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IBA Annual Conference Mexico City 2024

15 Sep - 20 Sep 2024

PALACIO DE CANAL 3, LEVEL E1

Session information

Does the future of mining lie in outer space?

Monday 16 September (1615 - 1730)

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PALACIO DE CANAL 3, LEVEL E1

Committee(s)

Space Law Committee (Lead)
Mining Law Committee
Young Lawyers' Committee

Description

The idea of space mining is not new. However, until recently, technological and financial constraints have prevented it from becoming a reality. This might be about to change. With the continuing decrease of launching costs and national and international efforts to private legal certainty for mining operations in space, space mining might soon attract the necessary investments to take off. Indeed, the first contracts have already been signed for the extraction and sale of lunar resources. The panel will address the advantages and challenges of mining in space, as well as the applicable legal framework.
 

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Paul Monaghan Law Society of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Chair, Space Law Committee
Salvador Rodriguez Artacho Hernandez-Echevarria Abogados, Madrid, Spain; Vice Chair, Space Law Committee

Speakers

Professor Steven Freeland Western Sydney University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Professor Andrea Harrington McGill Institute of Air and Space Law, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Matthew Schaefer University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

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