The International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) is a worldwide institution, established as an international forum for individual national aeronautical professional associations.
History It was formed on 29 January 1957 at a conference in the US.History The first ICAS Congress was held in Spain in 1958. Frank Wattendorf, of AGARD, was the first Director.
A second meeting was held in Paris, with Hugh Latimer Dryden of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and representatives from ONERA (Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales), the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), the WGL (now the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt), the Association Française des Ingénieurs et Techniciens de l'Aéronautique (now the Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France), and the Aeronautical Research Institute of Sweden.
Congresses ICAS holds an international congress every two years. The congresses are listed below by number, year, and location.
Year Location Year Location 1 1958 Madrid, Spain 19 1994 Anaheim, United States 2 1960 Zurich, Switzerland 20 1996 Sorrento, Italy 3 1962 Stockholm, Sweden 21 1998 Melbourne, Australia 4 1964 Paris, France 22 2000 Harrogate, United Kingdom 5 1966 London, United Kingdom 23 2002 Toronto, Canada 6 1968 Munich, Germany 24 2004 Yokohama, Japan 7 1970 Rome, Italy 25 2006 Hamburg, Germany 8 1972 Amsterdam, Netherlands 26 2008 Anchorage, United States 9 1974 Haifa, Israel 27 2010 Nice, France 10 1976 Ottawa, Canada 28 2012 Brisbane, Australia 11 1978 Lisbon, Portugal 29 2014 St Petersburg, Russia 12 1980 Munich, Germany 30 2016 Daejeon, South Korea 13 1982 Seattle, United States 31 2018 Belo Horizonte, Brazil 14 1984 Toulouse, France 32 2021 Shanghai, China 15 1986 London, United Kingdom 33 2022 Stockholm, Sweden 16 1988 Jerusalem, Israel 34 2024 Florence, Italy 17 1990 Stockholm, Sweden 35 2026 Sydney, Australia 18 1992 Beijing, China
Presidents Raymond L. Bisplinghoff 1978 Boris Laschka 1986 Paolo Santini 1990 Murray Scott 2013 Christian Mari 2015 Susan Ying 2017 Shinji Suzuki 2017 Dimitri Mavris 2023
Structure The secretariat of ICAS is at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Bonn. It was first headquartered at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the DLR from 1978, the RAeS in 1986, the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Luchtvaarttechniek from 1990, the AAAF (Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France) from 1997, then Sweden from 2002, and Germany from January 2011.
See also Council of European Aerospace Societies (CEAS) Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) International Astronautical Federation
References
External links ICAS