Artemis Accords Five-Year Anniversary Celebration 🖖

Keith’s note: there will be a “Artemis Accords Five-Year Anniversary Celebration” here in Washington DC on Thursday, December 11th, 8:00 am – 10:30 am ET Hosted by the Meridian International Center at the Meridian House. I’ll be there but I will try and post a live webcast link in advance. Registration. —- Program below.

• Opening Keynote: Amit Kshatriya, NASA Associate Administrator
• Mike Gold, Redwire President of Civil and International Space (former NASA Associate Administrator of Space Policy and Partnerships) will serve as moderator for the panels.

Panel 1: The Founding of the Artemis Accords

Participants:

• Dr. Scott Pace, former Executive Secretary of the National Space Council and current Director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington Univerisry;
• Gabriel Swiney, former Civil Space Legal lead for the Department of State and current Director of the Office of Space Commerce’s Policy, Advocacy, and International Division;
• Dr. Bhavya Lal, former NASA Acting Chief of Staff and Senior White House Appointee, and current Professor at the RAND School of Public Policy, and
• Yosuke Kaneko, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
• This panel will also include a brief recorded video interview with Talal Kaissi, former space attaché from the UAE Embassy and current Acting Group Chief and Global Affairs Officer at G42.

Panel 2: The Commercial View of the Artemis Accords

Participants:

• Eddie Seyffert, Director of Civil Space for Blue Origin;
• Wendy Williams, Vice President and General Manager of Launch and Exploration for Northrop Grumman;
• Alicia Brown, Executive Director of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation; and
• Allen Cutler, President of the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration

Panel 3: The Future of the Artemis Accords

Participants:

• Valda Vikmanis, Department of State Director of the Office of Space Affairs;
• Kathleen Karika, NASA Senior Advisor;
• Annabelle Dullin, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; and
• Linda Dao, Counsellor for Space Affairs, Canadian Space Agency (waiting for final confirmation);
• This panel will also include a brief recorded message from the bridge of the USS Enterprise 🖖
• Keynote: Jacob Helberg, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and Environment (waiting for final confirmation)