Symposium Name: 52Nd Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space

Symposium Name: 52Nd Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space

IAC 2009 Daejeon

Symposium name: 52nd Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space

Description of the Symposium: (none)

Symposium Coordinator (s):

Name: Corinne Jorgenson

Organisation: Secretary, IISL

Country: USA

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Tel: (1) 703-655-3813

Name of 1st session: Nandasiri Jasentuliyana Keynote Lecture on Space Law1st Young Scholars Session

Description of the Session:

In the first part,the IISL will invite a prominent speaker to address the members of the Institute and other congress attendants on a highly topical issue of broad interest. The Institute is proud to announce that H.E. Judge V.S. Vereshchetin, former Judge at the International Court of Justice, has accepted to deliver this inaugural Nandasiri Jasentuliyana Lecture.

After the break, this newly established annual event will be especially dedicated to the space lawyers of the future, in that young scholars (under 35 years old) are invited to present a paper on “Space Law – Future Challenges and Potential Solutions” but the IISL is also open to other topics.

Session Chairs:

Name: Tanja Masson-Zwaan

Organisation: President, IISL

Country: Netherlands

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Tel:(31) 71 527 77 42

Name: Stephan Hobe

Organisation:University of Cologne

Country: Germany

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Tel: (49) 2214702337

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Name of 2nd session: Peace in Space: the session will deal with legal measures concerning transparency and confidence-building among states involved in space activities

Description of the Session:

The session willdeal with legal measures fostering transparency and the building of confidence between participants in the use of space

Session Chairs:

Name: Prof. Sang-Myon Rhee

Organisation:SeoulNationalUniversity

Country: Korea

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Tel: (82) 28807561

Name: Prof. Sergio Marchisio

Organisation:National Research Council

Country: Italy

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Tel: (39) 0649937660

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Name of 3rd session: Third party liability issues in commercial space activities

Description of the Session:

The session will consider questions of third party liability in commercial space activities. Papers are invited to address the issue not only from the point of view of space law, but also from the point of view of other regimes, such as air law, nuclear law, etc.

Session Chairs:

Name: Prof. Toshio Kosuge

Organisation:University of Electrocommunication

Country: Japan

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Tel: (81) 471051817

Name: Prof. Kim Doo Hwan

Organisation:The Korean Association of Air and Space Law

Country:Korea

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Tel:011-710-1745

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Name of 4th session: Legal Mechanisms for Encouraging Space Commerce

Description of the Session:

The sessionwill discuss specific and viable considernational and international regulatory measures thatwould enable and foster, or alternatively those that constrain,enterprise in space commerce. businessHow might current legal provision beimproved?

Session Chairs:

Name: Prof. Ram Jakhu

Organisation:Institute of Air and Space Law, McGillUniversity

Country: Canada

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Tel: (1)5) 14-398-1382

Name: Mr Sa’id Mosteshar

Organisation:International Space and Communications Law

Country: UK

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Tel: (16) 194551001

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Name of 5th session: Legal challenges to Earth observation programs with particular emphasis on developing countries

Description of the Session:

The session willconsider the development and potential improvement ofnational and internationallaw on earth observation.Papersrelevant to the needs of developing countries will be particularly welcome.

Session Chairs:

Name: Prof. Jose Monserrat, Filho

Organisation: Brazilian Society of Space Law

Country: Brazil

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Tel:55214846

Name: Mr KRS Murthi

Organisation: Antrix Corporation

Country: India

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Tel: (91) 8023416273

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Name of 6th session: Recent developments in space law

Description of the Session:

In this session, papers are invited to address the most recent developments that have taken place since the other session topics have been determined, i.e. since March 2008 only.

Session Chairs:

Name: Prof. Elisabeth Back Impallomeni

Organisation:University of Padua

Country: Italy

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Tel: (39) 0498278354

Name: Prof. Haifeng Zhao

Organisation:

Country: China

Email:

Tel: (85) 227887387

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