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    Title

    Africa: Space Law and Applications - Past, Present, and Future

    type

    oral

    Description

    Africa is an emerging-space faring continent. This session addresses Africa’s past and current activities in remote sensing, telecommunications, launch, and GPS/GNSS and the law and regulations catalyzed by these activities. Particular activities that may be addressed in this session include remote sensing in Morocco and Nigeria; launches in Algeria, Kenya, and South Africa; and telecommunications continent-wide. This session will also look to the future and consider the role of space law in developing nations.

    Date

    2011-10-05

    Time

    10:00

    Room

    TS-12

    IPC members
    • Chairman: Dr. Tare Brisibe, OnAir, Switzerland;

    • Chairman: Prof. Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, University of Mississippi, United States;

    • Rapporteur: Ms. Lulu Makapela, CSIR – South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa;

    papers

    Order

    Time

    Paper title

    Mode

    Presentation status

    Speaker

    Affiliation

    Country

    1

    Space related data: from Justice to Development

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Annette Froehlich

    European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)

    Austria

    2

    The right to satellite remote sense data: impact of multilateral cooperation on international space law

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Phetole Sekhula

    South Africa

    3

    A glance at the earth observation policies and regulations and impact on developing countries: focusing on the african continent

    15

    confirmed

    Ms. Angeline Asangire Oprong

    University of Bremen

    Germany

    4

    The Direct Reception and Distribution of CBERS-3 Satellite Data to South Africa

    15

    withdrawn

    Mr. Alvaro Fabricio Dos Santos

    Advocacy General of the Union - AGU

    Brazil

    5

    LEGAL REGIME OF REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM IN NIGERIA

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. OLUSOJI NESTER JOHN

    National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)

    Nigeria

    6

    THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND SPACE ACTIVITIES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE(S): A General Overview of Africa and South America

    15

    no-show

    Dr. Sylvia Ospina

    S. Ospina & Associates - Consultants

    United States

    7

    Satellite Navigation and Location Based Services Training Course of African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E) Ile-Ife, Nigeria

    15

    confirmed

    Dr. Oladosu Olakunle

    African Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education in English (ARCSSTE-E)

    Nigeria

    8

    Legal framework for South African Space Activities: an analysis of the Legal rules governing launching, operation of a satellite and applications by private actors.

    15

    confirmed

    Ms. Lulekwa Makapela

    South Africa

    9

    Review of the South African regulatory framework in the context of UN space legal norms

    15

    confirmed

    Mr. Luthando S. Mkumatela

    South Africa

    10

    SPACE-FARING STATES’ OBLIGATIONS TOWARD THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS GUARDIAN OF “MANKIND” IN TERMS OF THE COMMON HERITAGE OF MANKIND PRINCIPLE

    15

    withdrawn

    Prof.Dr. Nicolaas Marais

    South Africa

    11

    Africa and the Progressive Development of International Space Law

    15

    withdrawn

    Dr. Tare Brisibe

    OnAir

    Switzerland

    12

    Nigerian Lawyers Perspective on Space Law and Africa

    15

    confirmed

    Ms. Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty

    Canada

    13

    Role of Space Law in the Developing Nations with Special Reference to India

    15

    withdrawn

    Mr. Malay Adhikari

    Jawaharlal Nehru University

    India