Hearing: The Implications of China’s Military and Civil Space Programs

May 11, 2011

H-309 U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC 20510

[PRESS RELEASE]

AGENDA
9:00 am – 9:10 am         Hearing Co-Chairs’ Opening Statements

9:10 am –10:10 am         Panel I: Administration Perspectives

• Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy [Testimony]

10:15 am – 10:25 am      Panel II: Congressional Perspectives

• Rep. Frank Wolf (VA-10) [Testimony]

10:35 am – 12:05 pm     Panel III: China’s Military Space Programs and Their Implications

• Mark Stokes, Executive Director, Project 2049 Institute [Testimony]
• Bruce W. MacDonald, Senior Director, Nonproliferation and Arms Control Program, U.S. Institute of Peace [Testimony]
• Barry Watts, Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments [Testimony]
• Dean Cheng, Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies, The Heritage Foundation (written remarks)

12:05 am – 1:00 pm        Lunch Break

1:00 am – 2:30 pm         Panel IV: China’s Civil Space Programs and Their Implications

• Dr. Scott Pace, Director, George Washington University Space Policy Institute [Testimony]
• Dr. James Moltz, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School [Testimony]
• Alanna Krolikowski, Visiting Scholar, George Washington University Space Policy Institute [Testimony]