During the General Assembly of the IISL, which was held on 12 November 2022, the IISL’s president Kai-Uwe Schrogl presented on the wealth of activities of the Institute throughout the preceding year as well as on the Institute’s guiding stars for the coming three years. Members were encouraged to actively participate in the activities of the Institute.
The IISL General Assembly will be held virtually this Saturday, 12 November at 13:00 UTC. Members in good standing should have received a link via email. Connection details and the documents for the General Assembly are also available in the Members Area of the IISL website: https://members.iislweb.space/general-assembly-information/ If you have not received an email and are unable to access the members area, then please reach out to the Executive Secretary at secretary@iisl.space as soon as Read more…
The IISL was very active at this year’s International Astronautical Congress in Paris. We are dedicating this email to sharing all the news and happenings from that event with you. The IISL’s annual Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space is the highlight of yearly activities, and this year’s Colloquium was full of excellent research from our members as well as the broader space law community. IISL’s activities at the IAC are not limited to Read more…
Dear IISL members, We will have a next IISL Happy Hour on 18 November 2022, 16:00-17:00 CET. The theme is the Review of IAC. IAC-22 was held 18-24 September in Paris. Many of us, IISL members attended IAC and involved with various activities including especially making a presentation and/or exchanging views at the IISL Colloquium. Two months having passed since the IAC-22, it seems high time we reviewed the IAC-22 through members perspectives, lessons learned, Read more…
The IISL Awards Dinner is an annual celebration of the excellent work in the field of space law done by members of the IISL. Specifically, it is an opportunity to recognize members with a variety of awards that acknowledge their hard work and dedication to the Institute and the broader space law community. This year’s event was held in Paris, France on 21 September 2022 as part of the International Astronautical Congress 2022, and was sponsored by the Read more…
The First International Conference on Lunar Search and Rescue took place from 13 to 15 October 2022 in Hainan (China) in hybrid format. The Conference, co-organized by IAASS and BIT, was an important opportunity to discuss SAR related design as well as operational, legal, and organisational matters in case of emergencies on Moon missions. The conference also discussed the viability of establishing a Lunar SAR organisation. IISL members represented during the First International Conference on Read more…
For fourteen years, the IISL Colloquium has been starting with the Nandasiri Jasentuliyana Young Scholars Session, where a specialist on space law provides a keynote lecture. This year, Prof. Armel Kerrest, an exceptional space law professor, gave this highlight lecture. Prof. Kerrest was followed by the presentations of young speakers. The session chairs were IISL Vice-President Setsuko Aoki and IISL member Jean-Philippe Clerc. The Young Scholar Session again covered a broad spectrum of fascinating topics, such as Chinese Read more…
Welcome to the October edition of the IISL Newsletter! In this newsletter you’ll find IISL news items and a number of announcements, including information on the upcoming IISL General Assembly as well as a few opportunities to get involved in the work of the IISL. Watch your email boxes as we will be following up with a large special edition Newsletter that covers all the IISL activities at the International Astronautical Congress in September.Highlights include: Read more…
The launch of the African Space Leadership Institute took place on 4 October 2022, coinciding with the 65th anniversary of the dawn of the space age and launch of the first man-made satellite into outer space. IISL members Tare Brisibe, Peter Martinez, and Kai-Uwe Schrogl participated in the virtual launch event, and IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl delivered the keynote address. Please see the slides of the keynote below.
During IAC 2022 in Paris, IISL in cooperation with NASA and CSA hosted a special event on an update on the Artemis Accords. The event was moderated by IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl and hosted in the IISL meeting room at the Paris Convention Centre. It featured a panel discussion about the future of the Artemis Accords and lunar exploration. The following panelists took part: • NASA perspective: Gabriel Swiney, NASA• CSA perspective: Eleonora Agnew, CSA• Read more…