Next Generation Activities
SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER
IAF Cross-Cultural Communications and Presentation Workshop
Time: 08:30 - 13:30 AEST
Location: Room C2.3, Level 2, International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney
The Cross-Cultural Communications and Presentation Workshop is organized for Emerging Space Leader grant recipients and Next Generation Plenary speakers to provide them with the opportunity to improve their oral skills for their presentations and to sensitize them to the issues of speaking at large multi-cultural events.
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International Programme Management Committee (IPMC) Young Professionals Workshop
Time: 09:00 - 16:45 AEST
Location: Room C3.6, Level 3, International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney
The IAF International Project/Programme Management Committee (IPMC) seeks to gather inputs from Young Professionals (YPs) in the international space community on how to bridge the generational gap in the workplace and on how to better develop and empower the next-generation workforce.
The IPMC Young Professional Workshop is a one-day event dedicated to YPs, including Team Work, talks by Expert Speakers, and debate in a Plenary Session open to the general IAC audience. These topics are linked to Project and Programme Management, People Management, and Knowledge Management. In particular, topics are chosen among the latest Space Sector trends and challenges, with the goal to gather YPs’ recommendations on key matters. The topics – together with a comprehensive set of requirements and guidelines – are published in the Statement of Work.
IAF Young Professionals Networking Event (Restricted to Young Professionals)
Time: 19:00 - 21:00 AEST
Location: Room Cockle Bay, Level 3, International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney
Come mix and mingle with the IAC 2025 Young Professionals as the IAF Workforce Development/Young Professionals Programme Committee (WD/YPP) welcomes you to the IAC 2025!
TUESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER
IAF Young Professionals Networking Event (Restricted to Young Professionals)
Time: 19:00 - 21:00 AEST
Location: Room Cockle Bay, Level 3, International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney
The IAF Workforce Development/Young Professionals Programme Committee (WD/YPP) invites all IAC 2025 Young Professional delegates to speed networking session! This is your opportunity to meet leaders in the industry and have focused conversations around career development by rotating through tables with mentors. After speed networking, you will have another opportunity to more informally network with all of the mentors.
The event will be followed by a cocktail-style networking event.
WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER
IAF Next Generation Plenary "Designing the Future of Human Spaceflight"
Time: 13:45 - 14:45 AEST
Location: Pyrmont Theatre, International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney
There has been a continued human presence in space since 2000, thanks to the birth of the International Space Station. With the ISS' planned decommissioning on the horizon, national space stations and commercial astronauts have taken over a growing segment of the astronautics arena. With planned crewed missions to the Moon and Mars, human spaceflight is taking the next giant leap forward. This panel will look at how we are designing the future of astronautics. Crewed missions are venturing farther into space, staging longer journeys on remote outposts and teams from various nationalities and profiles. Designing spacecraft, habitats, and stations is now not just a technical challenge but a question of how to accommodate the diversity of humankind. This panel will focus on the following three aspects of astronautics: space architecture, life support for space, and inclusive design. This panel addresses the diversity of human spaceflight needs in the coming decades. Plans for crewed missions in space reflect the multipolarity on Earth, and intentional design is essential in ensuring that space will be used for peaceful purposes for all of humankind. The three panel themes will address how we will sustain life in space, build societies in space, and design for inclusive access to space.
IAF Young Professionals Networking Event (Restricted to Young Professionals)
Time: 19:00 - 21:00 AEST
Join us for the Young Professionals NextGen Plenary session, Resource Responsibility: Lands, Oceans, and Space, where a dynamic panel of students and early-career professionals will explore how space-based technologies and frameworks can support more responsible and sustainable resource use on Earth and beyond. From enabling better stewardship of our oceans, forests, and farmlands through satellite data, to applying lessons from Earth’s international resource governance to the emerging domain of space mining and lunar resource management, this session will highlight bold ideas and fresh perspectives.
The event will be followed by a cocktail-style networking event.
Location: Room Cockle Bay, Level 3, International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney