Dear colleagues,

Please submit your abstracts to International Astronautical Congress 2009 in Daejeon, South Korea, October 12-16. http://www.iafastro.org/fileadmin/template/main/Documents/2008/Korea_Call.pdf To submit an abstract you need to sign in/join on IAF front page http://www.iafastro.org and choose a session:

Symposium E5. SPACE ACTIVITY AND SOCIETY.

Session E5.3. The Architecture of Space: New Frontiers of 21st Century Space Architecture and Entrepreneurship for a New Generation of Explorers.

Description:

The IAA Study Group 6.9, The Architecture of Space: Tools for Development in the 21st Century concluded in 2008 at the IAC in Glasgow.

Continuing development with the related theme from Space and Society Symposiums sessions, Valencia 2006, Hyderabad 2007 and Glasgow 2008, the multi-disciplinary aspects of Space Architecture, Space Tourism and Entrepreneurship will be addressed. This session seeks papers on topics including, but not limited to: integration and applications of synergetic design efforts involving architecture, human factors, ergonomics, man-machine interfaces, information technology, life-support systems, entrepreneurship opportunities, psychology, art, and sociology.

Richard Clar, chairman
Olga Bannova, chairman
David Wong, rapporteur

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Olga Bannova <obannova@uh.edu>

Research Assistant Professor

Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture

122 College of Architecture Bldg., University of Houston

tel. +1 713 743 2352

fax +1 713 743 2356