April 7 - 8, 2015
Regional Workshop on the Long-Term Sustainability of Space Activities
Sponsored by the Secure World Foundation (SWF), in collaboration with the Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space (ACAE), and with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, this two-day workshop held in San Jose, Costa Rica, engaged representatives from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean (GRULAC) countries who are members of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). This workshop served as a platform to advance regional space sustainability discussions within Latin America. (http://swfound.org/events/2015/regional-workshop-on-the-long-term-sustainability-of-space-activities)
April 16, 2015
From Response to Resilience: Space and Disaster Risk Management
During this year's 31st Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, CO, SWF co-hosted with the Space Foundation a panel which examined the role space capabilities can play in disaster risk management. The panelists discussed how information derived from space has played a critical role in providing information to policy makers and first responders during times of natural disasters. (http://swfound.org/events/2015/from-response-to-resilience-space-and-disaster-risk-management)