SFDI 2021 conference program in Toulouse, May 6 and 7

Thursday, may 6, 2021

9:30 AM
Opening session

Hugues KENFACK, President of the University
Philippe NELIDOFF, Dean of the Faculty of Law
Jean-Marc SOREL, President of the French Society of International Law

10:00 AM
Introductory session

Under the Chairmanship of Jean-Marc Sorel, President of the French Society of International Law

International space law: characteristics and tensions
Clémentine BORIES, Professor at Toulouse Capitole University.
From SPACE to SPAC - When the market for space activities offers a new frontier to international law
Lucien RAPP, Professor at Toulouse Capitole University, Director of the Institute for the Study of Space, Territories, Culture and Communication (IDETCOM), Scientific Director of the SIRIUS Chair (Space Institute for Research on Innovative Uses of Satellites).
The distinction between Airspace and Outer Space
Stephan HOBE, Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law, Professor at the University of Cologne.
Should Space be cut horizontally along the lines of the law of the sea?
Vincent CORREIA, Professor at Paris-Saclay University.

11:15 AM
Break

11:45 AM
Outer space and the sources of international law

Under the Chairmanship of Mathieu Carpentier, Professor at the University of Toulouse Capitole.

State strategies and national laws in international space law
Lukas RASS-MASSON, Professor at Toulouse Capitole University, Director of the European School of Law.
The revision of the Space Operations Law (LOS) in the face of international space law
Emmanuel BOURDONCLE, Doctor of Law. Sub-Directorate of Public International Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

12:30 PM
Lunch

2:00 PM
Outer space and the actors and subjects of international law

Under the Chairmanship of Mireille Couston, Professor at the University of Lyon 3.

Towards a multilateral organization of outer space?
Philippe CLERC, Inspector General, Compliance and Corporate Ethics Officer (CNES).
Businesses and international space law
Arnaud DE NANTEUIL, Professor at the University of Paris Est Créteil.
Robots in international space law
Philippe ACHILLEAS, Professor at Paris Sud, Director of the Institute for Space and Telecommunications Law.

3:00 PM
Break

3:30 PM
European space law and international law

Under the Chairmanship of Sylvaine Poillot-Peruzzetto, Professor at Toulouse Capitole University, IRDEIC, Advisor to the Court of Cassation in extraordinary service

The place of Europe within the space powers. Comparative study
Isabelle SOURBES-VERGER, CNRS researcher, Alexandre Koyré Center, CNRS Paris.
The European Space Agency
Marco FERRAZZANI, Legal Director of the European Space Agency.
Space in the face of the dynamics of the internal market
Loic GRARD, Professor at the University of Bordeaux IV, Director of the Center for European and International Research and Documentation.

4:30 PM
Sfdi thesis awards ceremony for 2020

Friday, may 7, 2021

9:00 AM
The challenges of the space sector and international law

Under the Chairmanship of Geneviève Bastid-Burdeau, Professor Emeritus at the Sorbonne Law School.

Aerospace Financing Put to the Test of Law: A Perspective from WTO Law
Said HAMDOUNI, HDR Lecturer at Toulouse Capitole University.
Aerospace financing put to the test of law: the point of view of European Union law
Olivier BLIN, Lecturer in Public Law, Toulouse 1 Capitole University
International environmental law and space debris
Sabrina ROBERT-CUENDET, Professor, Vice-Dean Faculty of Law, Economic Sciences and Management, Le Mans University
International transport law and Space (space tourism, spaceports)
Stéphane MOUTON, Professor at the University of Toulouse Capitole, Co-Director of the Maurice Hauriou Institute, Director of the M2 in transport and aeronautics law.

10:30 AM
Outer space as environment

Under the Chairmanship of Lukas Rass-Masson, Professor at Toulouse Capitole University, Director of the European School of Law.

International investment law and space
Roberto VIRZO, Professor, University of Sannio, Italy.
The garbage collectors of Space: public service, gold rush or both?
Valentin DEGRANGE, PhD student in Law Member of the Center for Space and Frontiers Law (CDEF) Associate researcher at the Institute of Strategic and Defense Studies (IESD)

11:15 AM
Break

11:45 AM
Outer space between war and peace

Under the Chairmanship of Clémentine Bories, Professor at Toulouse Capitole University.

Guarantees for the continued peaceful use of outer space: the example of the International Space Inspection
Raphaël MAUREL, Lecturer at the University of Bourgogne
Applicability and suitability of jus ad bellum to Outer Space
Jean-Christophe MARTIN, Professor at Côte d’Azur University, Director of the Institute for Peace and Development (IdPD).
War in Space: what legal regime?
Jérémie AYADI, Chief Commissioner of the Armed Forces, Legal Adviser to the Space Command.