First Announcement and Call for Papers
16th International Space Conference of Pacific-basin Societies (ISCOPS)
Tokachi Plaza, Obihiro, Japan
November 19-22, 2024

Deadline for Abstracts: June 30, 2024
AIM OF THE CONFERENCE
The American Astronautical Society (AAS), the Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA) and the JapaneseRocket Society (JRS) are pleased to hold jointly the 16th International Space Conference of Pacific-basin
Societies (ISCOPS) from November 19-22, 2024 in Obihiro, Japan. The conference will provide a forum forspace decision-makers, experts, engineers and scientists to exchange ideas and experiences in spacetechnology and discuss the future of space development and its applications, mainly in the Pacific-basincountries, under the theme “DO Actions for Game Changing in Space Exploration”.
CONFERENCE VENUE AND LANGUAGE
The 16th ISCOPS will be held at the Tokachi Plaza, Obihiro, Japan. English will be the working languageof the conference.
MAIN SESSIONS
A. Plenary Session
B. Technical Sessions
B.1. Astrodynamics, Guidance and Control
B.2. Space Exploration and Space Robotics
B.3. Small Satellites, Formation Flying and Constellations
B.4. Space Materials, Structures, Power and Propulsion
B.5. Space Systems, Transportation, Payloads and InfrastructureB.6. Space Debris Protection, Mitigation and Removal
B.7. Space Laws and Regulations
C. International Students Conference and Competition (Graduate Level)
ABSTRACTS
Abstracts for proposed papers must be received by June 30, 2024. An abstract of 400 to 600 words in
English should be submitted to the regional representatives as indicated below with Microsoft Word and/orPDF documents as attachments. Student abstracts for Session C should clearly indicate the level (Mastersor Ph.D.) and the name of the student presenter. Supporting figures and tables are encouraged. Authors
are requested to prepare their abstracts as follows: single spacing; starting in the top quarter of the page
include title, full names of all authors, affiliation and mailing addresses of all authors, a designated contact
author, email addresses, phone numbers, and up to three key words. Authors are encouraged to suggest
the most suitable session for their presentation.
REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVESAAS – Professor Arun Misra
Department of Mechanical Engineering
McGill University
817 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, QC, CANADA H3A 0C3
Tel: +1-514-705-6288
Fax: +1-514-398-7365
Email: arun.misra@mcgill.ca(for North and South American and all other participants)

CSA – Ms. Zhang Yao
Department Director General
Chinese Society of Astronautics
No. 8 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing, CHINA
Tel: +86-10-68193081
Fax: +86-10-68768617
Email: csa_zhangyao@163.com(for Chinese participants)
CSA – Ms. Yang He
Division Director
Chinese Society of Astronautics
No. 8 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing, CHINA
Tel: +86-10-68372022
Fax: +86-10-68768617
Email: echo_yanghe@163.com(for Chinese participants)
JRS – Professor Satoshi Nonaka
The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA
3-1-1 Yoshinodai
Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210, JAPANFax: +81-42-759-8458
Email: nonaka.satoshi@jaxa.jp(for Japanese participants)
PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings will be published after the conference. Authors are requested to bring one hardcopy of theirown papers to the conference, plus a copy on a memory stick. Following the conference, authors will havetime to make corrections to their manuscripts before submission. Further details about the proceedings will
be provided in the second announcement.
CONFERENCE FEES
Full Participant
Full Participant (Retired)
All Student Participants
Accompanying Person

JPY 55,000
JPY 35,000
JPY 10,000
JPY 10,000

Full participant and student registration fees include admission to all technical sessions and social programs,including the welcome reception, the award banquet, coffee breaks, and a half-day technical visit, as wellas the proceedings of the conference.
SPARK MATSUNAGA MEMORIAL AWARD
During the conference, the Tenth Spark Matsunaga Memorial Award will be presented to a person from thePacific region who has made distinguished contributions to regional or global space cooperation. In orderto simplify the process of selection, the following principles agreed by the AAS, CSA and JRS will befollowed:
 Each ISCOPS in principle will select one winner.
 The winner should be selected from the candidates nominated by the host society from their own country.
 The other two societies are asked to respect the hosting society’s nomination and support the selectedwinner.
 One additional winner from another pacific-basin country not involved with hosting future ISCOPS might
be possible upon the agreements by the three societies. Nominations, including a nomination letter, onepage supporting document, and an additional letter of reference, should reach the Matsunaga Award
Committee at JRS regional representative by September 30, 2024.
TECHNICAL VISIT
A half-day technical visit will be organized on Friday afternoon, November 22, 2024 free of charge for fulland student participants. Roundtrip bus transportation will be provided from the conference site. All
participants of the technical tour must be pre-registered, even if conference fees will be paid at theconference. Names, affiliations, addresses, and passport information must be provided. At the time of thevisit, all participants must display passports. Further details will be provided in the second announcement.
SOCIAL EVENTSThe welcome reception will be held on the evening of November 19. A banquet will be held on the eveningof November 22, together with the award presentations for full and student participants. Additional banquet
tickets may be purchased for JPY 10,000.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Obihiro has a wide range of accommodation with a variety of options in every budget range. A list ofrecommended hotels will be included in the second announcement.
TECHNICAL CO-CHAIRPERSONSAASCSAJRSProf. Arun Misra
Mr. Chen Jie
Prof. Satoshi Nonaka

VISAS
Certain participants of the 16th ISCOPS will require visas to enter Japan. Those participants should identify
themselves as soon as possible, and official individual letters of invitation will be sent on behalf of ISCOPS,
signed by an appropriate Japanese ISCOPS official.
____________________________________________________________________________________For additional information, please contact Professor Satoshi Nonaka.
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science 3-1-1, Yoshinodai, Chuo, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210,
JAPAN.
Email: nonaka.satoshi@jaxa.jp____________________________________________________________________________________