Innovation Exchange: Cape Canaveral - Space + Artemis Accords & UN Sustainable Development Goals
Join Robert Katz for a dialogue on the UN SDGs and their application to space - https://www.win.ngo/
By the time Robert entered the arena of international space governance, he had already spent decades integrating cyber, space, intelligence, and operational systems across the U.S. national security enterprise. He especially excelled at effectively translating complex, multi‑domain challenges into frameworks that diplomats, scientists, military leaders, and industry innovators could all understand. He became, in effect, a bridge—between nations, between sectors, between cultures, and between competing visions of humanity’s future in space.
As space became increasingly congested, contested, and competitive, the United Nations began to recognize the need for new norms, new frameworks, and new forms of cooperation. Robert entered this environment with a clear message: Space is no longer a scientific playground or a commercial frontier. It is a strategic domain that underpins global security, global commerce, and global stability. His work emphasized that space governance must be inclusive, safety must be collaborative, sustainability must be global, security must be collective, and innovation must be dual‑use and interoperable.
Robert became an active UN space figure. He convened and led conferences, workshops, and multi‑nation dialogues focused on space safety and sustainability, space traffic management, space‑cyber integration, and dual‑use technology governance. He helped convene, moderate, and architect discussions involving the United States, United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Italy, India, Israel, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and dozens of emerging space nations. One of his most significant contributions was helping build and coordinate a coalition of over 150 NGOs, transforming a loose network into a coherent, mission‑aligned community.