session 3

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;