IAA Meetings

IAA Meetings - Overview

The International Academy of Astronautics regularly organizes technical meetings of:

  • Standing Committees,
  • Permanent Committees,
  • Study Groups,
  • Commissions,
  • Program Committees,
  • and more.
IAA Spring Meetings
March 2025

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

——————————————————————————————————————–

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

IAA Fall Meetings

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

========================================================

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

 

Tuesday 30 September 2025
10h15 IAA A4.1 SETI 1 SETI Science and Technology Room C4.2
10h15 IAA A6.1 Space Debris Detection, Tracking and Characterization – SST Room C4.10
10h15 IAA B4.1 26th Workshop on Small Satellite Programmes at the Service Of  Developing Countries Room C3.2
10h15 IAA D4.2 Contribution of Moon Village to Solving Global Societal Issues Room Parkside Pre-Function
10h15 IAA D5.2 Emerging trends of knowledge management in organizations Room C2.2
10h15 IAA E3.1 International cooperation in using space for sustainable development: The “Space2030” agenda Room C2.1
15h00 IAA A4.2 SETI 2 SETI and Society Room C4.2
15h00 IAA A6.7 Operations in Space Debris Envir., Situational Awareness – SSA Room C4.10
15h00 IAA A6.11 Space Debris Detection, Tracking and Characterization – SST (2) Room C3.1
15h00 IAA B4.7 Constellations and Distributed Systems Room C3.2
15h00 IAA D4.3 The Modern Day Space Elevator as a Permanent Transportation Infrastructure Room Parkside Pre-Function
15h00 IAA E3.3 Economic Resilience and the Space Economic/Industrial Sector Room C2.1

15h00 IAA E5.2 Is Space R&D Truly Fostering A Better World For Our Future? Room C2.2

 

Wednesday 1st October 2025
10h00-13h00 IAA SETI Committee Meeting Garrett Room E3.9
10h15 IAA A5.1 Human Exploration of the Moon and Cislunar Space Room C3.5
10h15 IAA A6.9 Orbit Determination and Propagation – SST Room C4.10
10h15 IAA B4.4 Small Earth Observation Missions Room C3.2
10h15 IAA D3.1 Strategies & Architectures as the Framework for Future Building Blocks in Space Exploration and Development Room Parkside Pre-Function
10h15 IAA D5.1 For a successful space program: Quality and Safety! Room C2.2
10h15 IAA E3.6 Financial Viability and Profitability of Space Business Models Room C2.1
15h00 IAA A5.2 Human Exploration of Mars Room C3.5
15h00 IAA A6.4 Mitigation – Tools, Techniques and Challenges – SEM Room C4.10
15h00 IAA B4.5 Access to Space for Small Satellite Missions Room C3.2
15h00 IAA D3.2A Systems and Infrastructures to Implement Sustainable Space Development and Settlement – Systems Room Parkside Pre-Function
15h00 IAA E3.2 The future of space exploration and innovation Room C2.1
15h00 IAA E4.1 Memoirs & Organizational Histories Room C2.5

15h00 IAA E5.3 Contemporary Arts Practice and Outer Space: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach Room C2.2

 

Thursday 2nd October 2025
10h15 IAA E3.5-E7.6 39th IAA/IISL Scientific Legal Roundtable: Lunar Operations and Orbital Management: Governance in Cislunar Space Room C2.3
10h15 IAA A5.4 Deep Space Habitats and Resources Room C2.1
10h15 IAA A6.3 Impact-Induced Mission Effects and Risk Assessments Room C4.10
10h15 IAA B4.6A Generic Technologies for Small Satellites (1) Room C3.2
10h15 IAA D4.5 Strategies for Rapid Implementation of Interstellar Missions:  Precursors and Beyond Room Parkside Pre-Function
10h15 IAA D5.3 Prediction, Testing, Measurement and Effects of space environment on space missions Room C2.2
10h15 IAA E4.2 Organizational, Scientific and Technical Histories Room C2.5
13h00-14h00 IAA History Committee Meeting Room
15h00 IAA A5.3-B3.6 Human and Robotic Partnerships in Exploration Room C3.3
15h00 IAA A6.2 Modeling and Risk Analysis Room C4.10
15h00 IAA IAF B4.5A-C4.8 Small Satellite Propulsion Systems Room C3.6
15h00 IAA B4.6B Generic Technologies for Small Satellites (2) Room C3.2
15h00 IAA B4.9-GTS.5 Small Satellite Missions Global Technical Session Room C4.7
15h00 IAA D4.5 Space Resources, the Enabler of the Earth-Moon Econosphere Room Parkside Pre-Function
15h00 IAA E3.4 Assuring a Safe, Secure and Sustainable Environment for Space Activities Room C2.1

15h00 IAA E5.4 Space Assets and Disaster Management Room C2.2

 

Friday 3rd October 2025
10h15 IAA A6.5 Post Mission Disposal and Space Debris Removal 1 – SEM Room C4.10
10h15 IAA B4.8 Small Spacecraft for Deep-Space Exploration Room C3.2
10h15 IAA D3.2B Systems and Infrastructures to Implement Sustainable Space Development and Settlement – Technologies Room Parkside Pre-Function
10h15 IAA D5.4 Cybersecurity in space systems, risks and countermeasures Room C4.7
10h15 IAA E4.3 History of Australian & Asia-Pacific Contribution to Astronautics Room C2.5
10h15 IAA E5.5 Sharing Space Achievements and Heritage: Space Museums and Societies Room C2.2
13h45 IAA A6.6 Post Mission Disposal and Space Debris Removal 2 – SEM Room C4.10
13h45 IAA A10-E9.4 Space Carrying Capacity Assessment and Allocation Room C2.5
13h45 IAA B4.3 Small Satellite Operations Room C3.2
13h45 IAA D3.3 Space Technology & System Management Practices & Tools Room Parkside Pre-Function
13h45 IAA E5.6 Simulating Space Habitation: Habitats, Design and Simulation Missions Room C2.2
13h45 IAA E8.1 Multilingual Astronautical Terminology Room C2.3
IAA Regular General Meeting Sydney

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

IAA Other Meetings

We will post any additional meetings when appropriate.

Cart