MITRE at IAC
IAC - International Astronautical Congress
Shaping the Future of Space Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration and Innovation
Visit us at the MITRE booth, stop by our presentations, or click the “Let’s Connect” button below to schedule a meeting with our top Civil and Defense Space experts while you’re at the conference. We look forward to seeing you at the 75th International Astronautical Congress.
New space-faring nations and commercial entities enter the fray, and low Earth orbit becomes increasingly crowded and competitive. Despite this rapid expansion, international norms, policies, and regulations for space activities remain underdeveloped, while cyber threats to space systems continue to evolve.
MITRE is at the forefront of addressing these challenges on the global stage. Through our public-private partnerships, consortia, and federally funded R&D centers, we are driving the international adoption of norms, fostering cooperation in data sharing, performing space economic analysis, and advancing the development of standards for coordinated debris management and launch. Our approach goes beyond immediate technical solutions—we apply multidisciplinary R&D, geopolitical, and economic factors that reveal new insights and provide an enhanced understanding of space capability gaps. Working closely with international partners, we can establish frameworks for orbit allocation, ensuring a stable space economy and a collaborative, sustainable future in space.
Pioneering Global Solutions in the Space Economy
Meet Our Experts
Nathaniel Dailey
Chief Strategist for Space Program Development and Integration
Mark Harter
Principal Engineer, Space Systems
Zhanna Malekos-Smith, JD
Professor for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research
Ruth Stilwell
Subject Matter Expert
Nick Tsamis
Chief Engineer of Critical Infrastructure Assessments and Resiliency
Presentations
Integrating Orbital Carrying Capacity into International Policy Constructs: Leveraging Best Practices from Aviation's Risk-Based Norms:
A proposed framework for orbital classification that aims to manage the unique risks of the orbital domain, drawing on the global aviation community's approach to airspace classification.
- Dr. Ruth Stilwell, Dr. Nathaniel Dailey
The Role of Localized Communities of Interest in Standardizing Coordinated Responses to Space Cybersecurity Threats:
Introducing a trust-based polycentric approach to managing increasing complexity through localized Communities of Interest (COIs), focusing on effective and technology-agnostic trusted information sharing within and across COIs in the space community.
- Mr. Harvey Reed, Mr. Nick Tsamis, Dr. Nathaniel Dailey, Dr. Ruth Stilwell
Behavioral Economics in Space: Steering the Future of Space Governance for Security and Sustainability:
This presentation, grounded in the principles of behavioral economics, offers a fresh perspective on how to foster a secure, stable, and sustainable environment for space activities. By leveraging insights from behavioral economists like Richard Thaler and Daniel Kahneman, this session explores how subtle incentives and strategic frameworks can shape the future of space governance.
- Dr. Nathaniel Dailey, Dr. Rozlyn Engel, Dr. Thomas Groesbeck, Ms. Karen Lee, Mr. Eric Sundby, Ms. Zhanna Malekos Smith, Dr. Ruth Stilwell
Leveraging Space Information-Sharing Ecosystems for Marketplace-Like Climate Action and Sustainable Development:
The ongoing global challenge of climate change demands innovative solutions, and space-based data has the potential to revolutionize how we understand and address this crisis. Based on cutting-edge research by experts from The MITRE Corporation and Aerospace Policy Solutions, this presentation proposes a novel approach: creating a marketplace for climate action driven by space information-sharing ecosystems.
- Dr. Nathaniel Dailey, Mr. Mark Harter, Mr. Mark Mulholland, Dr. Ruth Stilwell
Leveraging a Circular Economy for Space Sustainability:
Government Roles and Economic Impacts; the accumulation of space debris has emerged as a critical challenge to space exploration. Based on groundbreaking economic studies by MITRE, this presentation unveils a transformative approach to addressing this issue: the circular economy for space sustainability.
- Dr. Nathaniel Dailey, Dr. Thomas Groesbeck, Mr. Kevin Toner, Dr. Rozlyn Engel, Ms. Zhanna Malekos Smith, Mrs. Lee Steinke, (CisLunar Industries)
