The International Academy of Astronautics regularly organizes technical meetings of:
- Standing Committees,
- Permanent Committees,
- Study Groups,
- Commissions,
- Program Committees,
- and more.
The International Academy of Astronautics regularly organizes technical meetings of:
2025 IAA Spring meetings
All meetings are at Paris time. Draft Schedule as of January 30, 2025.
Online meetings:
Monday 10 March 2025
14h00-16h00 Commission 5 Chair Didier Alary
Tuesday 11 March 2025
14h00-16h00 Commission 1 Chair Gerhard Schwehm
Wednesday 12 March 2025
14h00-16h00 Commission 4 Chair Paolo Gasbarri
Thursday 13 March 2025
14h00-16h00 Commission 3 Chair Yury Razoumny
Friday 14 March 2025
14h00-16h00 Commission 2 Chair Antonios Kyparos
Monday 17 March 2025
14h00-16h00 Commission 6 Chair Olga Bannova
Tuesday 18 March 2025
14h00-17h00 IAA Scientific Activities Committee (SAC) meeting Chair Ralph McNutt (by invitation only)
Session 1-Report & Debrief of Commissions meetings
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Hybrid meetings (Online & Face-to-Face):
IAA Office, 6 rue Galilée, 75116 Paris, France
Monday 24 March 2025
09h00-11h00 IAA Scientific Activities Committee (SAC) Chair Ralph McNutt (Session 2 – by invitation only)
11h00-12h00 IAA Finance Committee meeting Chair Shigeki Kinai (by invitation only)
12h00-14h00 IAA History Committee meeting Chair Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger
14h00-16h00 IAA Publication & Communication Committee Chair Marius-Ioan Piso (by invitation only)
16h00-18h00 IAA co-Editors Acta Astronautica Chairs Rock Chern & George Zhu (by invitation only)
19h00-23h00 IAA Gala Dinner and Awards/Newly Elected ceremony (in advance registration required)
Tuesday 25 March 2025
09h00-12h00 IAA Awards & Membership Committee Chair Chrysoula Kourtidou-Papadeli (by invitation only)
13h00-15h00 IAA Board of Trustees Regular meeting Chair John Schumacher (by invitation only)
15h15-18h30 IAA Board of Trustees Strategy meeting Chair John Schumacher (by invitation only)
Friday 28 March 2025
09h00-16h00 IAA Space Solar Power Workshop and Committee meeting Chair John Mankins
Online meetings – Paris time
Monday 08 September 2025
15h00-17h00 (Paris) Commission 3 (online meeting) (Razoumny/Flamenbaum/Spencer/Genta)
Topic: IAA Commission 3 Space Technology & System Development
Tuesday 09 September 2025
15h00-17h00 (Paris) Commission 5 (online meeting) (Alary/Kitazawa/Lansard/Arrigo)
IAA Commission 5 Space Policy, Law & Economy
17h00-19h00 (Paris) Commission 2 (online meeting) (Kyparos/Hellweg/Kussmaul/Deng)
IAA Commission 2 Space Life Sciences
Wednesday 10 September 2025
15h00-17h00 (Paris) Commission 1 (online meeting) (Schwehm/Medina Tanco/Yano/Lopes)
IAA Commission 1 Space Physical Sciences
17h00-19h00 (Paris) Commission 6 (online meeting) (Bannova/Haeuplik/Bohlmann/Liepack)
IAA Commission 6 Space & Society, Culture & Education
Thursday 11 September 2025
15h00-17h00 (Paris) Commission 4 (online meeting) (Gasbarri/von der Ohe/Mugellesi-Dow/Laufer)
IAA Commission 4 Space System Operation & Utilisation
Friday 12 September 2025
17h00-19h00 (Paris) SAC meeting (online meeting by invitation only) (McNutt)
IAA Scientific Activities Committee
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Face to face meetings – Sydney time
IAA meetings on the occasion of the IAC in Sydney, Australia
Saturday 27 September 2025
09h00-10h30 IAA Space Debris Committee (Bonnal) Room E3.10
09h00-13h00 IAA Space Solar Power Workshop (Mankins) Room E3.6
Sunday 28 September 2025
09h00-12h00 IAA Academy Day Sydney (part 1) Room C4.4 see Program at EVENTS / IAA ACADEMY DAYS / Acad Day IAC
12h15-13h15 IAA lunch (in advance registration) Room C4.2
13h30-14h45 IAA Regular Meeting (restricted to IAA members) Room C4.4
14h45-17h00 IAA Academy Day Sydney (part 2) Room C4.4
Board of Trustees meeting (by invitation only) (Schumacher)
18h30-22h30 IAA Gala Dinner (in advance registration)
Monday 29 September 2025 – Friday October 3rd 2025
IAC International Astronautical Congress, Sydney, Australia
Monday 29 October 2025
15h30 IAA A6.8-E9.1 Policy, Legal, Institutional, Economic and Security Aspects of Debris Mitigation, Debris Remediation and STM Room C4.10
15h30 IAA B4.2 Small Space Science Missions Room C3.2
15h30 IAA D4.1 Innovative Concepts and Technologies Room Parkside Pre-Function
15h30 IAA E5.1 Space Architecture: Habitats, Habitability, and Bases Room C2.2
15h00 IAA E5.2 Is Space R&D Truly Fostering A Better World For Our Future? Room C2.2
15h00 IAA E5.3 Contemporary Arts Practice and Outer Space: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach Room C2.2
15h00 IAA E5.4 Space Assets and Disaster Management Room C2.2
Sunday 28 September 2025
13h30-14h45 IAA Regular Meeting (restricted to IAA members) Room C4.4, Sydney, Australia
Regular General Meeting
Agenda
Thirty-Third Session
1. 0 Welcome, John Schumacher, President
1.1 Introduction, John Schumacher, President
1.2 Minute of Silence for the deceased Academicians
2.0 Approval of the Agenda, John Schumacher, President
3.0 Annual Reports 2024-2025, Jean-Michel Contant, Secretary General
3.1 Awards and Membership Report
3.2 Publications & Communication Report
3.3 Scientific Activities Report
3.4 Finance Report
3.5 Conclusion & Discussion
4.0 Statutes Changes results, Les Tennen, Legal Counsel
5.0 Election of the New Board of Trustees 2025-2027, Marcio Barbosa
Nominating Committee Chair
5.1 Election results
5.2 Induction of new Officers and Board members
6.0 Other Business
7.0 Adjournment
We will post any additional meetings when appropriate.
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