Program and speakers
14:00-14:05: Welcome
- Jan Melissen, Leiden University & University of Antwerp
- Mai'a Cross, Northeastern University
14:05-14:30: Starting the Conversation: Challenges & Opportunities for Space Diplomacy
- Mai'a Cross, Northeastern University (United States)
- Saadia Pekkanen, University of Washington (United States)
- Mediator: Laura Bergshoef, NRC Handelsblad (Netherlands)
14:30-15:00: Panel I – Space Diplomacy in a World of Geopolitical Competition
- The European Union: Alternatives to Geopolitical Competition
- Marianne Riddervold, Inland University of Applied Sciences, NUPI, and University of California Berkeley
- China: With and without the UN
- Kunhan Li, University of Nottingham Ningbo (China)
- Japan: Responding to Great Power Threats
- Saadia Pekkanen, University of Washington (United States)
- Mediator: Jan Melissen
15:00-15:40: Panel II – Standards of Cooperation and Negotiation
- Satellite Challenges: The Toughening of Weather Talk
- Mariel Borowitz, Georgia Institute of Technology (United States)
- Historical Perspective: Space, Arms Control and Disarmament
- Nikita Chiu, University of Exeter (UK)
- The Politics of Negotiated Agreements: the Artemis Agreements
- Nancy Riordan, University of Massachusetts, Northeastern University (United States)
- Materiality in Space Diplomacy: Assembling Internationalism
- William Stewart, University College London (UK)
- Mediator: Tanja Masson-Zwaan, Leiden University (Netherlands)
15:40-16:00: Youth Pitch on Space Diplomacy
- Joanne Ruiter – Netherlands Space Office
- Henry Boeree – MSc International Relations and Diplomacy, Leiden University
- Ian van den Broek – Space Generation Advisory Board
- Moderators: Jan Melissen and Laura Bergshoef
16:00-17:00: Network reception
Speakers and moderators
– Mai'a Cross, Director of the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures. Dean of Political Science, International Relations and Diplomacy, Northeastern University, United States
– Saadia PekkanenJob and Gertrud Tamaki Endowed Professor, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Adjunct Professor at the University of Washington School of Law, United States
– Kunhan LeePhD candidate in History and Politics, University of Nottingham Ningbo, China
– Marianne RiddervoldProfessor of Political Science, Innland University of Applied Sciences, NUPI and University of California Berkeley
– Tanja Masson-Zwaan, Asst. Professor and Associate Director of the International Institute of Aviation and Space Law, Leiden University, The Netherlands (coordinator)
– Jan MelissenEditor-in-Chief of The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Senior Fellow in the Institute for Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University & University of Antwerp (coordinator)
– Mariel BorowitzAssociate Professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology and head of the Nunn School's School of International Affairs, Science and Technology Program, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
– Nikita TsiouSenior Lecturer innovation Policy, University of Exeter, UK
– Nancy Riordan, Ph.D. Candidate, Global Governance and Human Security, researching Global Space Governance, University of Massachusetts. Part time, Political Science, Northeastern University, United States.
– William StewartPhD Researcher, University College London, United Kingdom