Abstracts of no more than 400 words are due by 23:59 GMT, 30 April 2024. Abstracts are to be submitted via email to edannals.law@mcgill.ca. We welcome submissions from established academics, legal practitioners, government officials, early career researchers, industry experts, and graduate law students. Selected papers will be presented on panels at the conference, alongside specifically invited speakers and expert moderators.

The conference organizers will assemble the panels thematically, based on the submissions received. In addition to the thematic panels, the conference will feature a dedicated, reflective panel providing a retrospective on the past two decades of space law in relation to the environment protection of space. This reflective panel will be centered on Professor David Tan’s seminal article in the millennium issue of the Yale Journal of International Law. Professor Tan’s article is available here. Abstract submissions that resonate with this theme may be invited to join this reflective panel.

The Annals of Air and Space Law will publish a symposium issue of selected papers presented at the conference, subject to the Annals’ usual double-blind peer review process.

Key dates for the conference are as follows:

• Abstract deadline: 30 April 2024
• Notification of acceptance: 30 May 2024
• Confirmation of participation due: 30 June 2024
• Conference paper due: 25 July 2024
• Conference: 1 - 2 August 2024