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Workshops on International Relations (WIRE)

16th WIRE Edition

Corporate Sovereigns: The Governance of Space Exploration Corporations

London, Ontario, Canada, May 26-27, 2023

Participants: 

  • Alex Gilbert, Colorado School of Mines;
  • Andrew Simon-Butler, Adv., University of British Columbia;
  • Antonia Eliason, University of Mississippi;
  • Aylin Yildiz Noorda, World Trade Institute, University of Bern;
  • Daniel Patton, NASA;
  • Elizabeth Steyn, Western University;
  • Eytan Tepper, Université Laval / Indiana University Bloomington;
  • Haris Durrani, JD, Princeton University;
  • Hugues Gilbert (formerly Canadian Space Agency);
  • Jean-Frédéric Morin, Université Laval;
  • Jessica West, Project Ploughshares;
  • Justin Bullock, University of Washington;
  • Ksenia Polonskaya, Carleton University;
  • Maria Lucas Rhimbassen, Université de Toulouse I Capitole;
  • Marieluna Frank, Zeppelin University;
  • Mark Sundahl, Cleveland State University;
  • Monika Ehrman, Southern Methodist University;
  • Sagi Kfir, Esq. (formerly Blue Origin, Deep Space Industries);
  • Sara Langston, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Scott J. Shackelford, Indiana University Bloomington;
  • Sirio Zolea, Roma Tre University
  • Swati Srivastava, Purdue University;
  • Valerie Oosterveld, Western University;

Workshop organizers

  • Eytan Tepper, Laval University
  • Jean-Frédéric Morin, Laval University

Host Institution

  • Erika Chamberlain, Western University
  • Sarah Gallagher, Western University
  • Valerie Oosterveld, Western University
  • Elizabeth Steyn, Western University