SECURITY IN OUTER SPACE: WOOMERA MANUAL, MILITARY OPS & EMERGING ISSUES (G’town Law/ASIL), May 21, 2025, DC, 8:30 am-6:00 pm ET

Georgetown Law and the American Society of International Law (ASIL) will hold a conference on May 21, 2025 from 8:30 am-6:00 pm ET at ASIL’s headquarters at Tillar House, 2223 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC.

The topic is: “Security in Outer Space: Woomera Maural, Military Operations & Emerging Issues.”

The agenda is posted.

More information and registration instructions are on the event’s website, which says:

The Georgetown Center on National Security (CNS) and the American Society of International Law (ASIL) would like to invite you to participate in the conference “Security In Outer Space: Woomera Manual, Military Operations, & Emerging Issues”, to be held in Washington DC at Tillar House on 21 May 2025.

​The law of outer space, like so much else about the exoatmospheric realm, is under stress. The prodigious growth in private-sector space activities is matched by a surge in military space activities. The world is on the precipice of several new types of space races, as countries and companies bid for first-mover advantages in the highest of high ground. This exponential increase in technology creates a classic problem of the tragedy of the commons, including interference, debris, increased risk of collision, first movers’ absorption of scarce resources, and potential wide-ranging environmental consequences.

​In this context, this conference will provide an ideal forum for relevant experts and stakeholders to jointly consider the threats, opportunities, and challenges in the increasingly important but under-developed area of law and policy that is outer space security.