Conferences

Many experts attended the workshop on Key Issues of Manned and Deep Space Exploration, held on 03-04 June 2025, in Xi’an, China. Final Program is available at RESEARCH/SG C3 - Space Technology & System Development/SG 3.36

The 9th IAA Planetary Defense Conference was attended by more than 300 participants in Stellenbosch, South Africa on May 05-09, 2025. Detailed information is available at EVENTS/IAA Planetary Defense Conference

More than 200 participants from more than 20 countries attended the 15th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth System Observation held in Berlin, Germany on May 04-08, 2025. Detailed information is available at EVENTS/IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation

Please see our Media Section to access the most recent press releases issued by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA). Announcements on IAA new members 2024 and IAA Awards 2024 are now available on the occasion of the October 13, 2024 Academy Day in Milan, Italy. Please visit THE ACADEMY/MEDIA/IAA Press Releases Photo: IAA

The 4th IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness took place on May 8-10, 2024 in Daytona Beach, FL, USA. On this occasion, Newly Elected Academician Emmanouil Georgoulis (Corresponding Member section 1) received his certificate and pin from IAA Board of Trustees member Christopher Geiger (Full Member section 4). Photo: Christopher Geiger (USA), Emmanouil Georgoulis (Greece).

The 10th annual Space Traffic Management Conference, “Inflection Points of Change: Civil, Commercial & Security” took place on February 27-28, 2024 in Austin, TX, USA. On this occasion, Newly Elected Academicians Diane Howard (Full Member section 4) and Eric Davis (Full Member section 2) received their certificates and pins from IAA President John Schumacher. Photo: Moriba Jah (USA), Danielle Wood (USA), Diane Howard (USA), Eric Davis (USA) and John Schumacher (USA).

International experts gathered at the International Symposium on Peaceful Use of Space Technology (Health) to discuss innovative applications of space technology. The three-day conference IPSPACE 2023 was held in Beijing, China on November 18-20, 2023 with scientists, entrepreneurs, educators, scholars, professionals in health, spatial IT, education, finance, insurance, energy and representatives from space agencies from all over the world. The theme of IPSPACE 2023 was peaceful use of space technology on human health with the slogan “One Space, One Home”. IPSPACE 2023 was an online and in-person hybrid event with 1 plenary session and 12 breakout sessions that focused on outer space governance under the great changes in the world, as well as green space, lunar protection, commercial aerospace, general aviation and other topics, and discussing the role of space technology in health, education, innovations in environmental protection and other fields, explore new models of international cooperation, and promote sustainable economic and social development. Photo: Group picture of Conference Chairs and Organizers at the Opening Ceremony.

Academy Day Beijing Friday, November 17th 2023 Photo: Academy Day Beijing participants and newly elected Academicians

SMOPS-2023: International Conference on Spacecraft Mission Operations was held on June 08-09, 2023 in Bangalore, India. Theme of the Conference was Emerging Technologies and Automation in Space Mission Operations and Ground Segment. Many participants gathered to cover a wide range of topics related to mission operations management, advanced mission design, automation, large constellations management, present and future trends in ground station operations, futuristic techniques in both upstream and downstream segments, etc... To access the video of the opening ceremony, please visit the SMOPS conference website in EVENTS / PORTFOLIO OF IAA CONFERENCES / IAA-ISRO-ASI Intl. Conf. on Spacecraft Mission Operations Photo: Opening Ceremony, Bangalore, India.

The 8th IAA Planetary Defense Conference took place in Vienna, Austria on 3-7 April 2023 at the Vienna International Centre and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with ESA, the Commission for Geosciences of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and UNOOSA. The Conference report is now available. The opening ceremony and all other sessions were recorded and are also available on the conference website. The DART mission was presented on this occasion and the video of this event held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences is also available online. To access the videos and the report, please visit the PDC conference website in EVENTS / PORTFOLIO OF IAA CONFERENCES / IAA Planetary Defense Conference Photo: Planetary Defense Conference 2023 participants, group picture.