International Astronautical Congress

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Every year, the International Astronautical Federation together with the International Academy of Astronautics and the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), holds the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) which is hosted by one of the national society members of the IAF.

They are an annual meeting of the actors in the discipline of space, and are generally held in late September or early October. They consist of plenary sessions, lectures and meetings. The IAC is attended by the agency heads and senior executives of the world's space agencies.

Locations of recent and future International Astronautical Congresses (IAC)

International Astronautical Congresses normally takes place during the first half of October. In 2002 and 2012 the World Space Congress combined the IAC and COSPAR Scientific Assembly.

2019 – Washington DC, USA; 70th IAC

2018 – Bremen, Germany; 69th IAC

2017 – Adelaide, Australia; 68th IAC (September 25–29, 2017)

2016 – Guadalajara, Mexico; 67th IAC (September 26–30, 2016)

2015 – Jerusalem, Israel; 66th IAC (October 12–16, 2015)

2014 – Toronto, Canada; 65th IAC (September 29 – October 3, 2014)

2013 – Beijing, China; 64th IAC (September 23–27, 2013)

2012 – Naples, Italy; 63rd IAC (October 1–5, 2012)

2011 – Cape Town, South Africa; 62nd IAC (October 3–7, 2011)

2010 – Prague, Czech Republic; 61st IAC (September 27 – October 1, 2010)

2009 – Daejeon, South Korea; 60th IAC (October 12–16, 2009)

2008 – Glasgow, United Kingdom; 59th IAC (September 29 – October 3, 2008)

2007 – Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India; 58th IAC (September 24–28, 2007)

2006 – Valencia, Spain; 57th IAC (October 2–6, 2006)

2005 – Fukuoka, Japan; 56th IAC (October 16–21, 2005)

2004 – Vancouver, Canada; 55th IAC (October 4–8, 2004)

2003 – Bremen, Germany; 54th IAC (September 29 – October 3, 2003)

2002 – Houston, Texas, United States; 2nd World Space Congress (October 10–19, 2002)

2001 – Toulouse, France; 52nd IAC (October 1–5, 2001)

2000 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 51st IAC (October 2–6, 2000)

1999 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 50th IAC (October 4–8, 1999)

1998 – Melbourne, Australia; 49th IAC (September 28 – October 2, 1998)

1997 – Torino, Italy; 48th IAC (October 6–10, 1997)

1996 – Beijing, China; 47th IAC (October 7–11, 1996)

1995 – Oslo, Norway; 46th IAC (October 2–6, 1995)

1994 – Jerusalem, Israel; 45th IAC (October 9–14, 1994)

1993 – Graz, Austria; 44th IAC (October 16–22, 1993)

1992 – Washington, D.C., USA; 43rd IAC (August 28 – September 5, 1992)

1991 – Montreal, Canada; 42nd IAC (October 5–11, 1991)

1990 – Dresden, Germany; 41st IAC (October 6–12, 1990)

1989 – Malaga, Spain; 40th IAC (October 7–13, 1989)

1988 – Bangalore, India; 39th IAC (October 8–15, 1988)

1987 – Brighton, United Kingdom; 38th IAC (October 10–17, 1987)

1986 – Innsbruck, Austria; 37th IAC (October 4–11, 1986)

1985 – Stockholm, Sweden; 36th IAC (October 7–12, 1985)

1984 – Lausanne, Switzerland; 35th IAC (October 8–13, 1984)

1983 – Budapest, Hungary; 34th IAC (October 10–15, 1983)

1982 – Paris, France; 33rd IAC (September 27 – October 2, 1982)

1981 – Rome, Italy; 32nd IAC (September 6–12, 1981)

1980 – Tokyo, Japan; 31st IAC (September 21–28, 1980)

1979 – Munich, Germany; 30th IAC (September 17-22, 1979)

1978 – Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia; 29th IAC (October, 1-8, 1978)

1977 – Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28th IAC (September 25 – October 1, 1977)

1976 – Anaheim, California, USA; 27th IAC (October 10–16, 1976)

1975 – Lisbon, Portugal; 26th IAC (September, 21-27 1975)

1974 – Amsterdam, Netherlands; 25th IAC (September 30 - October 5, 1974)

1973 – Baku, USSR; 24th IAC (October, 7-13, 1973)

1972 – Vienna, Austria; 23rd IAC (October 8–15, 1972)

1971 – Brussel, Belgium; 22nd IAC (September 20–25, 1971)

1970 – Constance, Germany; 21st IAC (October 4-9, 1970)

1969 – Mar del Plata, Argentina; 20th IAC (October 5-10, 1969)

1968 – New York, USA; 19th IAC (October 13-18, 1968)

1967 – Belgrade, Yugoslavia; 18th IAC (September 24-30, 1967)

1966 – Madrid, Spain; 17th IAC (October 9-15, 1966)

1965 – Athens, Greece; 16th IAC (September 13–18, 1965)

1964 – Warsaw, Poland; 15th IAC (September 7–12, 1964)

1963 – Paris, France; 14th IAC (September 25 – October 1, 1964)

1962 – Varna, Bulgaria; 13th IAC (September 19-23, 1962)

1961 – Washington, D.C., USA; 12th IAC (October 1-7, 1961)

1960 – Stockholm, Sweden; 11th IAC (October 7-12, 1960)

1959 – London, United Kingdom; 10th IAC (August 31 – September 5, 1959)

1958 – Amsterdam, Netherlands; 9th IAC (August 25-30, 1958)

1957 – Barcelona, Spain; 8th IAC (October 6-12, 1957)

1956 – Rome, Italy; 7th IAC (September 17-22, 1956)

1955 – Copenhagen, Denmark; 6th IAC (August 2-6, 1955)

1954 – Innsbruck, Austria; 5th IAC (August 2–7, 1954)

1953 – Zurich, Switzerland; 4th IAC (August 3–8, 1953)

1952 – Stuttgart, Germany; 3rd IAC (September 1-5, 1952)

1951 – London, United Kingdom; 2nd IAC (September 3–8, 1951)

1950 – Paris, France; 1st IAC (September 30 - October 2, 1950)

References

International Astronautical Congress Wikipedia

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