AGENDA
Hearing on “China in Space: A Strategic Competition?”
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419
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9:50 AM – 10:00 AM: Opening Remarks: Chairman Bartholomew and Commissioner McDevitt
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM: Strategic Perspective
- General James Cartwright, USMC (Ret.), Inaugural Chairholder, Harold Brown Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies (Testimony)
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Administration Perspective
- William Roper, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (Testimony)
11:00 AM – 11:10 AM: Break
11:10 AM – 12:40 PM: Panel I: China’s Pursuit of Global Space Leadership
- Todd Harrison, Director, Aerospace Security Project and Defense Budget Analysis, Center for Strategic and International Studies (Testimony)
- Brian Weeden, Ph.D., Director of Program Planning, Secure World Foundation (Testimony)
- Namrata Goswami, Ph.D., Senior Independent Analyst (Testimony)
12:40 PM – 1:30 PM: Lunch Break
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM: Panel II: Military-Civil Fusion in China’s Space Ambitions
- Lorand Laskai, Visiting Researcher, Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology (Testimony)
- Michael Gold, J.D., Vice-President, Regulatory and Policy, Maxar Technologies (Testimony)
- Kevin J. Wolf, J.D., Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Testimony)
3:00 PM – 3:10 PM: Break
3:10 PM – 4:40 PM: Panel III: China’s Military Space Activities
- Kevin Pollpeter, Senior Research Scientist, CNA (Testimony)
- Mark Stokes, Executive Director, Project 2049 Institute (Testimony)
- Jonathan Ray, Research Director, Special Programs Division, SOS International LLC (Testimony)
4:40 PM – 4:45 PM: Closing Remarks
4:45 PM: Adjourn
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