Aram Daniel Kerkonian, BA(H), JD, LLM, DCL (2021)
Aram is an expert in space law and policy. A lawyer, consultant and academic, Aram focuses his work on ensuring those engaging with space and its associated activities are aware of the legal and policy related challenges as well as ensuring space activities benefit as many people as possible. His current doctoral work attempts to uncover the limitations of existing Canadian space law and develop it for the 21st century's emphasis on commercial space actors.
Doctor of Civil Law - McGill University, Institute of Air and Space Law (Expected 2020)
Master of Laws - McGill University, Institute of Air and Space Law (2017)
Juris Doctor - University of Windsor (2014)
Bachelor of Arts, Honours - Queen's University (2011)
Government Reports
- Co-Author, Independent Review of the Remote Sensing and Space Systems Act, prepared for Global Affairs Canada (2017)
- Co-Author, Report on Canada's Interests in Outer Space Activities, prepared for Global Affairs Canada (2016)
Books
- Editor, Global Space Governance and the UN 2030 Agenda (Montreal: CRASL 2018).
Book Chapters
- Co-Author, Chapter 19: Human Settlement and Colonization, Global Space Governance: An International Study (Switzerland: Springer, 2017).
- Co-Author, Chapter 11: Human Space Flight, Global Space Governance: An International Study (Switzerland: Springer, 2017).
Articles
- Co-Author, Second Independent Review of Canada's Remote Sensing Space Systems Act, (2019) 42:1 Journal of Space Law 1-38.
- Author, The Possible Regulation of Certain Space Activities Through an International Organization: Tutmonda Spaco Agentejo, (2018) 67:2 German Journal of Air and Space Law 279.
Conferences and Presentations
- Presenter, Space Regulatory Roundtable - SpaceQ Intel (2019)
- Presenter, Space Debris Workshop - Canadian Space Agency and OECD (2019)
- Presenter, ASTRO19 - Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (2019)
- Participant, Space Policy Workshop - FAA Center of Excellence on Commercial Space Transportation (2016-)
- Presenter, ASTRO18 - Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (2018)
- Organizer, Fifth Manfred Lachs Conference on Space Law - Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University (2017)
- Presenter, Montreal Space Symposium - Montreal Student Space Associations (2017)
- Presenter, Smallsat Symposium - International Telecommunications Union (2016)
- Presenter, Annual Technical Meeting - FAA Center of Excellence on Commercial Space Transportation (2016)
Memberships and Associations
- Law Society of Ontario
- Institute of Air and Space Law Association
- Canadian Bar Association
- Ontario Bar Association
- Armenian Bar Association