Synopsis

The 2nd Eilene M. Galloway Symposiumon Critical Issues in Space Law was the second symposium in the series hosted by the National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law. Co-sponsored by the Journal of Space Law and the International Institute of Space Law, the symposium addressed issues dealing with international civil space cooperation.

The symposium addressed international civil space cooperation through three sessions, The first session, Using Law to Turn Obstacles into Opportunities, covered a variety of legal issues concerning export controls. The second session, Serving The Space Agency and Other Space Clients: Achieving Effective International Cooperation Through Legal Advice included discussions by prominent practitioners on issues involved with serving space agencies. Finally, a session titled International Perspectives consisted of presentations on how legal frameworks can faciliate international cooperation.

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Agenda

Session I: Using Law to Turn Obstacles into Opportunities?

Exemptions, Exclusions, Waivers and Other Mechanisms for Easing the Export Control Burden - P.J. Blount, Research Counsel, National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, MS

Discussion of the U.S. - U.K. and U.S. - Australia Defense Cooperation Treaties: Opportunities for Civil Space? - Franceska O. Schroeder, Fish & Richardson P.C., Washington, DC

A Pragmatic Approach to Facilitating Civil International Space Cooperation: Clarification and Better Implementation of the Definitions of "Basic", Fundamental", and "Applied" Research - Dr. George Robinson, Robinson and Robinson, LLC, Baltimore, MD

Session II: Serving The Space Agency and Other Space Clients: Achieving Effective International Cooperation Through Legal Advice

Mr. Kaoru Arikawa, Deputy Director, JAXA Washington,DC

Ms. Robin J. Frank, Senior Counsel, International Law
Practice Group, Office of the General Counsel, NASA

Dr. Harold M. White, Jr., Executive Vice President, University of West Florida

Luncheon Presentation

The Andrew G. Haley Archive at National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law: the Work Product of the World’s First Space Law Practitioner - Prof. Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz and Dr. Stephen E. Doyle

Session III: International Perspectives

Context and Perspectives for International Cooperation on Commercial and Public Space Programmes - Mr. Steve Bochinger, Director, Institutional Affairs, Euroconsult, Paris, France

The Global Exploration Strategy: Developing a Framework For International Coordination and Cooperation Mr. Graham Gibbs, Counsellor, Space Affairs/Canadian Space Agency, Canadian Embassy and Mr. Gilbert R. (Gib) Kirkham, Director, Exploration Systems and Aeronautics Research Division, NASA

Survey of Legal Issues That Arise in Bilateral and Mutilateral Negotiation: A United States Perspective - Mr. Mark A. Simonoff, AttorneyAdviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Office of Oceans, International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State