U.S. and international space leaders gathered in Tucson for the first Space Doctrine Conference Aug. 31 through Sept. 3, working to transform shared security requirements into partner-led space capabilities across the Western Hemisphere.

Hosted by U.S. Space Forces Southern with the University of Arizona’s Kyl Institute for National Security, the conference brought together military leaders and representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, along with participants joining virtually from Chile, Uruguay, Angola and Nigeria. Representatives from the U.S. government, academia and commercial space industry also contributed expertise and resource perspectives.

The four-day working-level engagement focused on three objectives: developing concepts for regional space Centers of Excellence, advancing partner-nation space doctrine and synchronizing future activities with national space development plans.