The growth in space activities has shifted space traffic management from an academic debate to real-world policy debate, yet there is still significant uncertainty about what it means and how to go about creating a workable regime. Should space traffic management be top-down with a global agreement on rules and standards? Or should it be done from the bottom-up with industry practices enshrined in national regulation? Who decides what the rules are, who they apply to, and how they are enforced? | Moderator: Chris Johnson, SWF Space Law Advisor

Panelists:

• Didier Alary, University of Toulouse

• Talal Al Kaissi, UAE Space Agency

• Ron Lopez, Astroscale U.S.

• Jennifer Warren, Lockheed Martin