Since 1998, when the California Space Authority was commissioned by the State of California to create the first-ever statewide space enterprise strategic plan, the California Space Authority (CSA) has served as the "trustee" of strategic planning for the California space enterprise community. The 1998 California Space Strategic Plan was the first statewide collaborative space planning effort in the U.S. involving all three domains: commercial, civil and national security. It received international attention from countries like France and Japan, as well as attention from other states. It was the first plan to engage a broad, collaborative stakeholder base of hundreds of planning participants that included industry, economic development and workforce entities, education/academia and government. Most importantly, it was the first plan to leverage statewide and national space assets and resources through innovative, collective implementation of objectives designed by stakeholders themselves.

The California space enterprise tradition of collaborative, consensus-based strategic planning has continued now for a decade, with the California Space Authority facilitating development and implementation of the 2004 California Space Enterprise Strategic Plan and also development of the California Space Enterprise Strategic Plan 2007-2010, which is now being implemented collaboratively statewide. CSA has established the Space Enterprise Advisory Council (SEAC) to guide collaborative strategic planning efforts on behalf of the CSA Board of Directors. Topic-oriented Collaboratives and Working Groups are the mainstay of the implementation effort (see the org chart below).

California is the largest space enterprise state in the nation (fact sheet). It is home to thousands of space suppliers, with every major space company and government entity present, as well. If you are a California space stakeholder -- industry, government, economic development or otherwise -- ensure yourself a spot in planning the future of California space enterprise. View the current and previous strategic plans, click on the surrounding links and find your best spot for participating in the most innovative collaborative space enterprise planning effort on the planet. Or contact Jamie Foster, COO, California Space Authority, for information about how participating in California space enterprise strategic planning can support your organization's objectives.

Space Enterprise Advisory Council (SEAC)
Guidance and Support for California Space Enterprise Strategic Plan

A representative body of statewide space enterprise stakeholders from commercial, civil, and national security space activities plus key local, state and national space stakeholders, the SEAC supports the CSA Board of Directors in providing guidance and expertise on developing and implementing the California Space Enterprise Strategic Plan.