.Olavo de O. Bittencourt Neto is a Professor of International Law and Space Law at the Catholic University of Santos. Member of the Board of the International Institute of Space Law. Co-vice chair of the Hague International Space Resources Governance Working Group (2016-2019). Delegate at the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Arbitrator for space related disputes at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (2017-2023). Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Air and Space Law. Member of the Brazilian Association of Air and Space Law and the Ibero-American Institute of Aeronautical and Space Law and Commercial Aviation. Recipient of the IISL Diederiks-Verschoor Award (2012).