IAF Spring Meetings 2018

As each year, the IAF is pleased to invite you to its Spring Meetings taking place in Paris, France where the IAF community will get together for three days, from 27 – 29 March 2018 in New CAP Conference Centre.

In continuation of the IAF initiative to foster the principle of “3G” Diversity in the space sector, the IAF “3G” IDEA platform will be again activated during the IAF Spring Meetings (27 – 29/03/2018) in Paris. More info here

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IAF IDEA “3G” Diversity Day Programme

GNF Programme

Spring Meetings 2018 at a glance

Spring Meetings 2018 at a glance

Programme

Tuesday 27 March

  • 08:00 – 09:30: IDEA Breakfast
  • 09:30 – 11:00: Committee for Liaison with International Organisations and Developing Nations (CLIODN) Meeting
  • 09:30 – 11:00: Sub-Committee on Satellite Commercial Applications Meeting
  • 09:30 – 11:00: Entrepreneurship & Investment Committee Meeting
  • 09:30 – 12:30: Space Education and Outreach Committee (SEOC) Meeting
  • 10:00 – 12:30: Finance Committee Meeting
  • 10:00 – 13:00: IAA Space Debris Committee Meeting
  • 10:30 – 12:30: IAF Excellence in “3G” Diversity Award Subcommittee Meeting
  • 11:30 – 13:00: Advisory Committee on History Activities (ACHA) Meeting
  • 13:00 – 14:00: IDEA LUNCH
  • 14:00 – 15:30: Integrated Applications Meeting
  • 14:00 – 16:00: IAA SG4.23 Post-Mission Disposal for Micro and Smaller Satellites
  • 14:00 – 16:00: IPC Steering Group Meeting
  • 14:00 – 16:00: Industry Relation Committee Meeting
  • 14:00 – 16:00: WD-YPP Meeting
  • 14:00 – 16:00: Space Economy Committee Meeting
  • 14:00 – 16:30: Space Security Committee Meeting
  • 16:00 – 17:00: GLEC2019 Meeting
  • 16:00 – 17:30: Committee for the Cultural Utilisation of Space (ITACCUS) Meeting
  • 16:00 – 17:30: IAF Honours and Awards Committee (HAC) Meeting
  • 16:00 – 17:30: Knowledge Management Technical Committee Meeting
  • 16:00 – 18:00: SGAC Advisory Board Meeting
  • 16:00 – 18:00: Space Communications and Navigation Committee (SCAN) Meeting
  • 17:00 – 18:00: Working Group on Emerging Countries
  • 17:30 – 18:00: Knowledge Management Technical Committee (KMTC) Work Group Meeting
  • 18:00 – 19:30: IDEA Afterwork

Wednesday 28 March

  • 08:00 – 08:30: GNF: Results from the International Space Forum in Nairobi – The African Chapter
  • 08:30 – 08:45: GNF: Moon Village Association contribution to Moon Settlement
  • 09:00 – 10:00: MVA Meetings
  • 09:00 – 10:00: Space Power Committee Meeting
  • 09:00 – 11:00: Commercial Spaceflight Safety Committee Meeting
  • 09:00 – 11:00: Space Operations Committee Meeting
  • 09:00 – 11:00: Space Education and Outreach Committee (SEOC) Meeting
  • 09:00 – 13:00: IAF Bureau Meeting Pt.1
  • 09:30 – 15:00: Astrodynamics Commitee Meeting
  • 10:00 – 11:00: MVA Meetings
  • 10:00 – 12:00: Space Life Sciences Commitee Meeting
  • 10:00 – 13:00: Human Spaceflight Commitee Meeting
  • 11:00 – 12:00: B.1.6 Joint Global Technical Session for Bremen on Citizen Science
  • 11:00 – 13:00: Space Systems Committee Meeting
  • 11:00 – 13:00: Enterprise Risk Management Committee (ERMC) Meeting
  • 11:00 – 15:00: Materials and Structures Committee Meeting
  • 12:00 – 13:00: IPMC SSASC Meeting
  • 12:00 – 13:00: Microgravity Sciences and Processes Committee Meeting
  • 13:00 – 14:30: Space Astronomy Committee Meeting
  • 13:00 – 14:30: Space Societies Committee Meeting
  • 13:00 – 15:00: Space Propulsion Technical Committee Meeting
  • 13:00 – 15:00: Space Exploration Committee Meeting
  • 13:00 – 17:00: Earth Observation Committee/ GEOSS Subcommittee Meeting
  • 14:30 – 16:00: Space Museums and Science Centres Committee Meeting
  • 15:00 – 17:00: Space Universities Administrative Committee (SUAC) Meeting
  • 15:00 – 17:00: International Project/Programme Management Committee (IPMC) Meeting
  • 15:30 – 17:30: Technical Activities Committee (TAC) Meeting
  • 16:00 – 17:30: New Communities WG Meeting
  • 17:30 – 19:00: GNF: International Space Exploration – Report on ISEF2 and Beyond
  • 19:10 – 19:30: GNF: Space Ops – Presentation & Signature of Cooperation Agreement
  • 19:40 – 20:00: GNF: Presentation by Caelus Partners
  • 20:00 – 23:00: IAF Cocktail Reception

Thursday 29 March

  • 08:00 – 10:00: IPC General Meeting & Distinguished Service Award Ceremony
  • 10:00 – 13:00: IAC 2018 Abstract Selection
  • 10:00 – 13:00: IAF Bureau Meeting Pt.2
  • 13:00 – 14:00: IAF President Press Cocktail

Venue

New CAP Conference Centre

  • 1-13 Quai de Grenelle,
  • 75015 Paris

How to reach New CAP Conference Centre

  • Metro Stop: Bir-Hakeim
  • Metro Line: M6
  • RER Stop: Champ De Mars–Tour Eiffel
  • RER Line: RER C

To plan your trip, please follow the link to the RATP Website

Accommodation

You can visit the following website for accommodation options: booking.com

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