Secure World Foundation, Caelus Foundation and the Chinese Society of Astronautics co-organized the Third Sino-U.S. Commercial Space Workshop. This event was held on the margin of the 2021 China Space Conference and is part of an ongoing series of events being co-organized by SWF, Caelus Foundation, and the Chinese Society of Astronautics as a platform for exchanges of perspectives on, and discussion of, commercial space developments in the two countries.
U.S. speakers participated via an online connection, while attendees in China gathered in person in Nanjing, China. During the event American and Chinese speakers delivered a series of keynote presentations and engaged in interactive discussion and questions & answers in response to the presentations. Topics covered included viewpoints on the space economy, trends in space tourism and cislunar development; and discussion of satellite constellations for broadband and internet of things. Themes of policy and regulatory best practices and the value of market competition were also discussed.