COSPAR/IAF
SYMPOSIA

COSPAR organizes scientific symposia for participants of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee sessions of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS). These sessions are organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) in Vienna. Until 2007 the symposia were organized jointly with the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). From 2007 they have been organized alternately either by COSPAR or the IAF in years when OOSA organizes no industry symposium.

The topics so far addressed by the symposia in which COSPAR has played a role are:

2011 - Planetary protection and space exploration (14 February).

2007 - Use of the equatorial orbit for space applications: challenges and opportunities (12 - 13 February).

2005 - High resolution and hyperspectral satellite data integration for precision farming, environmental monitoring and possible new applications (21 - 22 February).

2003 - Applications of satellite navigation and their benefits to developing countries (17 - 18 February).

2002 - Remote sensing for substantive water management in arid and semi-arid areas (25 - 26 February).

2001 - Terrestrial hazards from outer space objects and phenomena (12 - 13 February).

2000 - Space commercialization: an era of new opportunities (7 - 8 February).

1999 - No COSPAR/IAF Symposium was organized in 1999 since both organizations collaborated with the UN COPUOS for UNISPACE III. For more information about UNISPACE III, please return to the COSPAR Meetings page of this site.

1998 - Scientific and technical aspects and applications of space-based meteorology (9 - 10 February)

1997 - Space systems for direct broadcasting and global information systems for space research

1996 - Utilization of micro- and small satellites for the expansion of low-cost space activities, taking into account the special needs of developing countries

1995 - Application of space technology for education with particular emphasis on its use in developing countries

1994 - Space applications for disaster prevention, warning, mitigation, and relief

1993 - Space based communications, global systems and new services

1992 - Space technology in developing countries - making it happen

1991 - Applications of remote sensing for mineral, water, air and agricultural resources

1990 - Space technology for disaster prediction, communications, and rescue

1989 - Space technology as an instrument for combating environmental problems, particularly those of developing countries

1988 - Microgravity experiments in space and their applications

1987 - Space communications for development

1986 - Remote sensing for developing countries