Adelaide Looses bid for IAC 2014

Adelaide has lost the rights to host the International Astronautical Congress in 2014 after the IAC endorsed the Canadian bid to host the congress in Toronto.

Adelaide was one of four valid bids received by the IAF before the Feb 1st deadline, which included:

• Adelaide, Australia
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Jerusalem, Israel
• Toronto, Canada

The IAF announcement can be found here. Congratulations to the Canadian team, although we wish that the Adelaide bid could have been successful. Perhaps next time!

Adelaide submits bid to host the 2014 International Astronautical Congress

Adelaide has just submitted a bid in Paris to host the 2014 International Astronautical Congress. Over the summer period, a team supported by many different government agencies have worked together to produce a strong bid that has good state and federal government support.

The IAC which is hosted by the International Astronautical Federation, is one of the most important events globally in the Space Industry, and is attended by around 2500 delegates including many space agency executives and industry leaders from around the world. Australia most recently hosted the IAC in Melbourne in 1998 and stands a strong chance to again host the event in 2014.

The bid team have released a website - http://www.adelaideiacbid.com/ in conjunction with their submission - I encourage you to head over and take a look.

I have no doubt that we will be hearing a lot more about this in the coming months - a decision is expected by early April.