Scientific Assemblies

COSPAR Scientific Assemblies are held every two years (even numbered years). These events attract currently between 2000 and 3000 participants. National COSPAR Committees interested in organizing a Scientific Assembly are invited to contact the COSPAR Secretariat (aaron.janofsky – at – cosparhq.cnes.fr) for further details.  Please note that expressions of interest and bids will only be accepted from appropriate national scientific institutional authorities.  General Guidelines for Organizing COSPAR Scientific AssembliesCOSPAR Assembly Requirements Document.

NEXT ASSEMBLY: 45th Scientific Assembly, Busan, South Korea
The 45th Assembly will be held 13 – 21 July 2024. The Call for Abstracts/Announcement is available here and via a link in the August 2023 issue of Space Research Today, COSPAR’s information bulletin.  Much Assembly information, especially concerning the scientific program, will be included in this issue. No second announcement will be sent although all information, as well as the updated program, will be posted as it becomes available and will be accessible by clicking the “45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly” link.  Registration, accommodation, and other logistical information is available on the website of the COSPAR 2024 Local Organizing Committee.

Past Assemblies

The complete scientific programs for Assemblies from 2008 on may be consulted by using the Assembly link above, clicking on “Downloads” and then “Final Program XXXX”. Abstracts and individual scientific event programs are available by clicking “Scientific Programs” and then either “Abstract CD XXXX” or “Assembly Browser.” 

2022 – Athens, Greece

2021 – Sydney, Australia (virtual due to pandemic)

2018 – Pasadena, CA, USA

2016 – Istanbul, Turkey (Assembly cancelled)

2014 – Moscow, Russia

2012 – Mysore, India

2010 – Bremen, Germany

2008 – Montréal, Canada

2006 – Beijing, China

2004 – Paris, France

2002 – Houston, Texas, USA

2000 – Warsaw, Poland

1998 – Nagoya, Japan

1996 – Birmingham, UK

1994 – Hamburg, Germany

1992 – Washington, DC, USA

1990 – The Hague, Netherlands

1988 – Espoo, Finland

1986 – Toulouse, France

1984 – Graz, Austria

1982 – Ottawa, Canada

1980 – Budapest, Hungary

1979 – Bangalore, India

1978 – Innsbruck, Austria

1977 – Tel-Aviv, Israel

1976 – Philadelphia, PA, USA

1975 – Varna, Bulgaria

1974 – Sao Paulo, Brazil

1973 – Konstanz, Germany

1972 – Madrid, Spain

1971 – Seattle, WA, USA

1970 – Leningrad, USSR

1969 – Prague, Czechoslovakia

1968 – Tokyo, Japan

1967 – London, UK

1966 – Vienna, Austria

1965 – Mar del Plata, Argentina

1964 – Florence, Italy

1963 – Warsaw, Poland

1962 – Washington, DC, USA

1961 – Florence, Italy

1960 – Nice, France

1959 – The Hague, Netherlands

1958 – London, UK