Kai-Uwe SCHROGL
IAF Bureau • IISL President
International Institute of Space Law (IISL) • President
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Professor Dr. Kai-Uwe Schrogl is the President of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL). He is currently seconded from the European Space Agency ESA to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Berlin to support the German Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Until 2019, he was the Chief Strategy Officer of ESA in Paris. From 2007 to 2011 he was the Director of the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) in Vienna. Prior to this, he was the Head of the Corporate Development and External Relations Department in the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Cologne. He served from 2014 to 2016 as chairman of the Legal Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Kai-Uwe Schrogl is Co-Chair of the Global Future Council on Space of the World Economic Forum, Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (recently chairing its Commission on policy, economics and regulations) and Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy for Cosmonautics as well as of the French Air and Space Academy. He holds a doctorate degree in political science and lectures international relations as an Honorary Professor for international technology policy at Tübingen University, Germany. Kai-Uwe Schrogl has written or co-edited 20 books and more than 140 articles, reports and papers in the fields of space policy and law.
Events
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International Astronautical Congress 2022
18-22 September 2022
Paris, France
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International Astronautical Congress 2021
25-29 October 2021
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Participation:
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International Astronautical Congress 2019
21-25 October 2019
Washington, United States
Participation:
- Plenary programme: Ceremonies
- Ceremonies: Opening Ceremony
- Ceremonies: Closing Ceremony
- Ceremonies: IAF Excellence In Industry Award Ceremony and Fireside Chat
- Tuesday 22 October 2019: IAF GNF Industry Stream: A Grand Tour of Global Space Policy Issues
- Thursday 24 October 2019: IAF GNF Legal and Policy Stream: Space Traffic Management is Needed Now! IAA, IISL, and IAF Join Their Forces to Propose Long Term Sustainability of Space Operations
- Wednesday 23 October 2019: Young Minds Meet Space Leaders: Words Into Action
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International Astronautical Congress 2018
1–5 October 2018
Bremen, Germany
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The Global Space Applications Conference 2018
21-23 May 2018
Montevideo, Uruguay
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International Astronautical Congress 2017
25-29 September 2017
Adelaide, Australia
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International Astronautical Congress 2016
26-30 September 2016
Guadalajara, Mexico
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The Global Conference on Space and the Information Society 2016
6-7 June 2016
Geneva, Switzerland
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International Astronautical Congress 2012
1-5 October 2012
Naples, Italy