What Are the Biggest Space Conferences and Events in April 2025? Here’s the Full List!
1st Apr 2025
April 2025 is shaping up to be a networking goldmine for business leaders, industry innovators, and space enthusiasts. It is packed with high-stakes space events where contracts get signed, startups get funded, and industry leaders reveal what’s next. Whether you’re hunting for investment opportunities, scouting talent, or just looking to be in the room where the future of space is being decided, this is your roadmap to the must-attend events of the month!
UK Space Events
1. 20th Military Space Situational Awareness Conference
When? 28-30 April
Where? Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London
It’s a key forum for military space education on overcoming awareness challenges in a competitive space. As Europe’s premier event for space domain awareness, join 250+ space professionals, 40+ speakers, and representatives from 20+ nations.
Immerse yourself in three days of innovation, collaboration with industry leaders, and insights from international military experts. Don’t miss this “must-attend” opportunity to shape the future of situational awareness, leaving with the tools to make an immediate impact in your organization.
Worldwide
9th European Conference on Space Debris
When? 1-4 April
Where? World Conference Center Bonn, Germany
It’s the largest dedicated gathering on the subject. Internationally renowned scientists, engineers, operators, industry experts, lawyers and policy makers meet here to discuss different aspects of space debris research, including measurement techniques, environment modelling theories, risk analysis techniques, protection designs, mitigation & remediation, as well linking with policy and regulation.
The 9th edition of this leading conference on space debris matters will provide a unique forum for information exchange, technical discussions and networking between space debris researchers, engineers & decision takers of industry, policy makers & space lawyers, insurance underwriters, space & ground system operators, institutional organizations (e.g. space agencies, EU, UN, IAA, COSPAR), academia, and the defense sector.
ESA Future Space Transportation Milestone Ceremony
When? 2 April
Where? Paris, France
In-person and hybrid event at ESA Headquarters in Paris. Building on the success of last year’s event, this ceremony will celebrate new milestones and progress within ESA’s Future Space Transportation initiatives. The event will feature:
- Review of the past 6 months activity of our Space Team Europe
- Award sessions
- Outcomes of the pilot case of FIRST! Technology Disruptors
- Key milestones for the next 6 months, including ambition and strategic directions for the oncoming CM25 Ministerial Council, shaping the future of European space transportation.
The event will also be the opportunity for the winning companies to present their value proposal to Space Transportation service providers, investors, potential users, Member States Delegations, ESA representatives and exchange with the European Space Transportation ecosystem. The ceremony will offer multiple networking opportunities throughout the event allowing participants to connect, exchange ideas, and create synergies with fellow industry leaders and innovators.
Aerospace Tech Week Europe 2025
When? 2-3 April 2025
Where? Munich, Germany
It is a premier event focused on technology, innovation, and connectivity in the aerospace sector. Bringing together 1,500+ industry experts, senior executives, and technical leaders, ATW serves as a key platform for discussions on emerging trends, challenges, and solutions in aviation and aerospace.
Space Generation Fusion Forum
When? 4 – 7 April 2025
Where? Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
A multi-day, high-intensity, fast-paced professional development and networking event focused on the global space industry. Students and young professionals from around the world, who are working and participating in all facets of the space community, apply to attend SGFF each year.
Through breakout sessions, expert panels, keynote presentations, and speed networking, SGFF delegates will “fuse” their unique perspectives and backgrounds to formulate solutions to global problems of interest and importance to the space community.
Who should attend? Students and young professionals — between the ages of 18 to 35 (inclusive) who are nationals of United Nations member states and are passionate about the space industry — are highly encouraged to apply for SGFF! Past delegates have attended from around the world and from a wide variety of disciplines.
40th Space Symposium
When? 7-10 April 2025
Where? The Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, United States
Space Symposium is the premier event uniting global space professionals from all sectors, providing a unique platform to explore critical space issues, foster dialogue, and drive innovation across the space industry.
The caliber of participants, the extraordinary venue, and the structure of the agenda create the perfect environment for connection. It’s the opportunity to network, meet with customers, and make things happen — all in one place, at one time.
Space Symposium attendees consistently represent all sectors of the space ecosystem from multiple spacefaring nations, space agencies, commercial space businesses and associated subcontractors, military, national security and intelligence organizations, cyber security organizations, federal and state government agencies and organizations, etc.
2025 Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference
When? 8-10 April 2025
Where? Brussels, Belgium
The ICNS Conference, which kicked off in 2001 in Cleveland, Ohio, as a NASA’s Glenn Research Center event that included the FAA and industry, and focused on domestic U.S. CNS activities, has become the leading international aviation event for CNS matters, addressing technology and policy advances in CNS research, development, and implementation programs, as well as policies related to CNS/ATM capabilities and applications.
CubeSat Developers Workshop 2025
When? 22-24 April 2025
Where? Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California, USA
The CubeSat Developers Workshop is an annual global conference dedicated to small satellite development. In most recent years, the conference has grown immensely with over 600 attendees and 50 countries represented.
Activities:
- Live presentations and technical sessions.
- Q&A panels with experts.
- Exhibit booths showcasing advancements in CubeSat technology.
- Hands-on demonstrations and networking opportunities.
Focus: The workshop is particularly beneficial for newcomers to the CubeSat community, offering opportunities to connect with seasoned professionals and gain insights into small satellite development
Assured PNT Summit
When? 23-24 April 2025
Where? National Housing Center, Washington, DC, USA
The 5th Annual APNT Summit will convene the relevant subject matter experts and solution providers from the DoD, federal government, academia, and industry to discuss strategies, policies, and technologies that are needed to boost resiliency and assure PNT services. The Summit will advance the development and integration of a robust, resilient PNT enterprise across the United States to support critical operations and national security.
KUBIK Symposium – 20 Years of Space Biology
When? 23-24 April 2025
Where? National Housing Center, Washington, DC, USA
To celebrate this milestone in a festive symposium, gathering scientists, engineers, and operators of KUBIK over the years. Attention will be given to the successful design philosophy, the scientific experiments performed, as well as the future perspectives in an era which will see more attention for commercial experimentation, as well as an outlook of exploration of moon and Mars.
Inter-Planetary Small Satellite Conference
When? 29 April – 1 May 2025
Where? California Institute Of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
This conference is organized by students, alumni, and staff from Caltech, MIT, Cornell, the University of Michigan, JPL, California Polytechnic State University, and NASA’s Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute. We look forward to welcoming the community back to ISSC to explore mission concepts, discuss emerging technologies, and foster “outside the box” thinking that will be critical to future interplanetary small satellite missions.
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