| | CONGO EventsCivil Society and Outer Space Forum Vienna 2007Where do we stand on using outer space for peaceful purposes? The "Civil Society and Outer Space Forum 2007" organized by the Vienna CONGO office (Conference of Non-governmental Organizations in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations) will be held 8 - 9 October 2007at UN/VIC, Vienna. The Forum will be organized by CONGO Vienna in cooperation with: • European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) • United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) • United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) • Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) • Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and sponsored by • Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) • Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (BMeiA) • Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) • Astrium SASContents Provisional agendaOpening session Introduction to forum and welcoming addresses: CONGO Representative: Vice-President of CONGO United Nations Representative: Executive Head of UNOV (1) First session Topic: Use of space - the rules of the road. The framework for conducting space activities. Chair: Peter JANKOWITSCH, FFG, Chairman, Advisory Board of Aeronautics and Space Keynote speaker: Gerard BRACHET, Chairman, COPUOS Panellists: Frans VON DER DUNK, Professor, University of Leiden René OOSTERLINCK, Director of Legal and External Affairs, ESA Anatoly Ya. KAPUSTIN, Professor, People's Friendship University, Russia Kai-Uwe SCHROGL, ESPI Brendan CURRY, Vice President, US Space Foundation Related pages and documents
Posted: 2007-4-19 Updated: 2009-12-14 |