2024 Space Law Symposium - Course Materials

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In-Space Liability: from the Earth to the Moon – General CLE

Moderator:

Michael S. Dodge, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Space Studies, John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, University of North Dakota

Panelists:

Andrea Harrington, Professor of Law, Colorado School of Mines

Chris Kundstater, Global Head of Space, AXA XL

Karl Kensinger, Special Counsel, FCC Space Bureau

David Lopez, International Law Practice Group, NASA

Arjun Garg, Hogan Lovells

1. Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects

Can We Talk…to the Moon?: Lunar Spectrum Frameworks and Issues – General CLE

Moderator:

Laura Cummings, Regulatory Affairs Counsel, Astroscale U.S

Panelists:

Nese Guendelsberger, Deputy Chief, Office of International Affairs, Federal Communications Commission

Cathy Sham, Lunar & Human Spaceflight Spectrum Manager, NASA Johnson Space Center (invited)

Ryan Terry, [Director, Regulatory & Strategy, Lockheed Martin Corp.] (invited)

1. Lunar Communication

Lunar Resource Utilization - General CLE

Moderator:

C. Ellis Brazeal, III, Partner, Jones Walker LLP, Adjunct Professor of Space Law, University of Alabama College of Engineering and School of Law

Panelists:

Matthew T. King, Chief of the Space Law Division and military Deputy Director of the Operations and International Law Directorate, Headquarters Air Force, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Pentagon

Michelle Hanlon, Executive Director of the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law, and Co-founder and President of For All Moonkind, Inc

Jessica Noble, Associate General Counsel, iSpace Technologies US (invited)

1. Lunar Utilization Resource

Export Control - General CLE

Moderator:                

Chase Hamilton, Associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Panelists:                    

Kevin Wolf, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security

Stephen Propst, Partner, Hogan Lovells LLP

Robert J. Ward Jr., Regulatory Attorney, Axiom Space 

Dan Czerwonka, General Counsel, Varda Space Industries

1. U.S. Export Controls for the Commercial Space Industry

Global Satellite Constellations - General CLE

Moderator:

Alexis Sáinz, Partner, Hogan Lovells LLP

Panelists:

Michael Carlson, Senior Corporate Counsel, Amazon’s Project Kuiper

Joe Titlebaum, General Counsel, Rivada

Merissa Velez, Chief, Satellite Programs and Policy Division, FCC Space Bureau

Rob Scheige, Senior Vice President, Willis Towers Watson

CLE Credit

The ABA will seek 8.75 hours of CLE credit in 60-minute states, and 10.50 hours of CLE credit for this program in 50-minute states. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules. Please visit the program website for program CLE details or visit www.americanbar.org/mcle for general information on CLE at the ABA.