{"id":6270,"date":"2025-11-03T14:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/press-releases\/?p=6270"},"modified":"2025-11-03T15:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T21:01:30","slug":"media-advisory-und-to-host-space-operations-summit-national-security-speaker-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/press-releases\/2025\/11\/media-advisory-und-to-host-space-operations-summit-national-security-speaker-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory: UND to host Space Operations Summit, National Security Speaker series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Back-to-back events highlight UND\u2019s national security mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/10\/ben-davies-web.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"239\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Davies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Who: <\/strong>Ben Davies, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems Sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What: <\/strong>Fireside chat with UND President Andy Armacost on National Security-related issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where: <\/strong>Memorial Union Ballroom on the UND campus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When: <\/strong>Thursday, Nov. 6, from 2:30-3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In addition:<\/strong> The 2025 Space Operations Summit will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 5 from 8 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., and Thursday, Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background: <\/strong>On Wednesday and Thursday in the Memorial Union, UND will host its second annual <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.und.edu\/event\/und-space-operations-summit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Space Operations Summit.<\/strong><\/a> The event will feature prominent academics, defense leaders and industry players gathering on campus for a look into the rapidly evolving domain of space. Expected discussion topics include satellite testing and design, hypersonics and NASA\u2019s Artemis Program, the agency\u2019s initiative to return a human to the moon.<\/p>\n<p>In connection with the Space Operations Summit, and as part of the University\u2019s ongoing speaker series titled <a href=\"https:\/\/und.edu\/about\/president\/broad-perspective-national-security.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u201cUND LEADS: Broad Perspectives on National Security,\u201d<\/strong><\/a> UND on Thursday will host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northropgrumman.com\/who-we-are\/leadership\/benjamin-davies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ben Davies<\/strong><\/a>, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems Sector. In his role at Northrop Grumman, Davies oversees the delivery of missiles and other tactical weapons systems critical to America\u2019s land-based deterrence capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Davies will appear onstage for a fireside chat with UND President Andy Armacost; the time and place are above. The pair will discuss a range of issues pertaining to national security, and Northrop Grumman&#8217;s role in addressing them.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the media wishing to attend are asked to <a href=\"https:\/\/und.edu\/about\/president\/rsvp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RSVP.<\/strong><\/a> The event will also be livestreamed via UND\u2019s YouTube page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Contact:\u00a0<\/strong>Joe Banish,<a href=\"joseph.banish@UND.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> joseph.banish@und.edu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back-to-back events highlight UND&#8217;s national security mission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":6274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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