International Astronautical Congress

International Astronautical Congress

Every year, the International Astronautical Federation together with the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), holds the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) which is hosted by one of the national society members of the IAF.

They are an annual meeting of the actors in the discipline of space and are generally held in early October. They consist of plenary sessions, lectures and meetings.

Locations of recent and future International Astronautical Congresses (IAC)

International Astronautical Congresses normally takes place during the first half of October. Every ten years, the World Space Congress regroups the IAC and intlink|COSPAR.

* - intlink|Toulouse, intlink|France
* - intlink|Houston, Texas, intlink|United States - World Space Congress
* - intlink|Bremen, intlink|Germany
* - intlink|Vancouver, intlink|Canada
* - intlink|Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka, intlink|Japan
* - intlink|Valencia, Spain|Valencia, intlink|Spain
* - intlink|Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh|Hyderabad, intlink|India
* - intlink|Glasgow, intlink|United Kingdom
* - intlink|Daejeon, intlink|South Korea
* - intlink|Prague, intlink|Czech Republic
* - intlink|Cape Town, intlink|South Africa

External links

* [http://www.iafastro.org IAF]
* [http://www.iac2008.co.uk IAC 2008]

IAC is a highly prestigious conference attended by senior executives of space agencies discussing about their past , present activities and future plans


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