Clay MOWRY

IAF Bureau • IAF Past President
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) • Chief Executive Officer

Clay Mowry is a globally recognized aerospace industry executive. He serves as Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) the world's largest technical society dedicated to aerospace professional with 33,000 members from 91 countries, and 95 corporate members.

Clay has held multiple executive leadership roles across the commercial space ecosystem. Most recently, he served as an advisor to the space station technology company Vast. Previously, he worked as Chief Revenue Officer at Voyager Technologies, a defense and space tech company. Earlier, Clay was Vice President for global sales and customer experience at Blue Origin, providing space transportation services for humans and payloads with the reusable New Shepard and New Glenn launch vehicles. He served for 15 years as President and Chairman of Arianespace, Inc. Clay was also the founding Executive Director of the Satellite Industry Association.

Clay currently works as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University where he teaches Rocket Economics, a space business course. Clay is the founder and chairman emeritus of the Future Space Leaders Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to next generation space and satellite industry professionals. He also served for over a decade on the advisory board for the Space Generation Advisory Council.

Clay’s honors including the Commercial Spaceflight Federation James Kuzma Community Award, the Society of Satellite Professionals International Mentor of the Year Award, and the American Astronautical Society Industry Leadership Award.

Clay earned his master’s degree in business administration from Georgetown University and his bachelor’s degree in politics and government from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Events

The IAF Global Space Conference on Climate Change 2026

2 – 4 June 2026

Kigali, Rwanda

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IAF Spring Meetings 2026

24-26 March 2026

Paris, France

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International Astronautical Congress 2025

29 September - 3 October 2025

Sydney, Australia

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The Global Space Exploration Conference 2025

7-9 May 2025

New Delhi, India

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IAF Spring Meetings 2025

25-27 March 2025

Paris, France

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International Astronautical Congress 2024

14-18 October 2024

Milan, Italy

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IAF Spring Meetings 2024

26-28 March 2024

Paris, France

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International Astronautical Congress 2023

2-6 October 2023

Baku, Azerbaijan

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The Global Space Conference on Climate Change 2023

23 May-25 May 2023

Oslo, Norway

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International Astronautical Congress 2022

18-22 September 2022

Paris, France

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The Global Conference on Space for Emerging Countries 2022

16-20 May 2022

Quito, Ecuador

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International Astronautical Congress 2021

25-29 October 2021

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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International Astronautical Congress 2020

12-14 October 2020

Cyberspace edition

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International Astronautical Congress 2018

1–5 October 2018

Bremen, Germany

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