Why 2026 Is the Year to Discover the IAC, Where Space Professionals Return Year After Year

If you have never attended the IAC before, 2026 is the year to discover why generations of space professionals return year after year. Ask anyone who has experienced the Congress: once you attend the IAC, you never want to miss it again. Often described as the "Olympics of Space", the IAC is far more than a congress.

It is the annual celebration of humanity's greatest adventure. It is where the world's space community reconnects, where lifelong collaborations begin, where contracts are signed, and where the next chapter of space exploration is written. For over seven decades, the Congress has travelled across every inhabited continent – from Washington to Rio de Janeiro, from Cape Town to Sydney, across Europe and Asia – demonstrating that space has no borders.