TOWARDS SPACE ARBITRATION AND BEYOND (Space Court Fndtn), Apr 14, 2021, virtual, 11:00 am-1:00 pm ET

The Space Court Foundation and Clifford Chance will hold a webinar on April 14, 2021 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm on “Towards Space Arbitration and Beyond.”

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

Earlier this year, the UAE announced the establishment of a “Court of Space”, a tribunal dedicated to dispute resolution on matters related to space activities. This development further underscores tremendous growth in space activities and the need for legal communities to catch up. Join the Space Court Foundation and Clifford Chance for an in-depth discussion on the future of dispute resolution and how to continue applying our legal tools to our activities in a novel environment.

Participants (as of April 1) are as follows:

Panel 1: Initiatives in the Dispute Resolution Sphere

Moderator: Rodolphe Ruffié, Senior Associate, Clifford Chance, Perth, Australia / Paris, France

Panelists:

● Evgeniya Goriatcheva, Senior Legal Counsel, Permanent Court of Arbitration (the Netherlands)

● Dr Stephan Hobe, Director of the Institute of Air and Space Law, University of Cologne (Germany)

● [TBD]

Panel 2: Expectations from the Space Law World

Moderator: Dr. Tanja Masson-Zwaan, Deputy Director, International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University (the Netherlands)

Panelists:

● Pamela Meredith, Of Counsel, KMA Zuckert (USA)

● Teddy Baldwin, Partner, Steptoe (USA)

● Gérardine Goh Escolar, Associate Professor (adjunct), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (Singapore)