diminish or destroy vital capabilities of space assets to accomplish the mission. The purpose of this conference is to discuss the impacts of the space environment on National Security systems and to identify requirements for space-weather sensors and algorithms to mitigate these impacts.

This conference will NOT be a dry discussion of space weather research focused on scientific minutiae. Instead, it will provide a dynamic opportunity for give-and-take among space systems operators, acquirers, contractors, and academic researchers to identify measurements and tools needed to address space weather impacts on National Security operations. The conference will include poster sessions and breaks to allow for networking and discussions. Presentations will be given at both classified and unclassified security levels.

Questions?

Please contact APL via e-mail at nss-team@jhuapl.edu, or leave a phone message at 240-228-SpWx (7799).