COSPAR Scientific Assemblies are held every two years (even numbered years). These events attract currently between 2000 and 3000 participants. National COSPAR Committees interested in organizing a Scientific Assembly are invited to contact the COSPAR Secretariat (aaron.janofsky – at – cosparhq.cnes.fr) for further details. Please note that expressions of interest and bids will only be accepted from appropriate national scientific institutional authorities. General Guidelines for Organizing COSPAR Scientific Assemblies. COSPAR Assembly Requirements Document.
NEXT ASSEMBLY: 46th Scientific Assembly, Florence, Italy
The 46th COSPAR Scientific Assembly will be held 1 – 9 August 2026. The Call for Abstracts/Announcement will be available here and via a link in the August 2025 issue of Space Research Today, COSPAR’s information bulletin. Much Assembly information, especially concerning the scientific program, will be included in this issue. No second announcement will be published or sent although all information, as well as the updated program, will be posted as it becomes available and will be accessible by clicking the “46th COSPAR Scientific Assembly” link. Registration, accommodation, and other logistical information will be available on the website of the COSPAR 2026 Local Organizing Committee. |
Past Assemblies
The complete scientific programs for Assemblies from 2008 on may be consulted by using the Assembly link above, clicking on “Downloads” and then “Final Program XXXX”. Abstracts and individual scientific event programs are available by clicking “Scientific Programs” and then either “Abstract CD XXXX” or “Assembly Browser.”
2024 – Busan, South Korea
2022 – Athens, Greece
2021 – Sydney, Australia (virtual due to pandemic)
2018 – Pasadena, CA, USA
2016 – Istanbul, Turkey (Assembly cancelled)
2014 – Moscow, Russia
2012 – Mysore, India
2010 – Bremen, Germany
2008 – Montréal, Canada
2006 – Beijing, China
2004 – Paris, France
2002 – Houston, Texas, USA
2000 – Warsaw, Poland
1998 – Nagoya, Japan
1996 – Birmingham, UK
1994 – Hamburg, Germany
1992 – Washington, DC, USA
1990 – The Hague, Netherlands
1988 – Espoo, Finland
1986 – Toulouse, France
1984 – Graz, Austria
1982 – Ottawa, Canada
1980 – Budapest, Hungary
1979 – Bangalore, India
1978 – Innsbruck, Austria
1977 – Tel-Aviv, Israel
1976 – Philadelphia, PA, USA
1975 – Varna, Bulgaria
1974 – Sao Paulo, Brazil
1973 – Konstanz, Germany
1972 – Madrid, Spain
1971 – Seattle, WA, USA
1970 – Leningrad, USSR
1969 – Prague, Czechoslovakia
1968 – Tokyo, Japan
1967 – London, UK
1966 – Vienna, Austria
1965 – Mar del Plata, Argentina
1964 – Florence, Italy
1963 – Warsaw, Poland
1962 – Washington, DC, USA
1961 – Florence, Italy
1960 – Nice, France
1959 – The Hague, Netherlands
1958 – London, UK