Global Lunar Conference Welcome Messages
The Presidents of both the International Astronautical Federation and the Chinese Society of Astronautics welcome delegates to the Conference..

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31 May: Global Lunar Conference Opening Ceremony
On 31 May, the opening ceremony of the Global Lunar Conference took place with about 450 delegates from 26 nations. The formal proceedings were launched by Mr Wu Yangsheng, Vice-President of the Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA), General Manager of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) and Vice President of the International Astronautical Federation.

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31 May: Keynote Speech of Jean-Jacques Dordain
Jean-Jacques Dordain called for a speedy discussion to debate the support of human versus robotic exploration and also the rival destinations of the Moon and Mars. He said that these are complementary routes which should go together.

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31 May: Plenary 1
Space agencies presented their programmes. What were their ongoing activities and collaborations? The next decade at the Moon will include orbiters, landers and rovers from various sources. How do we coordinate the construction of such a global lunar village?

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1 June: Late Breaking News
Both COSPAR and the ILEWG presented their latest news.

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1 June: Plenary 2
The highlights from SMART-1, Kaguya, Chang'e-1, Chandrayaan-1, LRO/LCROSS missions were given. The plenary further discussed how new data has helped us unveil a new view of the Moon, bringing some surprises on lunar crust, impact basins and hydrated materials.

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1 June: Plenary 3
This plenary talked about how we can use space stations and lunar robotic precursors to prepare the technical challenge and the collaborative framework for future exploration.

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2 June: Late Breaking News
The final Late Breaking News session took place on Wednesday morning.

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2 June: Plenary 4
This was GLUC's final plenary and was entitled "Moon for Society, Public and Youth"

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