Montag, 15. Juni 2026
15:00 Registration and Coffee
15:30 Welcome and Introduction
Christoph Teichmann (Dean of the Law Faculty, University of Würzburg)
Isabel Feichtner (University of Würzburg)
Anna Raab (University of Würzburg)
16:00–17:30 Panel I: Satellites – Mega‑Constellations, Use and Hazards
Michael Hennessy Picard (Lecturer in International Environmental Law, University of Edinburgh)
Caroline Rapatz (Professor of Civil Law, European and International Private Law and Procedural Law, Comparative Law at Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel)
18:00–19:30 Public Keynote and Roundtable Discussion: “From Cold War Commons to the Second Race for Outer Space”
Matthew Craven (Professor of Law, SOAS University of London)
Alexandra Kemmerer (Senior Research Fellow & Head of Berlin Office at Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law)
Isabel Feichtner (Professor of Law, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
Dienstag, 16. Juni 2026
09:30–11:00 Panel II: Security – Outer Space as a Domain od Militarization, Conflict and Defence
Hasan Abbas (Deputy Director (Arms Control, Disarmament & International Security) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan)
Almudena Azcárate Ortega (Lead Space Security Researcher at the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR))
Guido Dietl (Professor of Satellite Communication and Radar Systems, Institute of Computer Science, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
11:30–13:00 Panel III: Science – Science Diplomacy in the Governance of Outer Space
Ulpia Botezatu (Co-Chair United Nations COPUOS - Action Team on Lunar Activities Consultation (ATLAC) / Romanian Space Agency)
Martin Müller (Executive Director, Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA))
Philipp Sauter (Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law)
13:00 Lunch