[SatNews] SMi has announced the 6th annual MilSpace conference, which will be held in Vienna, Austri,a on the March 27 and 28, 2012. MilSpace 2012 will allow delegates the opportunity to network with key military space experts from across Europe and the U.S. and hear from a number of high-level speakers discussing key topics including interoperability, national space programs and space situational awareness. With military space budgets tightening and the reliance on the private sector to partner military space programs, there is no better opportunity to discuss the key matters at our annual MilSpace conference. Visit www.military-space.com for more information. Keynote addresses will be delivered from...

• Major General David Scott, Director, Air & Space, US Air Force in Europe
• Colonel Stefano Rivola, Head of Space and Missile Defence Programme, Italian National Armament Directorate
• Lieutenant Colonel Olaf Holzhauer, Director DEU Space Situational Awareness Centre, Ministry of Defence, Germany
• Major Philip Verocco, Air & Space Strategist, NATO Joint Air Power Competence (JAPCC)
• Dr. Mohammed N Mubarek Alahbabi, Information Communication Technology (ICT) Advisor, United Arab Emirates Armed Forces
• Pascal Legai, Deputy Director, European Union Satellite Centre
• Erwin Duhamel, Head, Security Strategy and Partnership Development Office, European Space Agency

Key topics to be discussed include...

• U.S. Military space program
• Interoperability in space
• Security issues in space
• Alternative solutions for national space programs
• NATO space program
• Crisis mangement in space

Plus, there's an exclusive roundtable meeting on: Space Crisis Management: Filling in the Gaps In association with European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)