IAA Meetings

2027 IAA Spring meetings

All meetings are at Paris time. Draft Schedule as of July 2026.

Online meetings:

TBD March 2026
14h00-16h00             Commission 5             Chair Yukihito Kitazawa (Japan)

TBD March 2026
14h00-16h00               Commission 1             Chair Gerhard Schwehm (Germany)

TBD March 2026
14h00-16h00              Commission 4             Chair Paolo Gasbarri (Italy)

TBD March 2026
14h00-16h00              Commission 3             Chair Yury Razoumny (Russia)

TBD March 2026
14h00-16h00              Commission 2             Chair Antonios Kyparos (Greece)

TBD March 2026
14h00-16h00              Commission 6             Chair Olga Bannova (USA)

TBD March 2026
14h00-17h00             IAA Scientific Activities Committee meeting Chair Ralph McNutt,
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 22 March 2027
09h00-11h00 IAA Scientific Activities Committee (SAC) Chair Ralph McNutt (Session 2 – by invitation only)
IAA Finance Committee meeting Chair Shigeki Kinai (by invitation only)
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)

18h30-23h00 IAA Gala Dinner and Awards/Newly Elected ceremony  (in advance registration required)

Tuesday 23 March 2027
09h00-12h00 IAA Awards & Membership Committee Chair Chrysoula Kourtidou-Papadeli (by invitation only)
14h30-18h30 IAA Board of Trustees Regular meeting Chair John Schumacher (by invitation only)

Thursday 25 March 2027
*08h30-13h00 IAC 2026 IPC General Meeting and abstract selection (* New CAP Conference Centre)

Online meetings – Paris time

Monday 21 September 2026

15h00-17h00 (Paris) Commission 3 (online meeting) (Razoumny/Spencer)   Topic: IAA Commission 3 Space Technology & System Development

17h00-19h00 (Paris) Commission 4 (online meeting)  (Mugellesi-Dow)  Topic: IAA Commission 4 Space System Operation & Utilisation

Tuesday 22 September 2026
15h00-17h00 (Paris) Commission 5 (online meeting)  (Kitazawa/Lansard)  Topic: IAA Commission 5 Space Policy, Law & Economy

17h00-19h00 (Paris) Commission 2 (online meeting)     (Kyparos)   Topic: IAA Commission 2 Space Life Sciences

Wednesday 23 September 2026
15h00-17h00 (Paris) Commission 1 (online meeting)       (Schwehm/Medina Tanco)  Topic: IAA Commission 1 Space Physical Sciences

17h00-19h00 (Paris) Commission 6 (online meeting)      (Bannova) Topic: IAA Commission 6 Space & Society, Culture & Education

Friday 25 September 2026
16h00-18h00 (Paris) IAA Scientific Activities Committee (SAC) meeting  (by invitation only) (McNutt)

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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 Antalya (part 1)      Room Hall 08
IAA lunch (in advance registration)
IAA Academy Day Antalya (part 2)      Room Hall 08
Board of Trustees meeting (by invitation only) (Schumacher)        Room Hall 12
18h30-22h30 IAA Gala Dinner (in advance registration)

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

Tuesday 06 October 2026
09h45-11h45  IAA Space Elevator Cttee (Swan/Tsuchida)                             Room Hall 12
13h00-14h30  IAA Acta Astronautica Editorial Board Meeting (upon invitation)

Wednesday 07 October 2025
10h00-13h00 IAA SETI Committee Meeting (Garrett)                                  Room Hall 22

Thursday 08 October 2025
13h00-14h30 IAA History Committee Meeting (Haeuplik)                           Room
15h00-16h30 IAA Cttee Emerging Applications of Space Data for Developing Regions (Holm/Mugellesi-Dow)        Room Hall 10

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.