Around 2,000 participants from 120 countries, including a high-level delegation from India, are expected to take part in the International Space Summit, which will take place in Paris, France on September 9 and 10.
“The organisation of this summit fits with a big focus that we’re putting on the development of European strategic autonomy in the field of space. As Europeans, we have to ask ourselves is to keep an autonomous access to space. This is why in the last few years we’ve invested in European solutions on launchers” Mr.
Haddad said.
The summit will focus on four pillars — defence and security, space economy, space regulation, and space and scientific research. Haddad explained He added that the summit will also highlight Europe’s strategic autonomy in the field of space. During the summit, three declarations on international safety, frequency, and space data are likely to be adopted.
“This is a major summit, which will be organised around four pillars: security and defence; sector competitiveness — the importance of having the private sector, especially at a time of acceleration when you see new private actors that are disrupting the way we think about space; regulation in space activities, issues like the regulation of space debris for example; and science and exploration,” Mr. “This is also why we’ve had recent announcements, that we welcome, by the European Commission on the first intermediary deployments of (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity, and Security by Satellite) IRIS², which will be the constellation for secured communication in space at the European Commission,” he added.
