IAF administrative and technical Committees

They play a key role in the Federation’s internal affairs, including the provision of guidance, recommendations and related support to the IAF Bureau and the IAF General Assembly.

The IAF Technical Committees are powerful sources of knowledge. They are composed of experts and global leaders in difference fields of space activities, who discuss and anticipate the evolution of space activities.

During the IAF Spring Meetings, the committees are in charge of selecting papers presented at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) and thereby contribute to the definition of the IAC technical programme.

The International Programme Committee (IPC) implements the technical sessions at the annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC).

The IPC Steering Group Committee assists the IPC Co-Chairs in resolving issues and helps develop and render more effective the IAC technical programme.

Join an IAF Committee

If you are interested in joining a committee, please contact the IAF Secretariat or refer to the rules for membership of the respective committee.

Administrative committees

• Astronauts Administrative Committee (AAC) (2024-2027)
• Committee for Liaison with International Organisations and Developing Nations (CLIODN) (2024-2027)
• Committee on Connecting Emerging Space ecoSystems (ACCESS) (2024-2027)
  • Latin-America and Caribbean Subcommittee (LAC-SC) (2024-2027)
  • Africa Subcommittee (AF-SC) (2024-2027)
  • Europe Subcommittee (EU-SC) (2024-2027)
  • Middle East and Central Asia Subcommittee (MECA-SC) (2024-2027)
  • Asia Pacific Subcommittee (AP-SC) (2024-2027)
• Congress and Symposia Advisory Committee (CSAC) (2024-2027)
• Finance Committee (2024-2027)
• Honours and Awards Committee (HAC) (2024-2027)
• IAF/IAA/IISL Advisory Committee on History Activities (ACHA) (2024-2027)
• Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Administrative Committee (IDEA) (2023 - 2024)
• Industry Relations Committee (2024-2027)
• International Project/Programme Management Committee (IPMC) (2024-2027)
• IPC Steering Group (2024-2027)
• Next Generation Coordination Committee (NGCC) (2024-2027)
• Space Museums and Science Centres Committee (2024-2027)
• Space Societies Committee (SSC) (2024-2027)
• Space Universities Administrative Committee (SUAC) (2024-2027)
• Technical Activities Committee (TAC) (2024-2027)
• Workforce Development-Young Professionals Programme Committee (WD-YPP) (2024-2027)

Technical committees

• Astrodynamics Committee (2024-2027)
• Commercial Spaceflight Safety Committee (2024-2027)
• Committee for the Cultural Utilisation of Space (ITACCUS) (2024-2027)
• Committee on Integrated Applications (2024-2027)
  • Select Sub-Committee on Satellite Commercial Applications (2024-2027)
• Committee on Planetary Defense and Near Earth Objects (NEO) (2024-2027)
• Committee on Space Security (2024-2027)
• Earth Observations Committee (2024-2027)
  • Subcommittee on the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) (2024-2027)
• Enterprise Risk Management Committee (ERMC) (2024-2027)
• Human Spaceflight Committee (2024-2027)
• Knowledge Management for Space Organisations (KMTC) (2024-2027)
• Materials and Structures Committee (2024-2027)
• Microgravity Sciences and Processes Committee (2024-2027)
• Space Astronomy Technical Committee (SATC) (2024-2027)
• Space Communications and Navigation Committee (SCAN) (2024-2027)
• Space Economy Committee (2024-2027)
• Space Education and Outreach Committee (SEOC) (2024-2027)
  • Global Workforce Development Subcommittee (2024-2027)
  • Student Activities Subcommittee (2024-2027)
• Space Entrepreneurship and Investment Committee (SEIC) (2024-2027)
• Space Exploration Committee (2024-2027)
• Space Habitats Committee (2024-2027)
• Space Life Sciences Committee (2024-2027)
• Space Operations Committee (2024-2027)
• Space Power Committee (2024-2027)
• Space Propulsion Committee (2024-2027)
• Space Systems Committee (2024-2027)
• Space Traffic Management Committee (2024-2027)
• Space Transportation Committee (2024-2027)