Secure World Foundation will collaborate with the Maui Economic Development Board to produce the 2026 AMOS Policy Forum at the 27th AMOS Conference, taking place September 15–18, 2026, at the Wailea Beach Resort in Maui, Hawaii.
The AMOS Conference is a technical conference focused on space situational awareness and space domain awareness. The conference brings together participants from government, industry, academia, and the international space community to discuss technical, policy, and operational issues connected to SSA and SDA.
The AMOS Policy Forum brings together international experts to discuss key policy issues in space situational awareness and space domain awareness. In 2026, discussions will address emerging issues related to the dual-use aspects of space situational awareness, the nature of a basic space situational awareness service, and coordination related to space launch and re-entry activities.
Agenda
Event: 27th Annual AMOS Conference
Dates: September 15–18, 2026
Location: Wailea Beach Resort, Maui, Hawaiʻi, and online
Policy Forum: Presented in partnership with Secure World Foundation
Each morning’s AMOS Policy Forum will bring together operators, technology developers, and policymakers to discuss the technical, operational, and policy challenges shaping space domain awareness and spaceflight safety.
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 | Policy Forum Day 1
Morning
Keynote Address
General Stephen N. Whiting, Commander, U.S. Space Command
General Whiting will open the conference. He has held leadership roles across the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Strategic Command, the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Space Force, overseeing military space operations and national security initiatives.
Morning Policy Forum
Much Ado About Tracking: Navigating Dual-Use SSA
The technologies used for civilian space situational awareness can also be used to monitor military satellites or the space assets of adversarial nations. As in-space SSA capabilities grow and the line between inspector satellites and SSA satellites becomes less clear, operators and policymakers face new questions about how to manage dual-use capabilities.
This panel will discuss considerations for SSA operators and providers, the current state of policies and governance mechanisms, and ways to allow these capabilities to evolve while supporting a stable and predictable space environment.
Moderator: Victoria Samson, Chief Director, Space Security and Stability, Secure World Foundation
Panelists: Hilary Cohen, Director of Operations, HEO USA; Krista Langeland, Senior Physical Scientist, RAND Corporation; Jessica Tok, Space Policy Analyst, Office of the Secretary of War; Col. Jonathan Whitaker, Chief of Staff, NATO Combined Force Space Component Command, and Director, NATO Space Operations Centre.
Thursday, September 17, 2026 | Policy Forum Day 2
Morning
Keynote Address
Jonathan Herman, Director of Starlink Constellation Engineering, SpaceX
Herman oversees the engineering teams responsible for guidance, navigation, and control, constellation design and operations, collision avoidance, and other systems that enable the operation of the Starlink constellation, including the Stargaze space situational awareness system.
Morning Policy Forum
Where Does Basic SSA Service Begin and End?
Government space safety systems are in the process of defining and operationalizing basic SSA and space safety services. Programs such as TraCSS and EU-SST have been working jointly to research and map alignment between offerings as baseline services are defined. At the same time, a United Nations Expert Group is seeking to establish basic space traffic coordination principles at the international level, while commercial SSA providers continue to build value-added services and products.
This discussion will center on what minimum SSA information or services should be provided as a free or public good, what models could support that approach, and how commercial or fee-based services can continue to develop.
Moderator: Ian Christensen, Senior Director, Private Sector Programs, Secure World Foundation
Panelists: Chris Binz, Chief Architect of Mission Solutions, Umbra; Andrew D’Uva, Founder and Principal Advisor, Providence Access Co.; Audrey Schaffer, Senior Vice President of Global Policy and Government Strategy, Slingshot Aerospace; Gabriel Swiney, Director, Policy, Advocacy, and International Division, Office of Space Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Friday, September 18, 2026 | Policy Forum Day 3
Morning
Keynote Address
Dr. Gay Jane P. Perez, Director General, Philippine Space Agency
Joining remotely from the Philippines, Dr. Perez will deliver the conference’s final keynote address. She has helped advance the Philippines’ space and remote sensing programs through her work in Earth observation research and national space initiatives.
Morning Policy Forum
Mind the Gap: Coordinating Launch, Tracking, and Re-entry
As launch operations increase in tempo and become more routine, the need to address operational challenges in the integration of SSA information into launch operations becomes more acute. These issues include reducing the “COLA gap,” clarifying the roles of satellite and launch operators immediately after separation, improving SSA information related to re-entry, and addressing questions around the integration of launch activities into air traffic operations.
This panel will discuss current policy and operational efforts to address these issues and examine where progress has been made to date. It will also look at how best to improve integration of launch operations into national and international space traffic coordination systems.
Moderator: Alex Shi, Senior Program Analyst, Secure World Foundation
Panelists: Steph Earle, Space Policy and Outreach Branch Manager, Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation; Adam Marsh, Vice President of Technical Solutions, LeoLabs; Ruth Stilwell, Executive Director, Aerospace Policy Solutions, LLC.
Featured Presentations
In addition to keynote presentations and Policy Forum discussions, AMOS 2026 will feature technical sessions, exhibits, poster presentations, networking events, and technical short courses covering current challenges and innovations across the space sector.
Evolution of SSA Capabilities to Support SDA and STM, presented by Brian Weeden, Director of Civil and Commercial Policy, The Aerospace Corporation
SDA’s Tech Roadmap and the Space Domain Awareness Mission Areas, presented by Russell Teehan, Technical Director, Space Development Agency
Strategic Orchestration of the S&T Enterprise: A Framework for Accelerating Technology into Capability, presented by Jeremy C. Andrews, Director of Science, Technology and Engineering, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration
Forging United States Space Superiority: A Collaborative Framework Securing Space from vLEO Through Cislunar, presented by Col. Max Yates, Chief of the Space Electro-Optics Division, AFRL/RDS, and Enrico Jeantete, Director of the Innovation and Prototyping Division, SSC/SYD
Commercial Space Updates, presented by Barbara Golf, Strategic Advisor for Space Domain Awareness, Space Systems Command, U.S. Space Force
SWF will contribute to the development of Policy Forum topics and speakers and will moderate a policy panel on each of the three main conference days.
For questions about this event, please contact Victoria Samson.
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