session 3

Title

The portrayal of Space (Law) in Media and Movies

type

oral

Description

Science-fiction and anticipation are closely connected to the history of the film industry, since its early days, with, from time to time, incursion within the legal or political aspects related to the human adventure in outer space. Under this topic, the presentation and representation of international space law and, more generally, legal or political aspects related to space activities would be reviewed and analyzed, with regard to their relevance and exactitude and with regard to the impact they may have on the large public. Papers presented under this topic could address a particular movie or provide a general analysis through a number of movies

Date

2015-10-14

Time

09:45

Room

Dulzin Big A (ICC, main level)

IPC members
papers

Order

Time

Paper title

Selection result

Mode

Presentation status

Speaker

Affiliation

Country

1

space law and the media: science fiction movies on the moon

accepted

15'

confirmed

Mr. Rafael Moro Aguilar

Orbspace Engineering

Spain

2

Where law meets cinema: James Cameron’s Avatar as food for thought about the anthropocentric nature of space law

accepted

15'

confirmed

Dr. George Kyriakopoulos

National and Kapodistrian University Of Athens

Greece

5

Bugs Bunny and Puffy Duck vs. Marvin the Martian - A perspective from (earthly) international space law -

accepted

15'

confirmed

Dr. Annette Froehlich

SpaceTech (TU Graz)/ German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Austria

7

The Meaning of Life and Close Encounters of the Commercial Kind

accepted

15'

confirmed

Mr. George Anthony Long

United States

8

The issues of the protection of the space environment in movies

accepted

15'

confirmed

Prof. Camilo Guzman Gomez

UNIVERSIDAD SERGIO ARBOLEDA

Colombia

9

Avatar Film: Perspectives from Space Law

accepted

15'

confirmed

Mr. Alvaro Fabricio Dos Santos

Advocacy General of the Union - AGU

Brazil