session 2

Title

Policy and economic aspects of space weather

Description

Space weather slowly emerges as a policy item. While it has long been only a scientific question, its economic relevance is steadily growing due to its effects on commercial space activities in particular in the field of telecommunications. In addition, space weather is expected to become an element of new Space Situational Awareness projects so that international coordination should be foreseen. This session reflects on such questions of impact and coordination.

Date

2010-09-28

Time

15:15

Room

Terrace 1

IPC members

• Chairman: Dr. Werner R. Balogh, European Space Agency (ESA), France;

• Chairman: Dr. David Kendall, Canadian Space Agency, Canada;

• Rapporteur: Dr. Jana Robinson, The Prague Security Studies Institute, Czech Republic;