IISL President participates in 2021 Space Diplomacy Forum
IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl participated in the 2021 Space Diplomacy Forum, an event co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea together with the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI), a state think tank, and held on 12 August 2021. The forum was entitled “Envisioning a Better Future through Space Diplomacy”. The event was attended by experts on space diplomacy, including from the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), from major space faring nations, as well as by embassy officials in the ROK. It was live streamed and saw a discussion of the current status of space development exploration, norms, and sustainable development goals and sought ways to expand networks. Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Schrogl participated in Session 2 on “Rulemaking for Space”. His presentation highlighted the heritage of international space law, the current challenges it faces, and with regard to its future, the importance of maintaining the rule of law in outer space. The slides of the presentation can be viewed here.
IISL participation in Seoul Defence Dialogue 2021
IISL president Kai-Uwe Schrogl and IISL Member Philippe Achilleas participated in the 2021 Seoul Defence Dialogue, which took place from 8 to 10 September 2021 and focussed on the topic “Borderless Security Crises and Multilateral Responses”. The programme of the 2021 Seoul Defence Dialogue 2021 is available here. The event was live streamed by the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Korea and can be viewed here. Prof. Dr. Schrogl and Prof. Dr. Achilleas participated in Special Session 3 entitled “International Security Cooperation for Peaceful and Responsible Use of Space”. Prof. Dr. Schrogl’s presentation provided for introductory remarks to the topic, discussing the current opposing trends of an increasing congestion and militarisation of space, leading to a weakened approach to international regulation, vs. a rapidly expanding space economy calling for greater regulation of behaviour in outer space. The presentation is available here.
2021 Galloway Symposium on Critical Issues in Space Law successfully held
The 2021 Galloway Symposium was successfully held in a virtual setting on 14 December 2021, 9:00-12:30 US Eastern time. The excellent contributions by the presenters were followed by a rich discussion in the Q&A sessions following each panel. Following a timely keynote speech which highlighted the current legal and policy developments in the United States, the Symposium had a welcome from the IISL President, a keynote address and three panels. The IISL president emphasized in his introduction that with an even wider, global virtual audience, IISL now benefits from two features of Galloway: firstly, global dialogue (as in panel 1) and secondly, insights for the global audience – which can attend from different locations, not only locally – in US activities and developments (panels 2 and 3). The first panel addressed of the national frameworks for space resource extraction by Japan, Luxembourg, and the US, as well as updated information on the newly founded COPUOS Legal Subcommittee Working Group on Space Resources. The second panel discussed conditions for coordination and authorisation of space activities, highlighting both viewpoints of regulators and the industry in the US market, and the third panel concentrated on legal issues regarding private astronauts, with presenters from NASA and the private sector. To round off the Symposium, Marietta Benkö and Kai-Uwe Schrogl presented the newly released Liber Amoricum in honor of the late Dr. George Robinson. The 2021 Galloway agenda in detail: • 09:00 – 09:10: Welcome: Kai-Uwe Schrogl, President, International Institute of Space Law • 09:10 – 09:20: Keynote: Dr. Diane Howard, Director Commercial Policy, U.S. National Space Council • 09:20 – 10:10: National Space Resource Extraction Laws• Moderator, Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, Prof. Emerita, UM School of Law, IISL Director• Japan – Setsuko Aoki, Prof. of Law, Keio University Law School, Tokyo, Japan• Luxembourg – Mahulena Hofmann, Prof., SES Chair in Space, SatCom and Media Law, University of Luxembourg• U.S. – Michael Dodge, Assoc. Prof., Director of Graduate Studies, Dept. of Space Studies, Univ. of ND• UNCOPUOS LSC WG – Steven Freeland, Emeritus Professor, Western Sydney University; Professorial Fellow, Bond University; Vice-Chair UNCOPUOS Working Group on Space Resources• 10:10- 10:25: Break • 10:25 -11:15: Coordination and Authorization of Space Activities• Moderator, Dennis Burnett, General Counsel, HawkEye 360• Ryan Guglietta, Office of Space Affairs, U.S. Dept. of State• Therese Jones, Senior Director of Policy, Satellite Industry Association• Audrey Allison, Senior Project Leader, Center for Space Policy and Strategy, Aerospace Corporation • 11:15 -12:05: Legal Issues Regarding Private Astronauts• Moderator, Milton “Skip” Smith, Member, Sherman, and Howard• Sumara Thompson-King, General Counsel, NASA• Aaron Futch, Sr. Director, Legal, Commercial and Regulatory, Virgin Galactic• Megan Sieffert, Axiom Space, Inc. • 12:05 Presentation of Liber Amoricum in honor of the late Dr. George Robinson• Marietta Benkö and Kai-Uwe Schrogl The Symposium was recorded and will be available in the coming days in the IISL members area. We thank the presenters and participants for their contributions and are already looking forward to next yea
IISL General Assembly successfully held on 6 November 2021
The IISL General Assembly, for the second time after its inaugural online edition last year, took place in a virtual setting and completed its business in a smooth and successful way. Similarly to last year, it drew a larger participation than during prior on-site meetings held at IAC’s. The IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl, summarised 2021 for IISL in the following way: The President noted with appreciation that the IISL did not only continue with current activities, but managed to set up a number of new initiatives: The IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl also communicated sad news about the passing of two important members – Ernst Fasan and Joann Clayton Townsend. Obituaries written by IISL members Les Tennen (for Ernst Fasan) and Marcia Smith (for Joann Clayton Townsend) are available on the IISL website. To conclude, the President with full confidence acknowledged that 2021 was a successful year which continued the new initiatives from the previous year and showed a reinvigorated energy and vigorousness of the Institute, and moreover increased the activities of the Institute even further, bringing together the members of the Institute closer together. The President wished all IISL Members and their families good health and all the best for the new year to come!
The online IISL Young Scholars Symposium held on 18 December 2021
IISL Young Scholars Symposium was held via virtual platform on 18 December (Saturday) (13:00-15:00 UTC) hosted by the IISL and Keio University Law School. Following the welcome remarks by Setsuko Aoki, Vice-President, IISL and Kai-Uwe Schrogl, President, IISL, five presentations were made, which had been originally planned to be done in the “IISL Young Scholars session and Dr. Jasentuliyana Keynote lecture by a leading space law expert” (session 1 of the IISL Colloquium) on 26 October 2021 in the 72nd IAC/IISL in Dubai, UAE. 15-minute presentations were followed by active discussions. The speakers and their presentation titles are as below:
IAC 2023 final programme available
Tomorrow, the 74th International Astronautical Congress is set to take off. It will be held from 2 to 6 October in Baku, Azerbaijan. The final programmes and IAF App have been made available. The final programmes can be found on the IAF Website at: www.iafastro.org/events/iac/iac-2023/publications.html. They are divided into five different parts and cover the whole spectrum of the event. Our annual IISL Colloquium is part of the Technical Programme – Session E7 – which is available here and linked below. We are set to start on 2 October 2023 with the Young Scholars Session and Nandasiri Jasentuliyana Keynote Lecture. The app is available to download on: https://allintheloop.com/events/iafastro.html. Through the IAF App you will be able to connect and collaborate with the entire IAF Community and check on the full IAC 2023 programme.
IISL Newsletter – September 2023 – IAC Baku
IISL Newsletter - September 2023 featuring our latest news, activities, publications, and member news on space law.
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Hommage to Professor Vladimír Kopal
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IISL Newsletter – August 2023
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