Satellite Industry 101: Innovation, Security, & Policy

The Duke Cosmology Group and the Rethinking Diplomacy Program's Space Diplomacy Lab with the support of the Duke Faculty Advancement Seed Grant Program, welcome Madeleine Chang, Director of Policy at the Satellite Industry Association (SIA), for an overview of the satellite industry, including orbits, spectrum, sectors, new areas of innovation, and policy priorities for the current administration. SIA is a 501c(6) nonprofit representing over fifty members of the space and satellite industry to the U.S. federal government.

As Director of Policy, Madeleine Chang supports SIA's legislative advocacy and regulatory work on spectrum, broadband connectivity, trade, cybersecurity and other key policy areas that are of critical importance to the commercial satellite industry.

Before joining SIA, she was a Horizon Fellow with the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, where her research focused on threats to space systems and the commercial remote sensing marketplace.

Earlier, as a software engineer with Lockheed Martin, she developed satellite software for national security projects contracted by U.S. government customers. Madeleine holds a master's degree in engineering management from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, as well as bachelor's degrees in Astronomy and Computer Science, also from Cornell.

This event is being organized by the Duke Cosmology Group and the Rethinking Diplomacy Program's Space Diplomacy Lab with the support of the Duke Faculty Advancement Seed Grant Program and the Sanford School of Public Policy.