Panel: Ensuring Safe Use of Space: Chair - Theresa Hitchens (CDI)

"Collision Avoidance and Improving Space Surveillance," Dr. William Ailor, principal director, Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies, The Aerospace Corporation

"Traffic Management Rules for Space Operations," Dr. Petr Lála, co-chair of the International Academy of Astronautics study group on space traffic management.

Discussant: Michael Krepon, president emeritus, The Henry L. Stimson Center

Panel: Ensuring the Future: Building Confidence and Avoiding Conflict:
Chair - Clay Moltz (MIIS)

"Military confidence building," Dr. Randy Correll, Science Applications International Corporation

"Non-Offensive Defenses," Philip J. Baines, senior policy advisor for Science and Technology, Arms Control and Disarmament Division, Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Government of Canada

Discussant: Dr. Clayton Chun, professor of economics, U.S. Army War College, and USAF (ret.).

Panel: Defining Space Security: Chair - Jeffrey Boutwell (Pugwash)

"How to judge global space security," Susan Eisenhower, Chairman of the Eisenhower Institute, Washington, D.C.

"What space security means to emerging space powers," Dr. Narayana Moorthi, director of Launch Vehicle Programmes at the Indian Space Research Organization.

Discussant: Leonard David, reporter, Space.com

Panel: Improving the Space Environment:
Chair - Theresa Hitchens (CDI)

"Debris mitigation and prevention: how to build a stronger international regime," Dr. Lubos Perek, former director of the U.N. Office of Outer Space Affairs

"Spectrum allocation issues for global satellite communications," Carlos Nalda, Council, Steptoe and Johnson, LLP

Discussant: Dr. Dennis Papadopoulos, professor of physics, University of Maryland

Panel: Enhancing Space Cooperation: the Role of Civil and Commercial Space: Chair - Clay Moltz (MIIS)

"Civil space and international cooperation," Joseph Wood, deputy assistant administrator for exploration, NASA

"Protection of critical commercial space infrastructure," Richard Buenneke, senior policy analyst, Aerospace Corporation

Discussant: Clayton Mowry, president, Arianespace, USA

Panel: New Solutions, New Mechanisms: Chair - Jeffrey Boutwell (Pugwash)

"Beyond today's regimes," Nafizah Goriman Khan, director, Malaysian National Space Agency.

"Alternatives for today," John B. Rhinelander, senior counsel, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, and Board Member, Lawyers Alliance for World Security; and The Hon. Philip E. Coyle, CDI senior advisor and former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Director DoD Operational Test and Evaluation.

Discussant: Bob Lawson, senior policy advisor, Department of Foreign Affairs, Canada.