session 1
- Title
Young Scholars Session
- 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
2026-10-05
- Time
- Room
- IPC members
Co-Chair: Dr. Merve ERDEM BURGER, Swiss Space Law Forum, Switzerland;
Co-Chair: Ms. Nomfuneko Irene Majaja, Kenya Space Agency, Kenya;
Rapporteur: Shrawani Shagun, National Law University of Delhi, India;
Rapporteur: Dr. Thomas Graham, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia;
Order | Time | Paper title | Mode | Presentation status | Speaker | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 16:30 | From Space Hardware to Cloud Services in Orbit: Legal Implications of Space-Based Data Centers | 10 | confirmed | Ms. Roser Almenar | University of Valencia | Spain |
2 | 16:40 | 10 | confirmed | Ms. Seoyeon Kim | Waseda University | Republic of Korea | |
3 | 16:50 | Balancing Transparency and Security: Legal Challenges of Extraterrestrial Life Disclosure | 10 | confirmed | Ms. Dafni- Konstantina Politikou | International Institute of Air & Space Law, Leiden University | Greece |
4 | 17:00 | Liability for ai-based cognitive errors in autonomous lunar operations under international space law | 10 | confirmed | Ms. Ayşegül Aslan | Türkiye | |
5 | 17:10 | Alternative Financial Guarantees in Outer Space: the Democratization Potential of Space Risk Swaps | 10 | confirmed | Mr. Francesco Pugno | University of Turin | Italy |
6 | 17:20 | Insurance of On-Orbit Servicing Operations: Risk Management and Legal Challenges | 10 | confirmed | Mr. Mertcan Arslantas | Institut du Droit de l'Espace et des Telecommunications (IDEST) | France |
7 | 17:30 | 10 | confirmed | Mr. David Kasibante | Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) | Uganda | |
7 | 17:30 | Defining risks from lunar mining: towards a comprehensive risk taxonomy | 10 | confirmed | Mrs. Camille Bitton | University of Adelaide | Australia |
8 | 17:50 | 10 | confirmed | Ms. Nikoleta Vasileva | Bulgaria | ||
10 | 18:00 | Lessons from the ICAO Regime for Space Weather Hazards: an Increasingly Foreseeable Risk | 10 | confirmed | Mrs. Charline Coudry | Institut du Droit de l'Espace et des Telecommunications (IDEST) | France |
11 | 18:10 | Law-Based Order or Strategic Soft Law? China’s Approach to Space Governance | 10 | confirmed | Ms. Katerina Fialova | China | |
12 | 18:20 | 10 | confirmed | Mrs. Anna Blechova | Masaryk University | Czech Republic |