Defence Space Conference 2024

UK Space Command’s Defence Space Conference is the leading platform for all those who seek to influence and play a role in the development and operation of the UK’s military space capabilities. UKspace is proud to be one of the event sponsors.

Defence Space Conference brings together senior UK military and government officials, space commanders from international space partners and allies and leaders in disruptive technologies, including the space SME and technology start-up communities. Defence Space coheres military space strategy and operations with space technology and innovation.

The conference programme is led by UK Space Command, the Ministry of Defence’s lead for space operations, space workforce and space capability, in partnership with Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S). Other participants include MOD, Strategic Command, the UK Space Agency and DSTL.

The two-day conference is the UK’s primary event for sharing strategic plans, operational capability targets, and programme delivery milestones for the Space Domain while also facilitating dialogue and deepening UK Space Command’s and UK Defence’s relationships with partners across government, the space industrial sector, international partners and academia. Outputs from the conference are intended to help steer discussions and guide strategies for new technologies and capabilities to enhance Space support to operations, develop the UK’s space workforce, and bolster UK Defence capability.

This year’s themes are:

• The Joint Space
• The Combined Force
• Integrated Partners
• Space Futures

Keynote speakers include:

• Luke Pollard MP, Minister for the Armed Forces (Video Address)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Rich Knighton, Chief of the Air Staff, Royal Air Force
• General Stephen N. Whiting, Commander, United States Space Command
• Lieutenant General Sir Charlie Stickland, Chief of Joint Operations Permanent Joint Headquarters
• Brigadier General John L. Dawber, Deputy Commanding General for Operations, U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command
• Major General Paul Tedman Commander, UK Space Command
• Avril Jolliffe, Director General Industry, Trade and Economic Security, MOD
• Dr Paul Bate, Chief Executive Officer, UK Space Agency
• Air Marshal (Ret’d) Sir Stuart Atha, Former Deputy Commander Operations, Royal Air Force
• Professor Anu Ohja, Director, UK Space Agency – International, ESA, Education, Communications and Parliamentary Engagement

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