The Inaugural GALIX Congress

This international on-line event is being held to help advance both public-private partnerships and multinational alliances that can expand and diversify international collaboration in space.
GALIX (the Global Alliance for International Collaboration in Space) is co-hosting this Space Congress with Space Renaissance International, to explore some of the key space-related issues of the day with top experts from around the world.

Space Renaissance International (SRI) is a proud co-sponsor of this event, toghether with the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), For All Moonkind, the Global VSAT Forum (GVF), the Hawaii Space Industry Innovation Program (HiSPACE), the Moon Village Association (MVA), International Space University, the Lifeboat Foundation, the National Space Society (International Committee), Off World Inc. and Space & Satellite Professionals International, and many others.

March 18: Webinar (Day 1)

14:05 UTC Session 1.1: The Future of Off-World Settlements: The Technical, Operational, Regulatory, Safety, and Environmental Challenges
Chair: Jean-Jacques Tortora, ESPI, with Adriano V. Autino, SRI, Alicia Woodly, Axiom Inc., Dr. Madhu Thangavelu, MVA, Michelle Hanlon, For All Moonkind

15:05 UTC Session 1.2: Threats to Earth from Asteroids, Solar Storms and Consideration of the Other Broader Aspects of of Planetary Defense
Chair: Dr. Joseph N. Pelton, Dean Emeritus ISU, with Dr. James Green, NASA, Dr. William Ailor, CODRS, Dr. Olga Sokolova, SOS

16:05 UTC Session 1.3: The Challenge of Global Space Education, Training, and Capacity Building
Chair: Niklas Hedman, UNOOSA, COPUOS, with Juan de Dalmau, Director, ISU, Su-Yin Tan, Univ. Waterloo, Canada

March 19: Webinar (Day 2)

14:05 UTC Session 2.1: Innovative Legal, Financial, and Institutional Arrangements for International Space Collaboration
Chair: Lucy Stojak, HEC, Canada, with Steve Freeland, Univ. Sydney, Australia, Tanja Masson Zwaan, IIASL

15:05 UTC Session 2.2: New Space Security Concerns: The Advent of Space Forces, the Need for Better Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management and More
Chair: Dr. Peter Martinez, Secure World Foundation, with Kai -Uwe Schrogl, IISL, Theresa Hitchens, Breaking Defense, Prof. Sa’id Mosteshar, London ISL

Session 2.3: International Lunar Exploration Working Group Programmes & EuroMoonMars Astronautics Training Academy
Chair: Prof. Bernard Foing, Eecutive Director, ILEWG & EuroMoonMars, with Sabrina Kerber, EMM, Dr. Roxana Perrire, IPSA AS, EMM, Nancy Vermeulen, EMM ATA

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