SWF Actively Participates in 2023 Paris Peace Forum

Saturday, November 11, 2023

SWF Director of Private Sector Programs Mr. Ian Christensen and SWF Space Law Advisor Christopher Johnson represented SWF at the 2023 Paris Peace Forum. Mr Christensen moderated the Roundtable on "Governing In- and On-Orbit Activities: A Path Towards Space Traffic Coordination," which discussed the relationship between improving space situational awareness systems and coordination of increasing in-orbit activities. Mr. Johnson spoke as part of a panel on the topic of "Fostering Lunar Policy Priorities for Safe and Sustainable Lunar Development."  A recording of this session is available here. Mr Christensen also spoke as part of the Roundtable on "To Gauge or Not to Gauge: What Unified Paradigm to Assess Sustainable Use of Outer Space?" A recording of this session, which discussed ongoing work within the PPF Net Zero Space Initiative related to orbital carrying capacity, is available here. SWF is a member of the Paris Peace Forum Net Zero Space initiative