MilSpace 2008 will give you the opportunity to analyse and explore the latest developments and most pressing issues in military use of space. Join us in Paris to network with an unparallelled speaker line-up and learn about current European programmes and national policies. Assess the future direction for European military space. Also analyse the new threats and solutions for space security. Be updated on national policies on space surveillance, geospatial intelligence, missile defence and space situational awareness. Plus key military players will analyse the potential limits of dual-use projects and systems and give you their operational insights. This unique forum will ensure that you stay fully up-to-date with the latest policies, programmes and solutions.

• Discuss the changing nature of European militarisation of space – what is the way forward?


• Gain expert insights into the future direction and challenges facing Military Space in the US


• Hear presentations on the importance of geospatial intelligence and reconnaissance in achieving national security and space situational awarenes


• Identify future opportunities for military, civil and commercial co-operation


• Network with senior military representatives from across Europe and the US and gain the most up-to-date overview of the present military space environment and challenges. .

• General Kevin P. Chilton, Commander, United States Strategic Command


• Lieutenant General Patrick de Rousiers, Commanding Officer, French Air Defence and Air Operations Command

.Other Senior Military and Government Representatives Include:

• Rear Admiral Roberto Leonardi, Ministry of Defence Representative, Italian Space Agency, Italian National Armament Directorate


• Brigadier General Wolf-Dietrich Kriesel, Director, German Air Force Transformation Centre, German Air Force


• Brigadier General (sel) Jack Weinstein, Director, Strategic Plans, Programs, Analyses, Assessments and Lessons Learned, Headquarters Air Force Space Command


• Joseph Rouge, Director, National Security Space Office, Pentagon, USA


• Colonel Antonio Lazaro Espada, Chief, Helios Programme Spanish Office, Spanish Air Force


• Colonel Patrick Rayermann, Chief, Space and Missile Defence Division, US HQDA


• Colonel Dario Coppola, Chief, Navigation and Observation Satellite System Department, Ministry of Defence, Italy


• Wing Commander Martin Littlehales, Directorate of the Air Staff, Strategy Space, Ministry of Defence, UK


• Lieutenant Colonel Franck Schrottenloher, Head, Surveillance Division, French Air Defence and Air Operations Command


• Lieutenant Colonel Richard Nicklin, National Military Expert (Geospatial), Council of the European Union, Military Staff


• Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Lanzillotti, Chief, 3rd Section Observation Satellite System Department, Ministry of Defence, Italy


• Major Tom Single, Chief, Space Systems, NATO Joint Air Power Competence Centre


• Richard McKinney, Member Senior Executive Service (SES), European Space Liason, US Air Force


• Dr Christopher M. Stevens, New Millennium Program Manager, NASA

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