“Earth observation will be one of the central themes for this Iacz” he said to Wired.it Simonetta CheliDirector of Earth Observation Programs at the European Space Agency “we will have the opportunity to present the contributions of satellite missions already operational or imminent in the climate, environmental monitoring and climate mitigation fields. climate change. We will also focus on what is being done in terms of evolutionary predictions of the Earth system”. It is no coincidence that one of the highlight of this edition is the publication of the first data from the EarthCare mission which, which started last May, is designed to study how clouds they aerosol in the atmosphere influence and regulate the climate of the Planet.
In Italy for the fifth time – the last one was in Naples in 2012 – the Iac is hosted with the coordination of theItalian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Aidaa), of the Italian Space Agency (Asi) e di Leonardo. The opening was preceded by the international meeting of ministries and members of Parliament at the Pirellone, with the participation of Adolfo UrsoMinister of Business and Made in Italy with responsibility for sector policies, of Clay Mowrypresident ofInternational astronautical federation e di Theodore Valentepresident of ASI.
An (already) record edition
I am 10 thousand participants register for the event, along with more than 7 thousand scientific abstracts submitted by 2,300 organizations from 106 countries. The five days will gather over 500 exhibitors from 46 countries: these are numbers that confirm how the organizers’ objective – to create the most successful IAC in its history – was achieved well before the inauguration. Milan will also be an opportunity to test new conference formats and host thematic plenaries (here is the complete program) designed to compare the international players in the sector.
The vast program is divided into all contemporary themeswith the aim of anticipating its influence and centrality in the years to come. The climate crisis observed from space obviously finds great relevance, with plenary events and technical tables. And it will certainly be one of focus of Space leaders Summita new initiative from the IAC, which Tuesday 15 October will bring together 64 heads of national space agencies in the same room (including Valente of ASI and Bill Nelson of NASA), ESA and ministers with space mandates from dozens of countries.
The big events: China, exploration, Big data… and extra-atmospheric fashion
Of the 75th edition of the Iac, the plenaries will represent the flagship events, among which stands out the one, at the beginning of the week, which will bring the national space agencies together in a dedicated panel, where Nelson, the head of theIndian Space Agency (Isro) Sreedhara Panicker Somanath, the director general of ESA, Josef Aschbacher, the president of the Japanese JaxaHiroshi Yamakawa and the number one Canadian agency CsaMarisa Campbell. Guoping Li, chief engineer and emissary of the Space Agency, will also be present with them Chinathe other space giant of the twenty-first century. Beijing’s extra-atmospheric activities will be the focus of another plenary on Thursday, October 17, which will focus on the progress and future plans of China’s scientific research and use of human spaceflight. Among the speakers, there will be eight from China, directors of technological and human programs and engineers. Among the Indian ones, in addition to the director of Isro, there will be the head of the mission Chandrayaan-3, which in August 2023 made the subcontinent the fourth country to reach the Moon. It will be no less thick Arab presencein particular Saudi and Emirati, demonstrating the growing interest on the part of capital from that region in (especially) orbital activities and services.
