Next Generation Activities

SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

IAF Cross-Cultural Communications and Presentation Workshop (upon invitation only)

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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IAF 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

What role will Young Professionals play in shaping the future of the space sector? Join the 2025 IAF IPMC Young Professionals Workshop: Open Door Session, where Subject Experts and Young Professionals will share fresh insights and innovative solutions on project management, AI, business innovation, people management, and more.

This is your chance to:

• Engage with today’s and tomorrow’s leaders of the space industry
• Exchange ideas across generations
• Hear real-world examples and lessons from successful projects

This year’s agenda will focus on:

• Enhancing Emotional Intelligence for Project Success to Maximize Collaboration Etiquette in 21st-Century Global Space Involvement
• Space Organizations Balancing Innovation and Risk - Turning Risk into Progress
• Exploring the Interplay Between Technical Authority and Project Management to Reduce the Cost of Spacecraft
• AI in Space Project Management: Current Applicability and Future Roadmap

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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)

Speed Mentoring Session

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) presents speed mentoring for our IAC young professionals and students! 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 mentoring there will be an open cocktail style reception to continue your conversations. Speed mentoring will take place 19:00-20:00 local time and the reception will take place 20:00-21:00 local time. Please RSVP for this event.

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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)

Next Generation Panel: "Resource Responsibility: Lands, Oceans, And Space"

Time: 19:00 - 21:00 AEST

Location: Room Cockle Bay, Level 3, International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney

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.

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