Global Space Development Summit

In April 2008, in cooperation with the Chinese Society for Astronautics, CSIS organized the first Global Space Development Summit in Beijing. 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 endorsed by numerous individuals from around the world, from governments, nonprofit organizations, industry, and academia.

Click here for the Beijing Declaration.

The second Global Space Development Summit took place in Washington, DC in November 2009. The second summit, 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, brought together 150 participants over the course of two days to discuss human space exploration and Earth observation.

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