On February 6th Academicians are invited to the inaugural function of the new Branch of the Secretariat of the International Academy of Astronautics 10h A.M. LEOS office, Bangalore, India. Dr. Madhavan Nair, President IAA, will preside over the function. Dr. Jean-Michel Contant, Secretary General IAA will be the Chief Guest.  

On January 26th, Lord Martin Rees, President of the Royal Society (RAS) and Dr. Jean-Michel Contant, Secretary General IAA announced in London the Second IAA-RAS Symposium on Searching for Life Signatures, to be held at The Royal Society Kavli Centre, Milton Keynes, UK, October 4th-7th 2010. Dr John Zarnecki and Dr. Claudio Maccone are going to chair the scientific program committee.

The 1st IAA Regional Meeting in Middle East is going to be held in Damascus, Syria, on 4 and 5 March 2010.

On the occasion of the 50th IAA anniversary a Regional Meeting is planned in Kiev, Ukraine under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on 17 June 2010.

Registration form is available to attend the Academy Dinner to be held on Monday March 22, 2010.

11 May 2010, 1st IISL/IAA Symposium on Space Law and Policy, Washington DC, USA.   

30-31 August 2010:  50th Anniversary Memorial Symposium What can we do for our mother Earth, Nagoya, Japan