The ETF is taking place on the 08. and 09. September 2025 in Brno, Czech Republic and is open to the public. Please see the registration page for more information.
The 35th ICAS congress is taking place from the 13. to 17. Spetember 2026 in Sydney, Australia. Please see the landing page for more information.
The 36th ICAS congress is taking place September 2028 in Montreal, Canada. Exact dates have not been fixed yet.
Membership of ICAS is open only to national societies according to their statutes dedicated to the advancement
of the science of aeronautics (or aeronautics and space), having their seat in a nation which has been recognized by the United Nations.
Per nation only one Member Society can be admitted.
The Status of ICAS Associate
Member can be obtained by societies from the same nation
as a Member and industrial companies, research organisations
and others approved by the ICAS Executive Committee.
EVENT
TIME
LOCATION
ETF MEETING 2025
08.-09. September 2025
Brno, Czech Republic
Congress 2026
13.-17. September 2026
Sydney, Australia
The ICAS organisation consists of two corporate bodies, the Council (being the assembly of Member Societies), having all authority other than the authority given to others according to the law or these Statutes and the Executive Committee, responsible for the management of ICAS. The Council appoints the Executive Committee for a two year period.
Since 2011 the ICAS Secretariat is hosted by the German
member society Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt.
Axel Probst is the ICAS Executive Secretary. He is assisted
by Bodo Heinrichs as ICAS Coordinator.
c/o DGLR
Godesberger Allee 70
53175 BONN, Germany
Phone: +49.228.3080519
Fax: +49.228.3080524
E-mail: icas(at)icas.org
"ICAS – The first Fifty Years", edited by F.J. Stark and finalised in 2008, when ICAS
celebrated its 50th anniversary, can be downloaded here.
A short summary about the history of ICAS, as included in the ICAS 2008 Congress Programme,
can be downloaded (here).
The first Guggenheim Lecture in 1958 was held by T. von Karman and he provides, as an introduction,
some interesting backg-round on how it all started. His lecture can be downloded (here).
The lecture "ICAS - THE FIRST 50 YEARS“ presented at ICAS 2008 by Dr John E. Green can be downloaded
here.
The locations of the ICAS Congresses over the past decades are listed on the page "History".
