- 1st IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems , Porto, Portugal, 19-21 March 2012

- 41st Symposium on The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Seti) – The Next Steps , Naples, Italy, IAC 2012

- Space Life Sciences Symposium, Naples, Italy, IAC 2012

- 8th Symposium on Stepping Stones To The Future: Strategies, Architectures, Concepts And Technologies, Naples, Italy, IAC 2012

- Human Exploration of Solar System Symposium, Naples, Italy, IAC 2012