session 3

Title

Space Economy - New models and economic approaches for private space ventures, with an emphasis on the needs of emerging space nations

Description

This session will focus on how financial and regulatory incentives from governments and from market mechanisms facilitate the access and use of space. Special attention will be devoted to the dynamic of new space ventures, particularly start-up companies in nations recently entering the space domain. The session is intended to develop an overview of new and long run trends in socio-economic development from space activities recognizing and comparing the different elements necessary for success given the wide variety of governments and economies of space-faring nations.

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Dr. Henry Hertzfeld, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University, United States;

• Co-Chair: Mr. Jean-Jacques Tortora, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), Austria;

• Rapporteur: Mrs. Magda Cocco, Vieira de Almeida & Associados, Portugal;

• Rapporteur: Prof. Mahulena Hofmann, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg ;