dr hab. Katarzyna Malinowska, prof. ALK
Department of Civil Law, Centre for Space Studies, Kozminski University
Chairperson of the Scientific Council
Expert in risk management and insurance, including space insurance. Author of at least several dozen publications on the above. Her recent book concerns ‘Space insurance. International legal aspects’ (Kluwer Law International, 2017). Currently making a research on risk management and insurance of in-orbit-servicing ventures. Frequent speaker at Polish and international academic and industry conferences. Head of the Centre for Space Studies at Kozminski University and leader of the postgraduate studies ‘Entrepreneurship in the space industry’.
prof. dr hab. Zdzisław Brodecki
Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski School of Administration and Business, Gdynia
He has published over 150 scientific papers, including fifty academic books, in regard to the Space Law issue “A new space civilization. Satellites in the service of the Earth ”(ed. Z. Brodecki, K. Malinowska, M. Polkowska) and“ Per mare ad astra – space technology, governance and law ”(ed. E. Wittbrodt, Z. Brodecki, M. Nyka). Among these scientific works are many publications in English and French. From the beginning of his academic career, he conducted interdisciplinary research, which was reflected in obtaining a Doctorate in Law in criminal law and a postdoctoral degree in maritime law. Currently, his main subject of research is focused on space law and the artificial intelligence and its legal issues. It should be noted that he has edited series of eight volumes of the Aquis Communautairei triptych – “Europe of judges”, “Europe of officials” and “Europe of entrepreneurs”.
dr hab. Marek Grzybowski, prof. UM
Gdynia Maritime University
According to Research Gate, he is the author of 150 scientific papers according and also editor of 14 books and reports. He is a head of the Polish Nautological Society, vice president of the Baltic Sea and Space Cluster, director of editing in the magazines “Internet Manager” and “Knowlegde Transfer”, participated in 90 scientific conferences.
dr hab. Małgorzata Polkowska, prof. AszWoj
Department of International and European Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, War Studies University
She gives lectures in Polish and English, among others in the field of international law, diplomatic and consular law, aviation and space law, aviation and space safety. In the years 2013-2016, she was elected as the first member of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization of the United Nations in the history of Poland, that is the permanent representative of Poland and the Central European Rotation Group; he was also the representative of Poland at many diplomatic conferences. Lecturer at polish and foreign universities (including the McGill University in Canada, de Paul in Chicago, ENAC in Toulouse, or the University, City of London). Member of the Space Sciences Commission of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the CARS Antimonopoly and Regulatory Studies Center. Speaker and moderator at a number of aviation and space conferences. Manager of the Ministry of National Defense grant: “Challenges of the space security policy in the world and the national and EuropeanSSA system in the context of the evolution of the space environment”.
dr hab. Mariusz Szyrski, prof. UKSW
Department of Administrative Law and Local Government, Faculty of Law and Administration, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
Lawyer, habilitated doctor of legal sciences. Assistant professor at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the UKSW. Currently, he is also the Vice-Dean of this Faculty. He defended his doctorate on the basis of the dissertation entitled “Leadership in local government. Administrative and legal analysis“. He was twice at the University of Osnabrueck in Germany as part of the Erasmus program for researchers. In the years 2014-2016, he was head of the scientific project entitled “Creation and use of energy from renewable sources – as a sphere of municipal economy“, financed by the National Science Center. As part of study trips related to energy policy, he participated in scientific and research meetings in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Latvia. Author of publications related to energy law and local energy – including publications referred to Local energy (postdoctoral publication). His scientific interests are focused on administrative and economic law, in particular in the field of local government law and energy law.
Bartosz Smolik, Associate Professor
Institute of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wrocław
He is a political scientist, the Associate Professor (doktor habilitowany), employed in an establishment of Institute of Political Science at the University of Warsaw. He has also been active in the association of Mars Society Polska, and Polish Society for European Studies and the Polish Society of Political Science. As a political scientist, he deals with issues in the field of space policies, in particular European space policy, security and defense, exploration of Mars and/or the Moon and other celestial bodies. Separately, the Polish space sector is, separately from abovementioned, also a subject of his interest. He is a co-organizer of conference series on European space policy and Mars exploration, as well as an active participant in many scientific and industry-related conferences. Beside the area of space policies, his scientific interests focus on issues related to political thought and political leadership, especially in Mainland China.
ppłk dr inż. Radosław Bielawski
Expert of the National Centre for Research and Development in the Operational Programme Intelligent Development (OPIR)
Graduate of the Military University of Technology, National Defence University, Private University of Business, Administration and Information Technology. Doctor of Technical Sciences. He served as Deputy Director of the Institute of Security Foundations and Head of the Chair of Security Sciences at the Department of National Security, Academy of Military Art. Former editor-in-chief of a scientific journal “Security and Defence Quarterly” (ISSN: 2300-8741), and currently editor-in-chief of the scientific journal “Defence Science” (ISSN: 2450-6869). Expert of the National Centre for Research and Development of the Operational Programme Intelligent Development (OPIR). Author of several scientific monographs, scientific and research papers and over 30 scientific articles in the field of security. Areas of scientific interest: airspace and space, cyber security.
dr Damian M. Bielicki
Department of Law, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences
Head of the ‘Law, Technology and Society’ a Research Group at Kingston University in London. He is a founder of the Space Law Center.
