1. Legal and Regulatory Issues: Governance of satellite and geospatial data infrastructures; Data ownership, access rights, and licensing regimes; International space law and national regulatory frameworks; Regulation of orbital infrastructures and satellite constellations; Privacy, security, and ethical issues with large-scale space-data infrastructures; Liability, compliance, and oversight mechanisms for operators and data providers
2. Economic and Market Perspectives: The emerging space-data economy and its infrastructure requirements; Valuation and monetization of data produced by satellite systems; Market structures for geospatial information and associated services; Economic incentives for developing and maintaining space-data infrastructures; Interoperability, standardization, and the economics of data-sharing networks; Public investment, externalities, and long-term economic sustainability
3. Infrastructures for Space-Derived Data: Architecture and governance of space-to-Earth data infrastructures; Satellite constellations, ground segments, and orbital resource management; Cloud-based processing platforms, data centers, and digital infrastructure; Interoperability frameworks and data pipelines from sensing to application; Infrastructure security, resilience, and dependencies; Emerging technologies (edge AI in orbit, optical communications, mega-constellations) and their legal/economic implications
4. Business Models and Industry Innovation: Commercialization of space-derived data and value-creation strategies; Vertical and horizontal integration in the space-data industry; Venture capital, new entrants, and the rise of data-centric space startups; Public–private partnerships and infrastructure-sharing models; Sectoral applications: agriculture, insurance, climate services, transport, energy, real estate, finance, etc.

Submission Guidelines

• Abstract length: 300–500 words
• Language: English
• Submission deadline: June 12th, 2026
• Notification of acceptance: July 10^th, 2026
• Format: Please submit your proposal as a PDF file including title, author(s), affiliation(s), and contact information.
• Slot: Every speaker will have a slot of 20 minutes to present his paper.

• lucien.rapp@ut-capitole.fr
• marie-clotilde.runavot@ut-capitole.fr