On 8 May 2018, in cooperation with UNIDIR, the FRS organised a seminar at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on « Promoting Space Exploration while discouraging missile proliferation: the role of the Hague Code of Conduct »
Welcoming remarks
Dr Xavier PASCO, Director, FRS
Dr Renata DWAN, Director, UNIDIR
Mr François RIVASSEAU, Special Envoy for Space of the European External Action Service (EEAS)
The ‘HCoC’: what role in promoting the peaceful use of space?
Moderator: Ms Emmanuelle MAITRE, Research fellow, FRS
Presenters:
- Amb. Marek SZCZYGIEŁ, Ambassador at large, Security Policy Department, MFA of Poland, HCoC Chair 2017-2018
- Mr Sebastien MORANTA, Coordinator of Studies, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)
- Dr Robert GERSCHNER, Head of Immediate Central Contact (Executive Secretariat), Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria
Key issues:
- Contribution of the Code to international security, including the field of space
- Being a subscribing state: commitments and benefits
- Day-to-day implementation of the Code
- Impact of the Code on national space development
From missile to launcher, and back again? Proliferation and dissemination in the field of space
Moderator: Mr Daniel PORRAS, Space Security Fellow, UNIDIR
Presenters:
- Dr Xavier PASCO, Director, FRS
- Mr Tal INBAR, Head of the Space and UAV Research Center, Israel’s Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies
- Dr Markus SCHILLER, ST Analytics GmbH
Key issues:
- Theoric and empiric studies of double-use of launcher technologies
- Launchers and Missiles: case studies