Technical programme
IAC-09 — 60th International Astronautical Congress
E3. 22nd SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE POLICY, REGULATIONS AND ECONOMICS
This symposium, organized by the International Academy of Astronautics, will provide a systematic overview of the current trends in space policy, regulation and economics. It covers national as well as multilateral space policies and plans, launcher policies and regulations, which are currently being researched under an IAA Cosmic Study project that also touched upon current policy and economic aspects of space applications. The symposium also integrates findings of the 23rd IAA/IISL Scientific-Legal Roundtable, which deals with an inter-disciplinary assessment of commercial human spaceflight.
- Coordinator
Kai-Uwe Schrogl
International Institute of Space Law (IISL) — FranceSergio Camacho
Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin American and The Caribbean (CRECTEALC) — Mexico
E3.1. New Developments in National Space Policies and Programmes
This session will provide a forum for presenting current space policies and programmes of space-faring countries.
- Chairman
Gilberto Camara
Group on Earth Observation (GEO) — SwitzerlandNicolas Peter
International Space University (ISU) — France
- Rapporteur
Deganit Paikowsky
Hebrew University of Jerusalem — Israel
E3.2. Space policies and programmes of international organizations with particular regard to the participation of developing countries
This session will provide a forum for presenting current space policies and programmes of international organizations with space activities. It will provide a special but not exclusive focus on the participation of developing countries.
- Chairman
Mahdi Kartasasmita
Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) — IndonesiaSylvia Kainz Huber
European Commission - DG Enterprise — Belgium
- Rapporteur
Werner R. Balogh
European Space Agency (ESA) — France
E3.3. Launcher Policies and Regulations
This session will provide a forum to discuss the latest developments in the launcher sector. It will include the presentation of the intermediate results of an ongoing IAA study in this area.
- Chairman
Henry Hertzfeld
Space Policy Institute, George Washington University — United StatesCorinne M. Jorgenson
Advancing Space — United States
- Rapporteur
Agnieszka Lukaszczyk
Planet Labs Inc. — The Netherlands
E3.4. International policy and economic aspects of space applications
This session shall take stock of the recent developments in the space applications sector with regard to policy questions and economic impacts. Such aspects will be covered in the areas of telecommunications, navigation and Earth observation as well as other application areas.
- Chairman
Chin-Young Hwang
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) — Korea, Republic ofGéraldine Naja
European Space Agency (ESA) — France
- Rapporteur
Pierre Lionnet
Eurospace — France
E3.5. 24th IAA/IISL Scientific/Legal Roundtable 2009 : “Assessing Commercial Human Spaceflight” (Invited Papers only)
With commercial human spaceflight on the rise, this session will look into the issue from the policy, economic and regulatory perspectives in order to shape a comprehensive picture of the state and the prospects of this area. The roundtable will comprise invited papers only and is aimed at conducting an inter-disciplinary debate.
- Chairman
Christophe Bonnal
European Conference for Aero-Space Sciences (EUCASS) — FranceWilliam Pomerantz
Virgin Galactic L.L.C — United States
- Rapporteur
Nicola Rohner-Willsch
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) — Germany