09.00 Chairman’s Welcome To Day Two

Air Commodore Garfield Porter
Assistant Director Transformation, Joint Air Power Competence Centre
NATO

TOWARDS RESPONSIVE SPACE

09.10 Opening Keynote Address: MOVING TOWARDS THE REALISATION OF OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE (ORS)

• ORS in the US DoD: the journey so far
• Where are we with regard to realising ORS?
• On Demand with on-the-pad or on-orbit assets (minutes/hours)
• On Call with ready-to-field assets (days/weeks)
• Emergent with rapid transition from developments to delivery of new or modified capabilities (months)
• Developing combined Space capabilities
• Roads to developing greater interoperability with coalition partners
• Priorities, challenges and the way forward

Dr. Peter Wegner
Director, Operationally Responsive Space Office
US DoD

09.50 Industry Keynote Address: THE MILITARY POTENTIAL OF SMALL SATELLITES

• Recent innovations in small and micro-satellite technologies
• Which military operational capability gaps can they now meet?
• Their potential to satisfy further military applications in the future

Professor Sir Martin Sweeting OBE FR
Founder and Executive Chairman
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL)

DEVELOPING DUAL-USE SYSTEMS FOR A GREATER OPERATIONAL ADVANTAGE

11.00 Galileo: The Operational Roadmap For Europe’s Global Navigation System

• Overview of Galileo system and its services
• New programme developments in 2010: contracts awarded for satellites and launch
• Platform/payload technical requirements, specifications and design
• Production line for satellites: how to deliver a Galileo satellite every 6 weeks
• Timeline to operational status and key project milestones

Philip Davies
Business Development Manager (Europe)
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL)

11.40 The Cosmo-Skymed Programme: Updates And Perspectives

• Programme status of Cosmo-SkyMed
• Satellite performance to date
• Lessons learned from launches
• Next steps

Colonel Lucio Bianchi
Head of Space and Missile Defence Programmes
Italian MoD

13.50 Developing European Dual-Use Observation Capabilities: The Global Monitoring For Environment And Security (gmes) Programme

• Update on GMES: programme overview and current status
• The expected launch scenario for the GMES Sentinels
• Overview of the current Security related Services in GMES
• Emerging observation requirements for GMES

Dr. Thomas Beer
GMES Policy Coordinator
European Space Agency

14.30 Commercial Surveillance Satellites: Opportunities And Challenges

• Recent improvements in civil observation satellite capabilities
• Increase in the number of countries able to launch and operate their own systems
• The advantages of this progress, including new tools and greater participation from the international community
• Issues surrounding access to data derived by commercial observation spacecraft
• Challenges in the management of sensitive information within a wide group of participants
• The issue of security and availability of information from commercial observation satellites, especially in times of crisis

Professor Bhupendra Jasani
Visiting Professor War Studies
Kings College London

PLUG-AND-PLAY SPACE TECHNOLOGIES

15.40 Past, Present, And Future Of Plug-And-Play For Military Space Systems

The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) began development of a spacecraft plug-and-play test bed in 2005. Since then we have demonstrated key hardware and software elements of a proof-of-concept plug-and-play architecture. These efforts continue with further USAF technology development, and initiation of an Air Force contract to develop industry plug-and-play network designs. This presentation will look at past AFRL plug-and-play research, present activities, ongoing challenges, and the future end state for employment of plug-and-play technology into military space systems.

Neal Peck
Programme Manager, Advanced Plug-and-Play Technologies, Air Force Research Laboratory
USAF

16.20 Closing Operational Keynote Address: CURRENT AND FUTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPACE-BASED SUPPORT TO THE WARFIGHTER

Brigadier General Kurt Story
Deputy Commanding General, Space and Missile Defence Command
US Army