IISL holds lunchtime events at IAC 2024
adminSL15/16 October 2024. During this year's IAC in Milan, IISL held two informative lunchtime events at the side of its annual Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space. The events were open to IISL members as well as IAC participants.
On Wednesday, 16 October 2024, IISL hosted a General Counsel Roundtable, providing the participating experts Nicoletta Bini (Italy), Christine Calvé (Canada), Ian Grosner (Brazil), Nomfuneko Majaja (South Africa), Gisela Süss (ESA), and Gabriel Swiney (United States) the opportunity to address current issues of particular relevance and to exchange with IISL members and audience. The event was moderated by IISL Officers PJ Blount and Lesley Jane Smith.
Amongst the topics discussed was the legal issues raised by a situation related to space debris that fell in Canada this year as well as Canada’s work underway to modernize its legal framework for space; the new Brazilian Space Act (Law 14,946 of 2024); as well as law and legal instruments as enablers of the international relations in the space domain.
On Tuesday, 15 October 2024, the IISL Working Group on AI in space presented its current state of work and engaged in an interactive discussion with the audience. The Working Group is chaired by Tuana Yazici and comprises members Anne-Sophie Martin, Steven Wood, Lisa Kucher, Roser Almenar, Laura Yvonne Zielinski, Stefan-Michael Wedenig, and Giovanni Tricco. In the next step, the Working Group aims to conclude and present its report.
