Galloway Symposium

The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law
at the University of Mississippi School of Law
The Journal of Space Law
and the
International Institute of Space Law
Present

6th Eilene M. Galloway Symposium on
Critical Issues in Space Law

A Comparative Look at National Space Laws
and Their International Implications

Cosmos Club, Washington D.C.
December 1, 2011
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

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Dress code: Business (coat required)

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08:30 - 09:00 Registration and Sign-In

9:00 - 09:15 Welcome and Introduction

  • Prof. Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, Director, National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law, Univ. of Mississippi; Director, IISL
  • Tanja Masson-Zwaan, President, IISL, International Institute of Air & Space Law, Leiden University

09:15 - 10:15 Austria, Belgium, China

  • Irmgard Marboe, Professor, Law Faculty of the University of Vienna, (presented by Tanja Masson-Zwaan)
  • Jean-François Mayence, Legal Unit "International Relations", Belgian Federal Office for Science Policy, Lecturer University of Leuven (confirmed)
  • Guoyu Wang, Ph.D., Deputy Dean of Institute of Space Law of Beijing Institute of Technology, Associate Professor of Beijing Institute of Technology School of Law (confirmed)

10:15 - 11:15 France, Germany

  • Philippe Clerc, Head of Legal Department of the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France (confirmed)
  • Jürgen Drescher, Head, Washington Office, DLR, Germany (confirmed)

11:15 - 11:30 Break

11:30 - 12:30 Japan, Korea

  • Setsuko Aoki, Keio University, Japan (confirmed)
  • Jae Gon Lee, Dean, Professor of International Law, School of Law at Chungnam National University, Korea (confirmed)

12:30 - 1:45 Lunch and Presentation TBD

1:45 -3:15 Netherlands, UK, USA

  • Tanja Masson-Zwaan, Leiden University (confirmed)
  • Richard Crowther, UK Space Agency (confirmed)
  • Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, NCRSASL and Robert Mark Sukol, Senior Counsel, Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives (confirmed)

3:15 - 3:30 Break

3:30 - 4:30 Compare and Contrast; International Implications

Moderator: Prof. Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz

  • Dennis J. Burnett, V.P. Trade Policy & Export Control EADS North America Inc. (confirmed)
  • Jonathan Galloway, Lake Forest College (em.) (confirmed)
  • Stephen E. Smith, Co-Chair, Space Law Practice Group Sherman & Howard, LLC (Confirmed)