IISL News

Register for IISL WG on Light Pollution Webinar

The IISL Working Group on Light Pollution of the Night Sky from a Space Law Perspective recently concluded its working plan, and it has drafted a report containing all its findings. The report has not been made public yet, but the conclusions were shared with all delegates and attendees during the IISL/ECSL Symposium of the last session of the COPUOS Legal Subcommittee. IISL would like to know your opinion about the report and also with Read more…

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IISL President takes part in New Space Atlantic Summit 2023 in Lisbon

IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl participated in this year’s New Space Atlantic Summit in Lisbon. The event took place at the European Maritime Safety Agency on 10 May 2023. Building on the success of the previous years, the New Space Atlantic Summit has become a milestone event for the Atlantic and European Space Ecosystems. In this 6th edition, the Portuguese Space Agency Summit focussed on the need to pursue A Global Effort for Space Sustainability to Read more…

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ISPL announces seminar on AI use in outer space

The London Institute of Space Policy and Law (ISPL) will hold a Practitioner Seminar on AI use in outer space – Policy and Legal Considerations – in a virtual setting on 6 June 2023. The Seminar provides an overview and general understanding of the use of AI and its related elements in space. The issue of state, company and individual responsibility in the various current and potential civil and military use cases will be considered Read more…

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IISL at the Space Symposium

IISL joined Sherman&Howard for organising the one-day space law and regulation track at the 2013 Space Symposium of the Space Foundation in Colorado Springs on 18 April 2023. This year’s Space Symposium saw another expansion of space law from a session to a full-day track. Organised by IISL leader Skip Smith from Sherman&Howard, who has been inviting IISL to support the space law activities at the Space Symposium since 2019, this year’s discussions evolved around Read more…

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IISL member Ian Grosner Chair of LSC Working Group on Definition and Delimitation of Outer Space

IISL member Ian Grosner, Brazilian Space Agency, has been elected Chair of the Working Group on the Definition and Delimitation of Outer Space of the Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in Vienna, Austria. The election took place on Monday, 20 March 2023. The Working Group on the Definition and Delimitation of Outer Space is one of the older COPUOS Working Groups and operates under the Legal Subcommittee Read more…

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Software Defined Space Conference 2023 – call for abstracts

On 1-2 November 2023, the Software Defined Space Conference will take place in Mustpeade Maja, Tallinn, Estonia. This is the third edition in the series dedicated to cyber security in space „Software Defined Space Conference” (SDSC). With software, we can change the way we use and benefit from our space assets, forecast and visualise future demand and bring the service providers and consumers together. The added value of space technologies is already today created primarily Read more…

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IISL-Japan side event on STM during COPUOS LSC

IISL co-organised together with the Japanese delegation to COPUOS, a hybrid side event during the 62nd session of the Legal Subcommittee (LSC) of UN COPOUS, dedicated to the Legal Aspects of Space Traffic Management (STM). The side-event was moderated by the IISL STM Working Group Co-Chair Maruska Strah. IISL President Kai-Uwe Schrogl and Dr.  Nobuharu Imanishi, Minister of the Permanent Mission of Japan delivered welcome remarks, which started a great discussion about the legal aspects of Read more…

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Deadline approaching for IAC 2023 Abstracts IISL Colloquium

The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan this year from 2 to 6 October. The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) extended the abstract submission deadline for IAC 2023 to 10 March 2023 (23:59 CET). The theme of the IAC 2023 is centered upon “Give Space a Chance” and aims to explore the myriad of opportunities in space to tackle global challenges for the benefit of humanity. Share your most recent work, research and Read more…

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ISPL to offer course on Space Warfare

The London Institute for Space Policy and Law (ISPL) is running a short course on Space Warfare at the end of this month. This Course provides an overview and general understanding of conflict in and through space. The legal, policy and other political factors concerning military and security operations in outer space and the role of space assets in warfare will be considered. Placement of weapons in space and the deployment of space capabilities in Read more…

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