Upcoming events

More than 8,000 experts from industry, research, and institutions will attend the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) from 14-18 October 2024 in Milan, placing Italy at the forefront of the international discussion on how space can be used to promote sustainability.

The city of Milano will host the 75th edition of the International Astronautical Congress IAC2024, the most important world event in the space sector. Milan being selected by the more than 400 delegates of the General Assembly of the International Astronautical Federation from 73 countries of the world and gathered in Dubai from 25 to 29 October for the 72nd edition of the IAC2021.

AIDAA President and Local Chairman of IAC 2024 Erasmo Carrera’s welcome greetings are available here.

ICAS is the international organization of aeronautical engineering societies with members from 30 countries. The International Congress is every two years and covers all aspects of aeronautical science and technology and applications to aviation. ICAS 2024 is scheduled from 9 to 13 September 2024 in Florence.

The Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (A.I.D.A.A.) XXVII International Congress will be held in Padova from the 4th to the 7th of September 2023.

The AIDAA Congress is the biennial congress of the Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica ed Astronautica and it is the 27^th in the Congress series. The AIDAA Congress brings together an international community of academics and industry professionals to discuss the latest findings in aeronautics and astronautics sciences and technologies. The AIDAA 2023 technical program will include plenary and parallel sessions, keynote speeches, mini-symposia and other events.

The Section of Roma of AIDAA is pleased to invite you to the joined celebrations for the centennials of the Italian Air Force and the AIDAA Section. The event will take place on 25 May 2023 in Guidonia.

Space Meetings Veneto will be a new global business event organized by the Aerospace, Innovation, and Research Network of Veneto, bringing together professionals and researchers to discuss the latest developments in satellite applications. The event will take place at Venezia Marine Terminal from May 15th to May 17th, 2023, and will provide an interconnected platform for aerospace industry stakeholders to learn, debate and network. For its inaugural edition, Space Meetings Veneto will focus on 4 major topics:

• Investing in space and aeronautics
• Space Supplier Summit
• Space application for wine and climate monitoring
• Innovative technologies for viticultures

AIDAA is glad to announce that the International Conference on Space Exploration will be held in Politecnico di Torino from 10 to 12th May 2023. For the first time, the Air and Space Academy (AAE) decided to have its annual event outside of France, and AIDAA is proud to have been selected as the organizing partner. Furthermore, the Politecnico di Torino and the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) strongly support the conference. The conference’s purpose is to focus on central themes for Space Exploration, with keynote speakers from agencies, industry, and academia. In addition, several talks delivered by leading experts will address exploration purposes and policies, an overview of the current state of play of scientific knowledge and technical progress, and space policies.

The third edition of the Aerospace PhD-Days will be held in Bertinoro (FC), Emilia-Romagna, from the 16th to the 19th of April 2023.

During the congress, PhD students will have the possibilities to share their activities to the colleagues all over the world and, thus, to create a net of the International young researchers; moreover, it will be possible to have a complete overview of the whole research activities in Aerospace.

The Aerospace PhD-Days are open to any PhD student in Aerospace Science and Engineering or with a PhD topic in the aerospace field. PhD graduated in 2023 are welcomed too. In order to participate, an extended abstract on the PhD topic or part of it (min. 2 and max. 8 pages) must be submitted.

The main topics will be related to aeronautics, space, and aviation.