EVENTS OF INTEREST for 2016

2017 Sep 25 - 29 * INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS
International Astronautical Congress The 68th International Astronautical Congress will be held in Adelaide. More details can be found at the IAC-2017.

2016 Oct 4 - 10 * WORLD SPACE WEEK
World Space Week logo The United Nations General Assembly has declared this time in October as World Space Week "To celebrate each year at the international level the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition". The theme for this year is "Remote Sensing - Enabling Our Future".
World Space Week

2016 Sep 26 - 28 * 16th AUSTRALIAN SPACE RESEARCH CONFERENCE
ASRC logo The 16th Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC) will be held this year in Melbourne at the City Campus of the RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) University. Jointly sponsored by the National Committee for Space and Radio Science and the National Space Society of Australia, and with support from the Australian Space Research Institute and the Mars Society of Australia, it will cover the areas of space science, space engineering, space industry, government space and space education and outreach. More details can be found at ASRC-16. Details of previous conferences can be found at Australian Space Science Conference.

2016 Jul 10 - 12 * ASTROBIOLOGY CONFERENCE IN PERTH
Australian Centre for Astrobiology This conference will be held at Curtin University in Perth. More details can be found at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology.

2016 Jul 5 - 10 * ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA ANNUAL MEETING
Astron Soc Austral logo The 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting and General Meeting of the Astronomical Society of Australia will be held at the University of Sydney. This is the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Astronomical Society of Australia. For more details see ASAM2016.

2016 May 27 * LAST MAN ON THE MOON
Gene Cernan A live show and movie screening revolving around the astronaut Gene Cernan will be held at the Perth Concert Hall starting at 1930LT. It will be repeated at the Orpheum Theatre in Sydney on May 30, the Astor Theatre in Melbourne on May 31 and the Canberra Theatre Centre in the ACT on June 2. For more details see Last Man on the Moon - Gene Cernan.

2016 Mar 09 * SOLAR ECLIPSE
Partial Solar Eclipse A partial solar eclipse will be visible from parts of Australia between about 0030 and 0200 UT. This eclipse will be visible north of a line from Perth to Brisbane. The eclipse will be total well to the north of Australia. For more details see Eclipses@NASA.

2016 Jan 11 - Feb 12 * SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE SUMMER SPACE PROGRAM
International Space University No ISU Summer School was held in Australia in 2015, but the University of South Australia will again host a summer space program for the International Space University in 2016. More details can be found at UNISA and ISU.