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IAA Academy Day, Busan, South Korea (COSPAR Congress), 13 July, 2024
1st IAA Symposium on Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Space, Xi’an, China, 08-09 September, 2024
IAA Academy Day, Milan, Italy, 13 October, 2024
75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Milan, Italy, 14-18 October, 2024
1st IAA Latin American Conference on Space Technology and Applications, Salta, Argentina, November 05-09, 2024
International Symposium on the Peaceful Use of Space Technology – Health (IPSPACE 2024), Beijing, China, 03-06 December, 2024
9th IAA Planetary Defense Conference (PDC), Stellenbosch, South-Africa, 05-09 May, 2025

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9th IAA Planetary Defense Conference 2025

May 5, 2025
- Cape Town
- South Africa

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9th IAA Planetary Defense Conference 2025

May 5, 2025

The International Academy of Astronautics will hold its 9th conference in 2025 in Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa. The bi-annual conference brings together world experts to discuss the threat to Earth posed by asteroids and comets and actions that might be taken to deflect a threatening object.