IAA Academy Days

IAA Academy Day - Overview

In conjunction with large conference or not, the International Academy of Astronautics  is organizing regularly a single day program named Academy Day. These events may be in cooperation with National Academies and may include lunch and dinner. When the program is established, registration is available on the IAA online shop.

IAA Academy Day - COSPAR

International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)

Academy Day draft program

Busan, South Korea
Saturday 13 July 2024

on the occasion of the 45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly,

IAA Academy Day, BEXCO COSPAR site, 09h30-17h00
IAA Gala Dinner, Westin Josun Busan Hotel, 19h00-21h30

Organizers: Ralph McNutt, Athena Coustenis, Rosaly Lopes

09:30-10:00 : Welcome addresses by IAA Vice President Ralph McNutt, COSPAR President Pascale Ehrenfreund and Executive Director Jean-Claude Worms
10:00-10:30 : The New Sun: Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter – Nour Raouafi
10:30-10:50 : Planetary Protection – Athena Coustenis

COFFEE BREAK

11:10-11:30 : Social Sciences and Humanities – Niklas Hedman
11:30-11:50 : Satellite Constellations and Space Debris – Luciano Anselmo
11:50-12:20: Indian Planetary Exploration Program – Anil Bhardwaj

LUNCH (on your own)

• 14:00-14:20 : ENVISION, mission to Venus – Thomas Wideman
• 14:20-14:40 : VERITAS, mission to Venus – Luciano Iess
• 14:40-15:00 : China Mars recent space activities I: Tianwen-1 – Kanyan Xu
• 15:00-15:20 : Japan Mars recent space activities III: Megane and MMX – Masaki Fujimoto
• 15:20-15:50 : Mars recent space activities III: Mars Sample Return NASA Plans – Meenakshi Wadhwa & Gerhard Kminek

COFFEE BREAK

• 16:10-16:30 : Mapping the 3rd Zone: Looking for KBOs with the Subaru Telescope – Fumi Yoshida
• 16:30-16:50 : Korea Initiatives in Space Science – Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) – Young-Jun Choi
• 16:50-17:10 : Satellite Constellations and Space Debris – Luciano Anselmo

• 19:00-21:30 : DINNER and Ceremony of Newly elected members
(In advance registration requested https://iaaspace.org/)

Westin Josun Busan Hotel, 67 Dongbaek-ro, Haeundae, Busan. Phone: +82 51-749-7000
https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/puswi-the-westin-josun-busan

 

IAA Academy Day - IAC

Academy Day
International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)

Milan, Italy

Sunday October 13, 2024

Draft Program

09h15 Opening of the Academy Day, John Schumacher, IAA President,
09h30 SG 2.20 Artificial Intelligence in Space Medicine, its evolution, applications, future research and innovation, Chrysoula Kourtidou-Papadeli,
10h00 SG 6.21 Global status of astronautics & space-related higher-education: Goals and Strategies, Sandra Haeuplik-Meusburger,
10h30 10 years of Rosetta Mission, Gerhard Schwehm,
11h00 SG 6.22 Scope of the Space Architecture discipline revisited in response to current demands, Olga Bannova,
11h30  SG 5.21 Dark and Quiet Sky, Martin von der Ohe,

12h00 The SETI Post-Detection Protocols: October 2024 Draft Revisions, Les Tennen

 

12h30 Lunch (upon registration) Room

 

14h00 Advanced concepts for Space Propulsion (Joe Cassady, Bhavya Lal, Les Johnson)
14h45 Laurels for Team Achievement to the Chandrayaan 3 Mission Team (S. Somanath, Chairman ISRO)
15h45 Moon Farside Protection (Claudio Maccone)
16h15 SG 1.17 Next-generation space observatory searching for close-by habitable worlds and extraterrestrial life (Athena Coustenis)
16h45 Discussions
17h00 End of Session

 

18h45 Reception, at Melia Milano Hotel (Website registration required)
19h30 Induction Ceremony for Newly Elected Academicians,
20h30 IAA Awards Gala Dinner at Melia Milano Hotel
Von Karman Award 2024 to Charles Bolden Jr, in presence of Academician Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator
22h30 End

Payment by IAA Shop
(see IAA online shop:  Events/Academy Day)
https://iaaspace.org/product-category/events/acaday/
Academicians who pay through IAA Shop must also send the Registration Form Milan to IAA office with indication of options such as IAA scientific lectures, regular meeting, spouse name, guest name at dinner, vegetarian, etc.

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IAA Academy Day - USA

An Academy Day in USA is planned in 2023. Detailed information will be announced later.

IAA Academy Day - China

Academy Day Beijing

Friday, November 17th 2023  

No.88 Nan Cai Yuan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China

13h30-13h40 Opening Address
13h40-14h30 The IAA: The past two years activity and brief presentation of the future programs by Jean-Michel CONTANT, Secretary General of IAA
14h30-14h45 Videos of IAA Laurels Team Award 2023
14h45-15h15 Inductions of Newly Elected IAA Members and Group Photo
15h15-15h30 Coffee Break
15h30-15h50 Demand and Key Technologies for Asteroid Mining by ZHANG Xuhui, IAA Cooresponding Member, Executive Vice-President of China Academy of Aerospace Science and Innovation
15h50-16h10 Development Statusand Trend of Solidlaunch Vehicle Engine Technology by GAO Bo, IAA Corresponding Member, Vice President of Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technolgy
16h10-16h25 Study on Space-Ground Integrated Rendezvous and Docking Scheme in Lunar Orbit by ZHANG Duzhou, IAA Corresponding Member, Researcher of China Academy of Space Technology
16h25-16h45 Remote Sensing and Monitoring of Land and Resources in Regional Areas by LI Zhizhong, IAA Corresponding Member, Researcher of China SCO Geoscience Satellite Remote Sensing Center
16h45-17h00 Space4All: Moon Science, Exploration, Utilization and Protection by Bernard FOING, IAA Member, Executive Director of  Executive Director of ILEWG
17h00 Adjournment

 

IAA Academy Day - Europe

An Academy Day in Europe is planned in 2023.

Detailed information will be announced later.

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