The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance at the University of Luxembourg is proud to announce that the lecture series “Launching Spacecraft: Regulatory Aspects” has been retained for funding by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) under the RESCOM 20-1 call.
Piloted by professor Mahulena Hofmann, holder of the SES Chair in Space, SatCom and Media Law, together with Dr. PJ Blount, postdoctoral researcher at the FDEF, the lecture series is dedicated to bringing information on spaceport and launch law and policy to Luxembourg and to enhance local knowledge on launch service activities.
Without being exhaustive, this lecture series will cover topics related to the regulatory aspects of launching spacecraft including commercial and government spaceport options, launch service brokers, and insurance for launch activities. The series will be directed towards private sector actors in the space industry that want to see their innovations lift off, the space interested public of Luxembourg, students, and researchers. Launch regulation is foundational to space activities, and the lecture series aims to bring a better understanding of this area to the Luxembourg space ecosystem.
The lecture series is planned for the period of 15 September 2020 to 30 May 2021, pending the development of the Covid-19 situation. Lectures are envisaged to be open to the public and published to the Faculty’s events calendar.
About the SES Chair in Space, SatCom and Media Law:
The University of Luxembourg and global satellite operator SES in 2010 entered into a partnership with the aim of jointly developing Luxembourg as a European centre of excellence and innovation for advanced ICT in satellite systems. A key component of this partnership was the creation of the SES Chair in Space, SatCom and Media Law at the FDEF with a research focus on the legal and regulatory challenges in satellite communications. Find out more about the Chair as well as our LL.M in Space, Communication and Media Law here.
About RESCOM:
“Through RESCOM: Scientific Events, the FNR supports communication between researchers to promote scientific outcomes. Funding is awarded for the organisation of International Scientific Conferences taking place in Luxembourg, which present topics at the forefront of scientific research and bring together at least 100 researchers from around the world and the organisation of lecture series featuring highly recognised researchers from across the world whose research results impact the research landscape.” (from https://www.fnr.lu/funding-instruments/rescom/ )