IAF Digital Library

1

session 1

Title: Young Scholars Session with Keynote Lecture
type: oral
Description: This session is open for abstracts and papers from space lawyers under 35 years old. It welcomes contributions on any topic related to space law. It also features a regular, annual keynote presentation by a High level expert and diplomat in the field of international space law.
Date: 2025-09-29
Time: 15:30
Room: Room C2.3

IPC members

Co-Chair: Prof. Lesley Jane Smith, Leuphana University of Lüneburg/Weber-Steinhaus & Smith, Germany;
Co-Chair: Prof. Melissa de Zwart, University of Adelaide, Australia;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	15:30	It’s a Complicated Extraterrestrial World Out There: Does Consensus-based Multilateralism of Space Governance Still Work?	15		Prof. Steven Freeland	Western Sydney University	Australia
2	15:45	Light Pollution Regulation in Chile: A Global Standard for the Conservation of the Night Skies?	10		Mr. Felipe Martínez Corte		Chile
3	15:55	The Thucydides Trap on the Moon: How to Maintain Peace on the Eighth Continent?	10	confirmed	Dr. Josselin Lavigne	University of Adelaide	France
4	16:05	Examination of Legal Issues for Practical Application of Sub-orbital Flight	10		Ms. Ayana Wako	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)	Japan
5	16:15	Benefit sharing of outer space mineral resources-China Moon Soil Science Sharing-An example of scientific sharing of lunar soil in China	10		Ms. Moyu ZHANG		China
6	16:25	Combatting Megaconstellations and Astrocolonialism: Recognizing an Aboriginal Right to the Unobscured Night Sky under Canadian Constitutional Law	10	confirmed	Mr. Gregory Radisic	For All Moonkind Inc.	Canada
7	16:35	Cyberattacks and Space Security: Exploring the Legal Challenges Below the Threshold of Use of Force	10		Mr. Vinicius Guedes Gonçalves de Oliveira	European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)	Australia
8	16:45	Artificially Aligned: Navigating Jurisdictional Tensions Regarding AI for the Space Sector	10		Mr. Thomas Graham	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia
9	16:55	Reimagining Space Cultural Heritage: A Governance Framework for Sustainable Exploration	10		Ms. Yashashvini Jodha	Dhruva Space Private Limited	India
10	17:05	From Slaughterbots to SlaughterSats- Analysing the legality of Lethal Autonomous Weapon Satellites (LAWSats) under International space law.	10	confirmed	Mr. Tejas Bharadwaj		India
11	17:15	Rethinking Liability of Outer Space Activities in the Age of AI	10		Ms. Jingyi Liu	Beijing Institute of Technology, Institute of Space Law	China
12	17:25	The Moon as a Legal Person: Granting Rights to Celestial Bodies	10	confirmed	Mrs. Camille Bitton	University of Adelaide	Australia
13	17:35	Space Terminator and Hobbesian Corporations: Rule of Law and Liberty in Space Settlements?	10		Ms. Katja Grünfeld		Slovenia
14	17:45	A Comparison Between Chinese and American Approaches to Law-Making Regarding Conflicts in Space	10	confirmed	Ms. Louisa Handel-Mazzetti	PhD Cand. Air & Space Law (Leiden)	The Netherlands
15	17:55	Cybersecurity at the Final Frontier: Does Existing Regulation Adequately Address the Challenge in Outer Space?			Mrs. Anna Blechova	Masaryk University	Czech Republic
1*	15:30	Decolonizing space law: rethinking governance through legal pluralism			Ms. Giuliana Rotola	Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna	Italy
2*	15:45	(Re)claiming Damage: Can Fear and Anxiety Related to Space Technology Be Recovered under the 1972 Liability Convention?			Ms. Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič	University of Ljubljana	Slovenia
3*	15:55	Howling at the Moon: A Zero Trust Cybersecurity Framework Proposal for Data Transfer in Light of the Wolf Amendment, the Artemis Accords, and the International Lunar Research Station		withdrawn	Mr. Howard Chang	Georgetown University	United States