This thought-provoking keynote will challenge the audience to think critically and reassess prevailing assumptions concerning the UK’s approach to space security. Against the backdrop of an increasingly complex and contested multipolar world, the session will argue that the UK can strengthen its space security posture through a fresh approach to three interconnected areas: sovereign launch capability, export controls, and normalisation of military space operations. By examining these issues through a lens of partnership and strategic resilience, the session will offer new perspectives on how the UK can enhance its security, influence, and freedom of action in space.

Speaker:

• Martin Smye-Rumsby, Head of Intl Space Business Development, BAE Systems