ASCEND

ASCEND is the world’s first outcomes-focused, transdisciplinary conference designed to accelerate the building of our off-world future.  It’s the premier opportunity to collaborate with 3,000+ civil and government leaders, national-security experts, engineers, innovators, businesspeople, policymakers, investors, researchers, and media to address the big questions and challenges facing the future of space and human civilization.

1. Accelerating the near-term commercialization of space
2. Enabling the long-term human exploration and settlement of space
3. Exploring the security, policy, and legal ramifications of space endeavors

ASCEND truly is 2020’s most consequential, hands-on, immersive event accelerating space commerce, exploration and new discovery.

Your contributions at ascend won’t just influence the debate but the course of humanity.

Building upon AIAA’s core expertise at the forefront of aerospace technology, ASCEND seeks to expand the space ecosystem and connect its stakeholders to learn, network, test, build and problem-solve together. ASCEND is calling for papers, presentations, and other inputs from a wide range of experts. We seek to explore emerging space-related applications and opportunities across all industries, including aerospace, agriculture, construction, entertainment, hospitality, manufacturing, mining, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and more.

Consider submitting an abstract in the following areas during ASCEND's Call for Content: 

• National Science Priorities
• National Security Space
• Space Policy and Law
• Space Resource Utilization
• and more...