Expert meeting collecting preliminary inputs for consideration at the international conference in Vienna in 2024
Co-hosted by Belgium and Luxembourg and organized in cooperation with the United Nations
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
European Convention Center,
Luxembourg
Location of the meeting in the Convention centre:
INTRODUCTION
In June 2023, the Working Group on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities had agreed that an event would be held in Luxembourg during the Space Resources Week entitled "Expert meeting collecting preliminary inputs for consideration at the international conference in Vienna in 2024", which would be co-hosted by Belgium and Luxembourg and organized in cooperation with the United Nations.
- Click here for the webpage of the Working Group on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities
- Click here for the dedicated event website at unoosaem.lu - includes link to LIVE STREAM
- Click here to see the event flyer
Programme at Glance
The Working Group on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities had agreed that the presenters of the expert meeting would be nominated by their respective national delegations and that the list of speakers would be, through close consultations between the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Working Group and States members of the Committee, prepared and finalized (A/78/20, para. 233.)
The programme for the expert meeting is as follows:
9:00-9:20 - Welcome and Opening Remarks (Luxembourg / Belgium and Chair of the Working Group)
9:20-9:35 - Keynote (Ms. Aarti Holla-Maini, UNOOSA)
9:35-10:45 - Panel #1 - The scope of future space resource activities
- Moderator: Mahulena Hofmann (Luxembourg)
- Panellists:
- Ernest Tan (Canada)
- Liu Jizhong (China)
- Alexis Paillet (France)
- Philipp Reiss (Germany)
- Bernhard Hufenbach (Luxembourg)
10:45-11:00 - Morning Break
11:00-12:10 - Panel #2 - Environmental and socioeconomic aspects of space resource activities
- Moderator: Aarti Holla-Maini (UNOOSA)
- Panellists:
- Jean Robert Batana Pires Ferreira (Brazil)
- Du Hui (China)
- Mardianis (Indonesia)
- Kathryn Hadler (Luxembourg)
- Vlada Stamenković (United States of America)
12:10-13:30 - Lunch
13:30-14:25 - Panel #3 - International cooperation in scientific research and technological development of space resource activities.
- Moderator: Jean-François Mayence (Belgium)
- Panellists:
- Carolina Eugenia Catani (Argentina)
- Christian David Mullo Aimacaña (Ecuador)
- Petra Rettberg (Germany)
- Setsuko Aoki (Japan)
- Jeremiasz Merkel (Poland)
14:25-15:30 - Panel #4 -The scope of future space resource activities.
- Moderator: Mahulena Hofmann (Luxembourg)
- Panellists:
- Arvid Bertheau Johannessen (Norway)
- Kevin Cannon (United States)
- Kota Tanabe (Japan)
- Marilena Amoroso (Italy)
- Ayman Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed (Egypt)
15:30-15:40 - Afternoon Break
15:40-16:45 - Panel #5 - Environmental and socioeconomic aspects of space resource activities
- Moderator: Aarti Holla-Maini (UNOOSA)
- Panellists:
- Philip de Man (Belgium)
- Laércio Massaru Namiwaka (Brazil)
- Thao Nguyen (United States of America)
- Simone Pirrotta (Italy)
- Jesús Roberto Romero Ruíz (Mexico)
16:45-17:50 - Panel #6 - International cooperation in scientific research and technological development of space resource activities
- Moderator: Jean-François Mayence (Belgium)
- Panellists:
- Thales Sehn Körting (Brazil)
- Guo Linli (China)
- Julien-Alexandre Lamamy (Luxembourg)
- Kesniel Humberto Bravo Carpio (Mexico)
- Wilawan Pipatjirattikal (Thailand)
17:50-18:00 - Closing Remarks (Luxembourg / Belgium and Vice-Chair of the Working Group)
WORKING LANGUAGE
The working language of the Conference will be English. All participants are expected to have good English language skills.
FORMAT OF THE EVENT
The expert meeting will be conducted in hybrid format and all those registering will receive the login information when it becomes available.
LOGISTICAL INFORMATION
Organisers of the Space Resources Week (SRW) to be held on 25-27 March at the same venue extend their sincere invitation to all delegations and participants of the expert meeting to attend the SRW and are happy to provide free registration for in-person participation. Promotional code and link for registration for in-person attendance will be emailed to all registered participants of the Expert Meeting.
LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE
Life/major health insurance for each of the participants is the responsibility of participants or his/her institution or Government. The co-organizers will not assume any responsibility for life and major health insurance, nor for expenses related to medical treatment or accidents.