Ibadan, July 19, 2024. – COSPAR has launched the COSPAR 2024 Scientific Assembly in Busan, celebrating the theme “Team Spirit in Space Research”. The assembly was attended by around 2,800 participants from over 60 countries, who interacted with scientists, presented over 3,000 talks and posters, and participated in 150 scientific events.
The Assembly brought together space leaders from KASA, NASA, CNSA, ISRO, JAXA, ASI and the UAE, and the roundtable of space agency leaders presented each agency’s space science programs for the next decade. Space sustainability emerged as a major recurring theme.
A highlight of the Scientific Assembly was the new Space Weather Roadmap driven by the COSPAR community. Presented by a consortium of hundreds of scientists, the roadmap outlines key recommendations for the global space weather community, addressing all aspects of space weather research and mitigation. In addition, the new Planetary Protection Policy 2024 It was also presented to the COSPAR community.
Furthermore, in response to the dynamic changes in the space sector, COSPAR has established a Industrial Relations Committee Bringing together leading space companies from around the world to foster active engagement with the COSPAR scientific community, sessions such as the roundtable “Space 2050: Our future shaped by current space technology advances” were particularly significant, as they stimulated conversation about the challenges facing space companies in the coming decades.
Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund commented: “The selection of Busan as the host city for COSPAR 2024 underlines the organisation’s dedication to international regional diversity and its commitment to shaping the future of global space ecosystems.”
The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) represents a global network of 13,000 space scientists committed to driving innovation and collaboration across all disciplines of space science.
