Space, science and security
Ζωντανή μετάδοση στις 28 Οκτ 2015
With
so much of our modern world and its infrastructure reliant on space
assets – from navigation to telecommunications, earth observation,
environmental monitoring and weather forecasting – we have become
vulnerable to many threats that could have economic and national
security consequences. The UK government policy on space security
published in 2014 sought to meet these challenges by making the UK more
resilient to disruption of space assets whilst enabling UK industry and
academia to exploit science and grasp commercial opportunities in
support of national space security interests.
The UK is not
alone in seeking to ensure effective, reliable and efficient access to
space based capabilities and promoting its own industrial and academic
science & technology base. The UK has many successful companies and
university groups contributing to innovation and wealth creation,
continually punching above its weight with industrial turnover running
at almost £12bn per year.
Space is the ultimate ‘global
commons’, and its use and exploitation is governed by UN treaty. But in
recent years the problem of space pollution, including debris from
accidental and deliberate satellite destruction, as well as concerns
over hostile counter-space programmes (e.g. navigation jamming,
communications interception), has become a cause of concern.
The
lecture will address these and other issues in space security. It will
consider ways in which a safe and secure space environment can be
sustained and how we must work with partners and the wider community to
promote codes of conduct. It will also explore opportunities for UK
industry and academia in space security.
Interact via the hashtag #securespace on social media.
David
Willetts is Executive Chairman of the Resolution Foundation and a
Visiting Professor at King's College London. He is Governor of the
Ditchley Foundation and a member of the Council of the Institute for
Fiscal Studies.
He was Minister for Universities and Science,
attending Cabinet, from 2010-2014. He was the Member of Parliament for
Havant from 1992-2015. Before that David worked at HM Treasury and the
Number 10 Policy Unit. He also served as Paymaster General in the last
Conservative Government.
David has written widely on economic and social policy. His most recent book 'The Pinch' was published by Atlantic Books.
About the Vincent Briscoe lecture
The
Institute for Security Science and Technology’s annual lecture is named
in honour of H.V.A. (Vincent) Briscoe, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
at Imperial College London from 1932–55.
Records indicate
Briscoe provided the first independent scientific advice to the Security
Service in 1915, on the subject of secret German writing, and continued
in service throughout the inter-war years and during and after the
Second World War.
so much of our modern world and its infrastructure reliant on space
assets – from navigation to telecommunications, earth observation,
environmental monitoring and weather forecasting – we have become
vulnerable to many threats that could have economic and national
security consequences. The UK government policy on space security
published in 2014 sought to meet these challenges by making the UK more
resilient to disruption of space assets whilst enabling UK industry and
academia to exploit science and grasp commercial opportunities in
support of national space security interests.
The UK is not
alone in seeking to ensure effective, reliable and efficient access to
space based capabilities and promoting its own industrial and academic
science & technology base. The UK has many successful companies and
university groups contributing to innovation and wealth creation,
continually punching above its weight with industrial turnover running
at almost £12bn per year.
Space is the ultimate ‘global
commons’, and its use and exploitation is governed by UN treaty. But in
recent years the problem of space pollution, including debris from
accidental and deliberate satellite destruction, as well as concerns
over hostile counter-space programmes (e.g. navigation jamming,
communications interception), has become a cause of concern.
The
lecture will address these and other issues in space security. It will
consider ways in which a safe and secure space environment can be
sustained and how we must work with partners and the wider community to
promote codes of conduct. It will also explore opportunities for UK
industry and academia in space security.
Interact via the hashtag #securespace on social media.
David
Willetts is Executive Chairman of the Resolution Foundation and a
Visiting Professor at King's College London. He is Governor of the
Ditchley Foundation and a member of the Council of the Institute for
Fiscal Studies.
He was Minister for Universities and Science,
attending Cabinet, from 2010-2014. He was the Member of Parliament for
Havant from 1992-2015. Before that David worked at HM Treasury and the
Number 10 Policy Unit. He also served as Paymaster General in the last
Conservative Government.
David has written widely on economic and social policy. His most recent book 'The Pinch' was published by Atlantic Books.
About the Vincent Briscoe lecture
The
Institute for Security Science and Technology’s annual lecture is named
in honour of H.V.A. (Vincent) Briscoe, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
at Imperial College London from 1932–55.
Records indicate
Briscoe provided the first independent scientific advice to the Security
Service in 1915, on the subject of secret German writing, and continued
in service throughout the inter-war years and during and after the
Second World War.
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