ABA AIR AND SPACE LAW FORUM, Sept 27-28, 2018, Chicago, IL

The American Bar Association will hold its Air and Space Law Forum at the Intercontinental Hotel in Chicago, IL from Sepetmber 27-28, 2018.

The agenda includes a session on September 27 from 3:00-4:15 pm Central Time on “Commercial Space Activities–To Regulate or Not to Regulate?  That is the Question.”

Speakers are:

• Laura Montgomery, Proprietor, Ground-Based Space Matters, LLC (moderator)
• Sagi Kfir, General Counsel, Planetary Resources, Inc.
• Kevin O’Connell, Director, Office of Space Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce

A session on Septmeber 28, also from 3:00-4:15 pm Central Time, is on “Militarization of Space: Peaceful Exploration and Use for All Humankind.”

Speakers are:

• Andrea Harrington, Associate Professor, Air Command & Staff College, Montgomery, AL
• C. Ellis Brazeal III, Partner, Jones Walker, Birmingham, AL
• Neil Wolf, Principal, Law Office of Neil G. Wolf, Montreal, Canada

More information is on the event’s website.