Get involved in the 2022 edition of the UN/Austria Symposium

Like every year since 1994, the UN/Austria Symposium is an opportunity to open the discussion between a wide range of stakeholders – from academia to private entities – on a variety of themes, from the use of space for sustainable development to international collaboration.

After a 2021 edition focused on space applications for food security, this year will be devoted to “experiences and best practices in mitigating and adapting to climate change and supporting sustainability on Earth”. In other words, the event will showcaseconcrete initiatives that manage to leverage space-derived knowledge, methodologies and technologies to actively contribute to mitigation and adaptation to climate change. It will also be an opportunity to demonstrate how the space sector is being adapted to reduce its own impact on the climate crisis.

Contribute to the 2022 edition

The programme, centred around keynote presentations, roundtables, specific presentations and short pitches, is currently being developed. A call for abstracts has been opened, on three different topics:

• Case studies, ideally at the country-level, on using space data for adaptation to the climate crisis;
• Specific recent innovative use of space applications to mitigate the impact of contributors to the climate crisis, in the areas of transport, energy production, or food production;
• Changes in space engineering practices to reduce the contribution of space activities to the climate crisis.

You can:

• submit your presentations until 30 June 2022 and register to attend the symposium until 7 September 2022 by filling the registration form online;
• read more about the event on the dedicated UNOOSA website.