News:

20 January 2012. Issue 56 of the "ESPI Perspectives" series makes a comparative study of the evolution of outer space and cyberspace technologies and international regulatory regimes. Through presenting a series of case study examples, it highlights the analogies between the two fields, explaining how they are gradually transformed by technological progress into a unified operational and regulatory field with very similar prospects and future challenges. Furthermore, it argues that the traditional UN system may not be sufficient any more to cope with these changes and that new approaches, such as the EU Code of Conduct, may be required to organise and regulate activities in the combined outer space and cyberspace medium.

17 January 2012. ESPI convened a workshop on Europe – Japan space cooperation with participation of prominent officials and experts from both countries.

9 January 2012. On 26-27 January  the Galileo Application Congress will take place in Prague. This high-level event will feature the Czech Prime Minister, Petr Necas, the Czech Minister of Transport, Pavel Dobes, Vice-president Antonio Tajani of the European Commission, and Jean-Jacques Dordain,  Director-General of ESA, among many other prominent speakers and participants. The Opening Session will be co-moderated by Jana Kalvodova, Director General in the Czech Ministry of Transport, and Peter Hulsroj, Director of ESPI. Resident Fellow  Christina Giannopapa will moderate a session on governance issues later in the programme.

20 December 2011. Issue 55 of the "ESPI Perspectives" series examines the structure and dynamics of the European Space Technological and Industrial Base (ESTIB), discussing inter alia the role of public policies and regulatory issues, while examining Europe’s performance in the field of technological competitiveness and autonomy.

19 December 2011. The 14th issue of the Newsletter for the European Space Policy Research and Academic Network (ESPRAN), operated by ESPI, is online.