Call for Abstracts 23rd Australian Space Research Conference - December 2 to 4, 2024

The 23rd Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC) is planned as a 3 day conference to be held in Sydney over December 2 to 4, 2024 at the University of NSW (Kensington Campus).

This conference is organised by the National Space Society of Australia, Mars Society Australia and members of the Australian space research community with a heritage of organising 16 successful meetings to date.

The ASRC is the primary annual meeting for Australian space research.

It welcomes researchers, engineers, educators, business and policy, and other workers from across the university, industry and government parts of the space sector, and is not limited to Australian-based research. International participants are most welcome.

Researchers who submitted abstracts for the cancelled Perth conference, have been contacted by the organising committee, and hopefully still be able to present their work in December to their peers.

We are now accepting additional abstracts until September 13. For submitting an abstract please visit the URL: http://www.nssa.com.au/asrc2024

With a commitment to equality and diversity, and to encourage the next generation, we especially welcome abstracts from women, minority groups, and from students.

The scope of the conference covers both fundamental and applied research related to space science, engineering and technologies, including the following:

• Space science, including space and atmospheric physics, Earth observation and remote sensing, planetary sciences, astrobiology, and space-based astronomy and astrophysics
• Space medicine, space life sciences and human habitability
• Space engineering and technology, including communications, navigation, space operations, propulsion, and spacecraft design, testing, and operation.
• Space industry and space business
• Space archaeology and indigenous sky knowledge (or archaeoastronomy)
• Space situational awareness (SSA), space domain awareness (SDA), and space weather
• Current and future Australian space projects
• Space policy, international relations and law
• Space sector workforce development, education and outreach
   

Key Dates

• Opening date for ASRC abstracts - 30 August 2024
• Closing date for ASRC abstracts - 13 September 2023
• Registration opens - 20 September 2024
• Acceptance of ASRC abstracts - 20 September 2024
• Draft Program Available - 7 October 2024
• Conference Starts - 2 December 2024

Student prizes will be awarded to the most outstanding oral presentations in several categories (e.g. HDR, UG). Winners are announced and presented with their prize at the end of the conference.

A female Early Career Researcher award is also presented to recognise professional achievement in space science and promotion of STEM diversity and inclusion.

All interested are invited to attend. Please also make the conference known to your colleagues.

You may email asrcconference@nssa.com.au for more information.