Summary of the 2017 AMOS Dialogue

The 2017 AMOS Dialogue Report summarizes a Secure World Foundation and Maui Economic Development Board workshop on the future of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and its role in Space Traffic Management (STM). Held during the 2017 AMOS Conference in Maui, the dialogue gathered international experts from government, industry, and academia to examine four potential SSA governance models and their policy implications.

Discussions emphasized trust in data sharing, public-private collaboration, and international coordination to ensure safe and sustainable space operations. Participants viewed a transition from the current U.S.-led system toward more distributed national frameworks as most realistic, while identifying a globally governed SSA system as the most desirable long-term goal.