Res Communis

Save the date: 5th IAASS Conference, Paris October 17-19, 2011

by Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty

Source: ESA

Fifth IAASS Conference

A Safer Space for a Safer World

Versailles, Paris

17-19 October 2011

Conference Main Topics

• Designing safety into space vehicles
• Safety on long duration manned missions
• Safety of extravehicular activities
• Launch range safety (current and future)
• Space debris remediation
• Spacecraft re-entry safety
• Payload safety
• Nuclear safety for space systems
• Human factors and performance for safety
• Safety critical software design and IVV
• Safety risk management
• Probabilistic risk assessment
• Organisational culture and safety
• Regulations and standards for safety
• Space-based safety critical systems
• Space traffic control
• Operations safety
• Space materials safety
• Safe & Rescue
• Commercial human spaceflight safety
• Lessons learned from space accidents and clause calls

Contributed papers are welcome. Papers will be selected on submitted abstracts. The abstract (approximately 500 words) should clearly outline the papers’s major elements of interest and its originality. All abstracts should be submitted by 30 May 2011.The authors will be notified of the selection outcome by 30 June 2011. For Abstract submissions click here.

For more information about the conference please click here.