IAA Meetings

2026 IAA Spring meetings

All meetings are at Paris time. Draft Schedule as of Nov. 25, 2025.

Online meetings:

Dates TBD:
Commission 1
Commission 2
Commission 3
Commission 4
Commission 5
Commission 6
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 23 March 2026
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 Chair George Zhu (by invitation only)

19h00-23h00 IAA Gala Dinner and Awards/Newly Elected ceremony  (in advance registration required)

Tuesday 24 March 2026
09h00-12h00 IAA Awards & Membership Committee Chair Chrysoula Kourtidou-Papadeli (by invitation only)
14h00-17h00 IAA Board of Trustees Regular meeting Chair John Schumacher (by invitation only)

Friday 27 March 2026
09h00-16h00 IAA Space Solar Power Workshop and Committee meeting Chair John Mankins TBC

Online meetings – Paris time

IAA Commission 1 Space Physical Sciences
IAA Commission 2 Space Life Sciences
IAA Commission 3 Space Technology & System Development
IAA Commission 4 Space System Operation & Utilisation
IAA Commission 5 Space Policy, Law & Economy
IAA Commission 6 Space & Society, Culture & Education

SAC meeting (online meeting by invitation only) (McNutt)
IAA Scientific Activities Committee

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Face to face meetings – Antalya time
IAA meetings on the occasion of the IAC in Antalya, Turkey

Saturday 03 October 2026
IAA Space Debris Committee (Bonnal)
IAA Space Solar Power Workshop (Mankins)

Sunday 04 October 2026
IAA Academy Day Sydney (part 1)
IAA lunch (in advance registration)
IAA Academy Day Sydney (part 2)
Board of Trustees meeting (by invitation only) (Schumacher)
18h30-22h30 IAA Gala Dinner (in advance registration)

Monday 05 October 2026 – Friday 09 October 2026
IAC International Astronautical Congress, Antalya, Turkey

Sunday 26 September 2027

13h30-14h45 IAA Regular Meeting (restricted to IAA members), Poznan, Poland

Regular General Meeting

Draft Agenda

Thirty-Four Session

1. 0 Welcome, IAA President
1.1 Introduction,
1.2 Minute of Silence for the deceased Academicians

2.0 Approval of the Agenda,

3.0 Annual Reports 2026-2027, IAA 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 Election of the New Board of Trustees 2027-2029, IAA Nominating Committee Chair
4.1 Election results
4.2 Induction of new Officers and Board members

5.0 Other Business

6.0 Adjournment

We will post any additional meetings when appropriate.