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)
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 |