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INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS 2020 (IAC 2020), Oct 12-14, 2020, virtual
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Update, October 8: NASA TV and NASA Live will broadcast some of the sessions. See NASA’s press release and separate listings in our calendar.
Update, October 7, 2020: The final programme also is posted. It shows times in five different time zones (Sygney, Beijing, Paris, Washington, Los Angeles) and indicates which of the sessions are live.
Update, October 5, 2020: The agenda is posted on the event’s website. Note that times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST). Subtract 6 for Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).
Update, April 27, 2020: The IAF announced today that the conference will take place October 12-14, 2020 VIRTUALLY. Details of the “71st International Astronautical Congress 2020 — The Cyberspace Edition” are forthcoming. The next in-person IAC will be October 25-29, 2021 in Dubai.
Update, April 10, 2020: The IAF announced today that this conference is postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. It is “re-assessing the overall schedule of the IACs” and will decide new dates in coming weeks. The IAF also postponed two other conferences, GLEX and GLOC. The full statement is as follows:
IAF EVENTS 2020 POSTPONED
Dear IAF Community,
Following the growing escalation of the Covid-19 outbreak around the world, the IAF is saddened to inform you that the International Astronautical Congress – IAC in Dubai will not be taking place this year, but will be postponed. We are in the process of re-assessing the overall schedule of IACs and will inform you within the coming weeks about the new dates. As a consequence, the Call for Applications to Host the IAC in 2023 is suspended and a new Call for Hosting IAC 2024 will be opened in November 2020.
The health and safety of our community is of utmost importance to IAF. This is a very challenging time for everyone and we appreciate your understanding and support.
Also, the Global Space Exploration Conference – GLEX 2020 in St. Petersburg, and the Global Space Conference on Climate Change – GLOC 2021 in Oslo will be postponed by a year to 2021 and 2022 respectively. New dates will be communicated in the coming months.
Having worked so intensively with our International Programme Committees, volunteers, speakers, authors, sponsors, exhibitors, and partners preparing these events over the past years, we are genuinely disappointed to be forced to postpone, and we would like to thank all our partners for their contributions, support and strong engagement. The IAF will continue to serve our community with manifold events and activities in the future and live up to our motto “Connecting @ll Space People”, even if only virtually during these challenging times. As the past IAF Virtual Spring Meetings have been reminding us, great things happen when the community comes together and connects at the IAF.
#StaySafe!
Kind regards,
IAF Secretariat
Original Entry: The 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from October 12-16, 2020.
IAC is the annual conference that brings together the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) for a week of individual and joint sessions.
More information is on the event’s website: