Agenda Overview

Taking place in parallel to the main plenary agenda, content features across the Abu Dhabi Space Debate include:

ABU DHABI SPACE DEBATE CONTENT FEATURES

  • Ministerial Dialogues 
    High-level, invite only discussions between ministerial policymakers
  • Bilateral priority meetings 
    Exploring opportunities for bilateral collaboration between nations at government and industry levels

5th DECEMBER 2022

DAY 1 –GOVERNMENT DIALOGUE

  • Pre-opening session - COP28 and the Space Industry
  • Space Exploration Consortiums: Evolution or Revolution?
  • Official Opening Ceremony
  • Thought Leadership Keynotes
  • The new geopolitics of space
  • Ensuring the security of national space assets
  • The rise of private sector in space exploration and development
  • Multiplying the impact of emerging space agencies

6th DECEMBER 2022

DAY 2 – ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN EMPOWERING SPACE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY

  • The Big Debate: Managing the mega challenges that come with mega constellations
  • Ministerial Dialogue: Space in national science and technology programmes
  • Thought Leadership Keynotes
  • Fireside chat with Foreign Affair Ministers
  • Policies to drive space tech innovation
  • Space sustainability versus sustainability of space
  • Shared global infrastructure rather than individual sovereignties
  • Threat intelligence and cyber defense for space activities and beyond
  • Space Philanthropy