IEEE Tech Talk - Space Debris - Who owns it?
Space Debris falling from the heavens. If property gets damaged and/or human life taken who is responsible?
IP Rights in Space: Space debris. Who owns it?
This is the foundation of one of the big challenges to space debris remediation - even if a satellite breaks up into dangerous pieces, technically the country of registration still owns all those pieces, and it is not allowed to handle and/or manipulate the space objects of another country. Should the outer space treaty require the state of registry to maintain jurisdiction and control, and if control is lost should other countries have the right to mitigate potential dangers? Find out this and more today at IEEE Tech Talk.
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- Date: 13 Jun 2024
- Time: 07:00 PM UTC to 08:30 PM UTC
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- Starts 01 May 2024 07:00 AM UTC
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Steve Wood of Vela Wood Law Firm
IP Rights in Space: Space debris. Who owns it?
This is the foundation of one of the big challenges to space debris remediation - even if a satellite breaks up into dangerous pieces, technically the country of registration still owns all those pieces, and it is not allowed to handle and/or manipulate the space objects of another country. Should the outer space treaty require the state of registry to maintain jurisdiction and control, and if control is lost should other countries have the right to mitigate potential dangers?
Biography:
Steven Wood is a U.S. patent attorney and space lawyer and he currently holds roles as Senior of Counsel with the Vela Wood Law Firm in Austin, TX, where he focuses his practice on patent/IP strategy and investment due diligence, and also as Senior Director of Neuromorphic Technology Development with the SUNY Albany College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, where he coordinates research efforts with the Air Force Research Labs funded NeuroPipes neuromorphic computing research group. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Albany Law School, the nation’s oldest independent school of law. Steven has held prior roles as a patent examiner at the United States Patent & Trademark Office, and in technology transfer offices at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Leiden University and most recently at The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (SUNY) where he built an in-house patent practice group as Associate Director for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Steven also previously held several positions with startup companies, including XCOR Aerospace, and as Co-Founder of 'trakkies. International BV', a Dutch Internet of Things startup company, incubated at the European Space Agency Business Incubation Center in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Throughout his career, Steven has built expertise in space law, patents and IP, entrepreneurship and startups, Bayh-Dole compliance for inventions supported by federal grants and contracts, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR), and other grant programs, technology transfer and commercialization, patent and IP licensing, and other technology centered transactions.
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Dr. Kayyali of 4D Business Consulting 4DBC
Space Debris
Our space faring ambitions have created an unforeseen challenge: space debris. Discarded rocket parts, defunct satellites, and the resulting fragments from collisions orbit Earth at incredible speeds, posing a significant threat to operational spacecraft. This growing cloud of debris jeopardizes not only our billion-dollar missions, but also our ability to utilize critical space-based resources like GPS and communication networks. Addressing this issue is no longer a question of "if" but "when," and international collaboration is paramount to ensure a sustainable future for our activities in the final frontier.
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Dr. Kayyali, Certified Innovation Management from Harvard University. He is an IEEE Industrial Officer, awarded Chartered Scientist & Fellow by Queen Elizabeth from the Royal Science Council in UK. He published many conferences and journals papers and five indexed books in computer science, he was a researcher visitor at the University of California- Santa Barbara UCSB. Currently, Dr. Kayyali is the president of KSF Space Foundation a USA space organization developing space missions, satellites, and sub-orbital rockets, leading the world in space program in small satellite as well.
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Agenda
12:00 pm PDT IEEE announcements
12:02 pm PDT Introduction of the Stephen Wood
12:04 pm PDT Presentation
12:45 pm PDT Dr. Kayalli
1:15 pm PDT Q&A
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