Lecturer in space law at Birkbeck University of London. Dr. Bielicki is also a member of the International Institute of Space Law, the European Center for Space Law in Paris, and the British Group of the International Law Association (ILA).
dr Paweł Chyc
Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration, Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski School of Administration and Business in Gdynia
He is a founding member of the Space Sciences Commission, Polish Academy of Sciences branch in Gdańsk and member of the Maritime Law Commission, Polish Academy of Sciences branch in Gdańsk. Since 2018, he has been conducting active research work as part of the Baltic Sea & Space Cluster (BSSC). Speaker at national and international conferences. She has conducted research related to the Public International Law (in particular the Law of the Sea and the Cosmic Law), European Union law and the Law of Intellectual Property. Author of many publications.
dr Anna Hurova
Research fellow at the International Center of Space Law of National Academy of Science of Ukraine
She participated in legal support of the EU project “LEOSWEEP” devoted to active debris removal. Anna Hurova was as an invited researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Environmental Law, Planning and Urban Development (France, 2018) and at UNIDROIT (Italy, 2020). She works at LIENSs (CNRS) (France, 2022-2024) on the gamification of space activity. A. Hurova is a member of the International Institute of Space Law and the Moon Village Association and Space Youth Council of Ukraine. The research topics are space debris, sustainability, security, gamification, etc.
dr Inesa Kostenko
Research Institute of State Building and Local Self-Government of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Fellow Researcher at the University of Leicester (UK), under the auspices of the British Academy scholarship program
Represents the Ukrainian Association of High-Tech Enterprises and Organisations “KOSMOS” in the UK.
She serves as the Co-Convenor of the CELI (Centre for European Law and Internationalisation) Research Group on Space Law and Policy at the University of Leicester and as Co-Lead for the Space Environment research theme at the Institute for Space at Space Park Leicester. She lectures on modules in International Space Law and the Commercialization of Space for LLM courses at the University of Leicester.
Her research focuses on public administration and responsible commercialization in space, with an emphasis on human rights and global ethics. It also addresses space safety, security, and environmental sustainability.
dr Daniel Kucharski
Daniel is a Research Associate at the University of Texas at Austin. His work is focused on the space objects attitude dynamics measurement, analysis and modeling – including active and defunct satellites.
His professional career started at the Space Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences (Borowiec Astrogeodynamic Observatory) under the supervision of Prof Dr. habil. S. Schillak, and later continued at the Space Research Institute of Austrian Academy of Sciences, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, S. Korea and Space Environment Research Centre, Australia.
Daniel is the lead author of a series of scientific publications on the space objects dynamics determination and characterization from the high-rate laser tracking and hypertemporal photometry at the single photon sensitivity levels.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7935-7138
dr János Ede Szilágyi
Director of the Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law, the Director of Strategy of the Central European Academy, and furthermore Professor and Head of the Department of Agricultural and Labour Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Miskolc
He is a founding Professor of the Central European Professors’ Network and the Central European Junior Programme, and a co-founding Professor of CEA Publishing and its numerous associated book series. In addition, he holds positions in several academic organizations, including the European Public Law Organization and the European Council for Agricultural Law. He is Editor-inChief of the journals ‘Central European Journal of Comparative Law’, ‘Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Law’, furthermore ‘Law, Identity and Values’. He is Editor-in-Chief of the book series ‘Studies of the Central European Professors’ Network’, ‘Legal Studies on Central Europe’ and ‘Studies of the Ferenc Mádl Institute’.,
dr Qingmei Wen
Qinghai Nationalities University
She received a Doctor of Law degree from the Faculty of Law at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 2019, with the dissertation on “Research on the Enforcement of Corporate Disgorgement”. In her research, she mainly focuses on civil, commercial and international law. She also completed courses at Bond University in Australia (Law School). She is the author of numerous scientific publications that have been published in leading scientific journals in China.
Honorary member of the Scientific Council
dr Krzysztof Ziołkowski
Astronomer, specialist in the dynamics of the Solar System. Graduated from the University of Warsaw, received his Ph.D. degree at the University of Wrocław in 1968. A retired employee of the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences, he was the scientific secretary of that institute. Lecturer in astronomy at the Warsaw University of Technology and at the Family Alliance College in Warsaw. From 1965, he was the secretary to the editorial office of the monthly magazine Urania, and from 1983 to 1997, its editor-in-chief. Author of numerous scientific papers, popular science articles, brochures and studies related to astronomy and astronautics, as well as several books, including “Bliżej komety Halleya” (Closer to Halley’s Comet) (1985), “Astonishments. The Universe of People with Long Eyes” (2006), “Beyond Earth… A History of Interplanetary Flight” (2017). Member of the International Astronomical Union and honorary member of the Polish Astronomical Society and the Warsaw Catholic Intelligentsia Club.