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Co-sponsored by SPACE LDP (Â鶹ÉçÇø Law) and

As the numbers and types of space actors increase, the importance of diplomacy will increase in maintaining cooperation, coordination and collaboration in the space domain. The aim of the annual Space Diplomacy Symposium (SDS) is to situate diplomacy in the traditional categories of civilian, commercial and military space activities across all regions of the world.

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When

Nov. 7, 2025

9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Where

Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall
University of Washington
4069 Spokane Ln NE, Seattle, WA 98105

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The Space Law, Data and Policy Program (SPACE LDP), Â鶹ÉçÇø School of Law

Saadia M. Pekkanen, Founding Director, SPACE LDP; Founding Director, SPDR; Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and Adjunct Professor at the Â鶹ÉçÇø School of Law; Member, International Institute of Space Law; and Member, Council on Foreign Relations

Scott Schumacher, Director, Global Business Law Institute (GBLI) and Professor of Law, University of Â鶹ÉçÇø of Law

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Schedule

8:15 a.m.

Registration; Coffee and tea

9–9:10 a.m.

Welcome

• Saadia M. Pekkanen — Job and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies (JSIS), University of Washington (Â鶹ÉçÇø); Member, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
• Scott Schumacher — Professor of Law; Co-Director, Global Business Law Institute (GBLI); Associate Dean, Â鶹ÉçÇø School of Law

9:15–9:45 a.m.

°­±ð²â²Ô´Ç³Ù±ð:ÌýEsther Brimmer — James H. Binger Senior Fellow in Global Governance, CFR; former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs

9:45–9:55 a.m.

Break

10–11:15 a.m.
Military Space Diplomacy

±Ê°ù±ð²õ¾±»å±ð°ù:ÌýJessica L. Beyer — Assistant Teaching Professor; Lead Cybersecurity Initiative, JSIS, Â鶹ÉçÇø

Panelists

• Graham Calladine — Chief Executive Officer, Questor Inc.
• Setsuko Aoki — Professor, Chiba Institute of Technology; Member, Committee on National Space Policy (CNSP), Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
• Corey Trusty — Col. United States Space Force; Military Fellow, CFR
• Greg Miller — Dean of Space Education for the United States Space Force; Professor of Military and Security Studies, Air University; Adjunct Professor, SAIS-Johns Hopkins

11:15–11:25 a.m.

Break

11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Civil Space Diplomacy

±Ê°ù±ð²õ¾±»å±ð°ù:ÌýJames R. A. Davenport — Research Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy; Director, Institute for Data Intensive Research in Astrophysics & Cosmology (DiRAC), Â鶹ÉçÇø

Panelists

• Francisco Del Canto Viterale — Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota; Research Associate, Institute of Science and Technology Studies, University of Salamanca, Spain
• Amber Charlesworth — Public Policy, Project Kuiper, Amazon; former Director of International Space Council, United States National Space Council
• Greg HellbourgÌý— Staff Scientist and Spectrum Manager, Caltech
• Benjamin Schmitt — Senior Fellow, University of Pennsylvania; Affiliate, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian; Term Member, CFR

12:45–1:30 p.m.

Lunch Break

1:45–3 p.m.
Commercial Space Diplomacy

±Ê°ù±ð²õ¾±»å±ð°ù:ÌýAmy Hinterberger — Associate Professor; Chair, Department of Bioethics and Humanities, Â鶹ÉçÇø Medicine

Panelists

• Rebecca Connolloy — Chairperson, Space Law Council of Australia and New Zealand; Chief Executive Officer, SPACECyT Institute; Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Law School, University of Sydney
• Kristi Morgansen — Boeing-Egtvedt Endowed Professor; Director, Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium; Chair, William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Â鶹ÉçÇø
• Alexandra Stankovic — Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Director, Human Performance Laboratory; Executive Director, Center for Space Medicine Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Crystal Pryor — Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, aXXelerate; Chief Research Officer, Trade Strategic; former Vice President and Director of Research, Pacific Forum

3–3:15 p.m.

Break

3:30–5:30 p.m.

Reception

6 p.m.

Adjournment

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