Space ELSI Initiative: Collaboration with the Chuo University ELSI Center

As part of the Moonshot Kunii Project’s ELSI-related initiatives, it collaborated with the Chuo University ELSI Center to run community activities discussing space ELSI.

5th ELSI Community Activity
Theme: ELSI challenges related to lunar exploration
Date and Time: Friday, February 21, 2025, 15:30 to 17:30
Location: Hybrid (Chuo University Ichigaya Tamachi Campus)
Format: Discussion between ELSI community members (including ELSI center staff) and invested outside experts under Chatham House Rule

Program
1. The development of space law and rules for lunar exploration
Souichirou Kozuka (Professor, Faculty of Law, Gakushuin University)

2. Introductions to examples of ELSI activities
Cabinet Office Moonshot R&D Program Goal 3 R&D Project
“Evolvable robot swarms with shared intelligence to settle unknown and unexplored areas”

Yasuharu Kunii (Project Manager / Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University)
1. Project description, information about the required ELSI activities
Kanta Miyaguchi (Principal Investigator / Senior Researcher, Takenaka Corporation)
2. Report on cases examined in the project, anticipated challenges from the perspective of space law

3. Free discussion

Check the Chuo University ELSI Center’s website for details:
Chuo University ELSI Center: 5th ELSI Community Activity Report: ELSI Challenges Related to Lunar Exploration | Chuo University