Dear IISL Members, The International Institute of Space Law is pleased to announce that its annual General Assembly meeting will be held in a hybrid form on Wednesday, 7 October 2026. In person attendance will be in Hall 28 of the NEST Convention Centre in Antalya, Türkiye at 13:00-14:30 Türkiye Time / 10:00-11:30 Read more
IISL Awards Dinner 2026 Registration OPEN! Dear IISL Members, The 2026 IISL Annual Awards Dinner will take place on Thursday, 8 October 2026 | 19:00Cornelia Diamond Resort, Belek – Antalya (Türkiye) Registration for the Dinner is now OPEN here: General Tickets | IISL Awards Dinner Registration Young Professionals Tickets | Read more
The 34th ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy took place from 31 August to 11 September 2026 at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, with the support of the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Sport of Slovenia, bringing together participants from across Europe and beyond under the theme “Resilience Read more
Book now for this one-day conference on Space Law: Cutting Edge Issues in Space Governance on Thursday 1 October, organised by the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) in cooperation with the RAeS as part of RAeS Space Week 2026. Details for registering for the IISL conference and taking advantage Read more
IISL President Lesley Jane Smith presented at a seminar held at Castle Hohenkammer in Bavaria on 10 September 2026. The two-days seminar entitled “Exploring the Next Frontier: Transatlantic Leadership in Space” was organised by the Bavarian State Chancellery and the U.S. Consulate General Munich, and saw prominent speakers from international Read more
PROGRAMME Session Time Room Monday 5 October 2026 1. Young Scholars Session 16:30 Hall 3 Tuesday 6 October 2026 2. Information Sharing in Outer Space: Theory and Practice 10:15 Hall 3 3. Legal and Regulatory Opportunities and Challenges in the Evolving Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Economy 15:00 Hall 3 Wednesday Read more
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This year’s IISL/ECSL Annual Symposium on Space Law at LSC will be held on Tuesday, 14 April 2026 from 15:00 – 18:00 h CEST at the Vienna International Centre (VIC), Austria – one day ahead of the start of this year’s LSC session (this year, 15-22 April 2026). The topic of this year’s symposium is: Legal approaches Read more
The final report of the IISL Expert Initiative on Information-Sharing and Article XI of the Outer Space Treaty was submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) ahead of the 2026 session of its Legal Subcommittee. In early 2026, IISL Read more
The International Institute of Space Law is pleased to announce the opening of its election cycle and invites qualified and motivated individuals to stand as candidates. This is an opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the Institute’s mission, governance, and continued advancement in the field of space law. The positions with Read more