Software Defined Space Conference

IISL President keynote and interview during SDSC 2024

29 October 2024. IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl spoke in the context of the Software Defined Space Conference with Remco Timmermans, independent online marketing consultant for space. Schrogl (IISL, ESA) gave a keynote speech together with Tomas Hrozensky (ESPI) and Paul Liias (Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia) on the topic of New Space Policy Initiatives on Day 1 of the Conference. In the interview with Timmermans, he spoke about why the Outer Space Treaty is still as relevant today as when it was drafted in 1967. They also covered how having a national space law supports the development of a space economy in countries like Estonia, and the importance of regulating behaviour of states and commercial actors in space. The interview is available on LinkedIn.