We are pleased to invite you to save the date for the next IAA Human in Space Symposium to be held on April 20-24, 2026 in Montecatini, Italy.
Human deep space exploration can be successfully realized only with the cooperation of scientists and specialists from different countries. For many years the Human in Space Symposium, regularly organized by space agencies and organizations of different countries under the auspices of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), has been being a platform for a fruitful discussion of fundamental problems and practical issues, exchange of research results and ideas in space biology and medicine. Each HIS is a significant milestone on the path of human space exploration.
KEY DATES:
November 10, 2025: first announcement
December 1st, 2025: Call for Papers
January 05, 2026: Registration available
March 1st, 2026: Abstract submission deadline
March 15, 2026: Early Bird Registration deadline
April 20-24, 2026: Symposium
VENUE:
Montecatini, Italy
HIS 2026 Call for Papers is now available.
The Symposium will be organized as a set of plenary and technical sessions and panels.
Submissions should follow the HIS Conference’s paper guidelines and be made through the conference website. Abstracts of up to 500 words are invited to apply and must include the precise title of the paper, the topic area of interest, the author’s full name and affiliation, and complete contact information including an email address.
Topics 2026
Papers are solicited in the areas listed below:
– Analogue Environments
– Isolation
– Astrobiology
– Artificial Intelligence
– Cardiovascular and Pulmonary
– Challenges of Future Spaceflights
– Circadian Rhythm
– Commercial Spaceflight / Space Tourism
– Education and Outreach
– Exercise and Countermeasures in the Interplanetary piloted Mission
– Field Test/Countermeasure Evaluation
– Human factors in the Interplanetary piloted Mission
– Immunology
– Muscle and Bones
– Medical Support in the Autonomous Flight
– Neuroscience
– Radiation
– Cognitive and Behavioral Effects of Deep Space Missions
– Space Psychology
– Space Biology and Space Biotechnology
– Telemedicine in interplanetary missions
– Life Support System and Habitats
– Multidisciplinary Studies related with Humans in Space – SANS/VIIP
– Food and nutrition in space
– Mars exploration
– Women in space
– Vision impairment
– Transcriptomics and genomics in space – personalized/precision medicine
