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A2.2 Interfacial Transport and Surfactant Control in Absorbing Systems
Symposium: A2. IAF MICROGRAVITY SCIENCES AND PROCESSES SYMPOSIUM
Session: 2. Fluid and Materials Sciences
Day: Wednesday 7 October 2026
Time: 15:00 GMT+3
Room: G1
A2.4 Modeling Study of Hydrogen and/or Ammonia Combustion Safety
Symposium: A2. IAF MICROGRAVITY SCIENCES AND PROCESSES SYMPOSIUM
Session: 4. Science Results from Ground Based Research
Day: Thursday 8 October 2026
Time: 15:00 GMT+3
Room: G1
A2.6 Space Science Research Progress and Planning of China Space Station
Symposium: A2. IAF MICROGRAVITY SCIENCES AND PROCESSES SYMPOSIUM
Session: 6. Microgravity Sciences on board of Space stations
Day: Friday 9 October 2026
Time: 13:45 GMT+3
Room: G1
A3.3A Exomars Rosalind Franklin Mission: Development & Verification of the Martian Lander
Symposium: A3. IAF SPACE EXPLORATION SYMPOSIUM
Session: 3A. Mars Exploration – Missions Current and Future
Day: Wednesday 7 October 2026
Time: 10:15 GMT+3
Room: E3
A3.3B Trusted AI on Mars
Symposium: A3. IAF SPACE EXPLORATION SYMPOSIUM
Session: 3A. Mars Exploration – Science, Instruments and Technologies
Day: Wednesday 7 October 2026
Time: 15:00 GMT+3
Room: E3
A4.1 "Rudolf Pesek Lecture” The First Decade of Breakthrough Listen
Symposium: A4. 55th IAA SYMPOSIUM ON THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE (SETI) – The Next Steps
Session: 1. SETI Science and Technology: Current and Future Directions
Day: Tuesday 6 October 2026
Time: 10:15 GMT+3
Room: G1
A4.2 "John Billingham Cutting-Edge Lecture" - A New Version of the SETI Protocols: The “Declaration of Principles Concerning the Conduct of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI): 2026 Update”
Symposium: A4. 55th IAA SYMPOSIUM ON THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE (SETI) – The Next Steps
Session: 2. SETI and Society: Exploring the Human Dimension
Day: Tuesday 6 October 2026
Time: 15:00 GMT+3
Room: G1
A7.1 ESA Technology Preparation for Future Science Missions
Symposium: A7. IAF SYMPOSIUM ON ONGOING AND NEAR FUTURE SPACE ASTRONOMY AND SOLAR-SYSTEM SCIENCE MISSIONS
Session: 1. Space Astronomy Missions, Strategies and Plans
Day: Monday 5 October 2026
Time: 16:30 GMT+3
Room: Hall 30
A7.4 Grand Science from the Moon in International Collaboration as a trigger for the development of a lunar economy
Symposium: A7. IAF SYMPOSIUM ON ONGOING AND NEAR FUTURE SPACE ASTRONOMY AND SOLAR-SYSTEM SCIENCE MISSIONS
Session: 4. Lunar Astrophysics: Scientific Instrumentation and Ancillary Systems
Day: Friday 9 October 2026
Time: 13:45 GMT+3
Room: Hall 5
B1.1 (1) Increasing the Impact of Earth Observations to enable a More Resilient World: Update from the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
Symposium: B1. IAF EARTH OBSERVATION SYMPOSIUM
Session: 1. International Ventures in Earth Observations
Day: Monday 5 October 2026
Time: 16:30 GMT+3
Room: Hall 4
B1.1 (2) Transforming the Speed of Science with a new model for Earth Observation Cooperation: International and Commercial Fleets with More Rapid Mission Development
Symposium: B1. IAF EARTH OBSERVATION SYMPOSIUM
Session: 1. International Ventures in Earth Observations
Day: Monday 5 October 2026
Time: 16:30 GMT+3
Room: Hall 4
B1.1 (3) ESA’s Earth Observation Programmes: The International Perspective
Symposium: B1. IAF EARTH OBSERVATION SYMPOSIUM
Session: 1. International Ventures in Earth Observations
Day: Monday 5 October 2026
Time: 16:30 GMT+3
Room: Hall 4
B4.7 Distributed Autonomous Architecture for Propulsion-Free Coordination of PocketQube Swarms in Low Earth Orbit
Symposium: B4. 33rd IAA SYMPOSIUM ON SMALL SATELLITE MISSIONS
Session: 7. Constellations and Distributed Systems
Day: Thursday 8 October 2026
Time: 15:00 GMT+3
Room: Hall 2
B5.1 Satellite-Ground Collaboration and Intelligent Integration: Leading the New Paradigm of Commercial Satellite Applications with Integrated Communication, Navigation and Remote Sensing
Symposium: B5. IAF SYMPOSIUM ON INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS
Session: 1. Tools and Technology in Support of Integrated Applications
Day: Wednesday 7 October 2026
Time: 10:15 GMT+3
Room: Hall 28
B5.4 Space for Non-Space
Symposium: B5. IAF SYMPOSIUM ON INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS
Session: 4. Advancing Earth Observation with Artificial Intelligence Across the Full Value Chain
Day: Friday 9 October 2026
Time: 10:15 GMT+3
Room: Hall 34
C1.4 "Breakwell Lecture" - Autonomous Spacecraft Scheduling Yielding Scalable and Safe Earth and Space Object Imaging
Symposium: C1. IAF ASTRODYNAMICS SYMPOSIUM
Session: 4. Guidance, Navigation and Control (2)
Day: Wednesday 7 October 2026
Time: 10:15 GMT+3
Room: Hall 8
C2.1 "Paolo Santini Memorial Lecture" - Buckling of Composite Structures
Symposium: C2. IAF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES SYMPOSIUM
Session: 1. Space Structures I Design, Development and Verification (Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles, including their Mechanical/Thermal/ Fluidic Systems)
Day: Monday 5 October 2026
Time: 16:30 GMT+3
Room: E7
D2.4 ESA Preparation for Future European Heavy and Super Heavy Launch Systems
Symposium: D2. IAF SPACE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS AND INNOVATIONS SYMPOSIUM
Session: 4. Future Space Transportation Systems
Day: Wednesday 7 October 2026
Time: 10:15 GMT+3
Room: Hall 23
D4.3 “Jerome Pearson Memorial Lecture” - Management of the Space Elevator Construction Project and Its Development Process
Symposium: D4. 24th IAA SYMPOSIUM ON VISIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE FUTURE
Session: 3. The Modern Day Space Elevator as a Permanent Transportation Infrastructure
Day: Tuesday 6 October 2026
Time: 15:00 GMT+3
Room: Hall 24
E10.1 Progresses of JAXA's Planetary Defense Activities
Symposium: E10. IAF SYMPOSIUM ON PLANETARY DEFENSE AND NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS
Session: 1. Planetary Defense from Asteroids and Comets
Day: Thursday 8 October 2026
Time: 15:00 GMT+3
Room: Hall 3
E10.2 Introducing the MOUC score: a quantitative metric to systematically characterize under-detected NEA populations
Symposium: E10. IAF SYMPOSIUM ON PLANETARY DEFENSE AND NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS
Session: 2. Informing Planetary Defense
Day: Friday 9 October 2026
Time: 13:45 GMT+3
Room: E5