The e-Newsletter report about the IAA Conference held in Cyprus and related to disaster management is available.   

The Syrian national television and several newspapers reported on the first IAA Regional Conference in Middle East held on 4th March 2010 in Damascus, Syria at the hotel Semiramis. Dr Eng. Hussein Ibrahim, IAA Regional Secretary for Middle East, chaired the meeting. Dr JM Contant made a first presentation on "50th Years of IAA and Middle East Strategy". Dr R. Sandau, DLR Berlin,  presented a paper on "Small Satellites - Status and Prospects" and a second paper on "Small Satellites Missions: a Powerful Tool for Capacity Building". Among participants Deputy Ministers of Education, High Education, Culture and Environment were present. In addition, General Mohammad Fares, first Syrian Cosmonaut who flew in 1987 was attending. Participants discussed preparation of the first conference in Syria to be held on 06-09 September 2010 in Damascus.

8-9 April 2010 ISPRS/ESPI/IAA/IISL conference on Current Legal Issues for Satellite Earth Observation. 

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

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.

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