Global Space Development Summit

Last April in Beijing, in cooperation with the Chinese Society for Astronautics, CSIS organized the first Global Space Development Summit. The event was well attended by representatives from 15 countries, including leaders of the aerospace industry and space agencies, academia, representatives from non-profit and international organizations, US congressmen, and diplomats.

Click here for the agenda and presentations from the first summit.

Participants at the first Global Space Development Summit wrote what has become the Beijing Declaration. The Declaration focuses on two main areas—continued international collaboration on earth observations and support for the Group on Earth Observation (GEO), and an international effort to establish a lunar base. This Declaration is currently endorsed by numerous individuals from around the world, from governments, non profit organizations, industry, and academia, and we continue to gather signatures.

Click here for the Beijing Declaration.

The second Global Space Development Summit will take place in Washington, DC in November 2009. The second summit will be co-organized by AIAA, the Chinese Society for Astronautics, CSIS, and the Space Foundation, and co-sponsored by the American Astronautical Society, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Astronautical Federation.

More information about the second Global Space Development Summit can be found here.