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DESCRIPTION:Space commercialisation covers a breadth of space related techn
 ologies\, capabilities and services\, both space-based as well as ground-b
 ased\, that are generally exploited to generate revenue by governments and
  aerospace companies. Much of the space capabilities developed so far are 
 beginning to be exploited not only commercially as multi-national companie
 s have expanded their business activities\, but also for humanitarian appl
 ications such as alleviation of poverty and diseases and management of ref
 ugees resulting from droughts and conflicts for which space capabilities c
 ould be used by appropriate United Nations agencies. Overall space economy
  reached $289.77 billion in 2011 with major contribution coming from comme
 rcial activities rather than from government spending.  Potential benefits
  of capabilities developed in outer space for people on Earth are well est
 ablished in today’s increasingly connected world. Thus\, under the Dhawan 
 Chair\, which has recently been established in the Department of War Studi
 es\, King’s College (London\, England) the initial focus will be on the ci
 vil uses and commercialisation of space activities.  In this context\, thi
 s two-day Conference at King’s College London is organised\, in collaborat
 ion with Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Institute of Air and Space Law (Montreal\, Ca
 nada)\, with participation by several invited experts from different count
 ries with developed space programmes and related commercial activities.  T
 he main objectives of the Conference are to:  (a)   assess critically whet
 her commercialization of space is benefiting all countries and peoples irr
 espective of their degree of economic or scientific development\;  (b)   i
 dentify precisely critical challenges to commercialization of space and to
  propose viable solutions to address these challenges\;  (c)   how to achi
 eve a balance between commercial benefits and benefits derived from space 
 capabilities for economic development through exploitation of Earth’s natu
 ral resources in developing countries\; and  (d)   develop a model of publ
 ic-private relationship by studying different cases and identifying a succ
 essful model (or its factors).  The results of the Conference will be publ
 ished in a report under the Dhawan Chair.  Visit the Institute of Air & Sp
 ace Law's website to download the latest version of the conference program
  and the background paper.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130125
LOCATION:CA\, Somerset House\, East Wing\, Somerset House\, East Wing. Stra
 nd\, London WC2R 2LS\, United Kingdom
SUMMARY:Commercialisation of Space: Opportunities and Challenges
URL:/law/channels/event/commercialisation-space-opport
 unities-and-challenges-218867
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