{"id":148887,"date":"2025-11-19T19:16:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latsat-congreso.com\/speakers\/ian-christensen\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:16:28","slug":"ian-christensen","status":"publish","type":"speakers","link":"https:\/\/latsat-congreso.com\/es\/speakers\/ian-christensen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Christensen"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"intro_speaker\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container info_speaker\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-6 item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Puesto<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"EN_jobTitle\">Senior Director, Private Sector Programs<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"ES_jobTitle\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-6 item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Empresa<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"company_name\">Secure World Foundation<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-4 col-sm-12 item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-3 col-md-4 col-sm-6 item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Speaking At<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"type_event_blue_box\">SUMMIT ON EARTH OBSERVATION BUSINESS<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"bio_speaker html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Bio<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIan Christensen is the Senior Director, Private Sector Programs at the Secure World Foundation.  He is responsible for leading SWF\u2019s engagement activities with the commercial space industry, where his activities focus on policy and governance topics in support of the development of private sector space capabilities: including topics such as space debris mitigation, norms of behavior for responsible space operations, and space situational awareness policy. Mr. Christensen was a member of the Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group, where he chaired the Group\u2019s Socioeconomic Panel. He also served as a member of the Secretariat for the Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS), an industry group developing best practices and standards for commercial satellite servicing. Mr. Christensen also is currently a member of the Global Expert Group on Sustainable Lunar Activities (GEGSLA). He currently serves as a member of the Federal Communications Commission World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee for WRC-27.<br>\n<br>\nPrior to joining SWF, Mr. Christensen worked at leading space-sector consulting firms Futron Corporation and Avascent.  Prior to Futron, Mr. Christensen was a research assistant at the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, a Policy Fellow at the National Academies of Science Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy, and a research assistant at the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center. Mr. Christensen holds a Master of Arts (M.A.) in international science and technology with a focus on space policy from the George Washington University Elliott School for International Affairs.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"events_speaker\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Speaking<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"event\"><div class=\"header_event\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"day\"><span class=\"number_date\">19<\/span><span class=\"month\">November<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hours\">14:35 \/ 15:05<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"place\">Stage<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"main_info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"type\">LATSAT<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"session_title\">Creando acceso al espacio a gran 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href=\"https:\/\/latsat-congreso.com\/es\/speakers\/ian-christensen\/\" title=\"Ian Christensen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"title\">Ian Christensen<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"job\">Senior Director, Private Sector Programs<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"company\">Secure World Foundation<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"speakers_event\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Ponentes<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12 item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"speaker_item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"picture\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/latsat-congreso.com\/es\/speakers\/francesco-sgarbossa\/\" title=\"Francesco Sgarbossa\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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