image: The Second International Conference on Space Science and Technology Opens Grandly in Suzhou!
Credit: Organizing Committee of ICSST
From May 22 to 24, 2025, The Second International Conference on Space Science and Technology (Suzhou venue) was successfully held in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province! Over 300 experts, scholars, and corporate representatives in the aerospace field from more than ten countries and regions around the world gathered together to create an academic grand event. This conference focuses on further promoting cutting-edge research and innovative applications in the aerospace field, leading the rapid integration and technological breakthroughs of aerospace cross-disciplinary sciences. Taking the exchange of innovative achievements as an opportunity, it builds a “smart bond” for global cooperation in aerospace science and technology, jointly draws a “future blueprint” for collaborative innovation in space exploration, and gathers cutting-edge insights and collective wisdom for humanity's journey to deep space.
This conference was hosted by Beijing Institute of Technology and undertaken by Space: Science & Technology, the National Key Laboratory of Target Cognition and Application Technology of the Institute of Space Information Innovation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Soochow University. Academician Ye Peijian, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and recipient of the national honorary title of “People's Scientist,” served as the honorary chairman of the conference. Academician Jiang Lan of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, and Academician Chen Xiaoqian of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and researcher at the Military Academy of the People's Liberation Army of China, served as the co-chairs of the conference.
Academician Ye Peijian, Academician Chen Xiaoqian, and Vice President Pang Siping of Beijing Institute of Technology delivered opening speeches. Attending the conference and giving reports at the main forum were Academician Wang Chi, Academician Zhu Meifang, Professor Lv Jinhu of Beihang University, Researcher Pei Zhaoyu of the Lunar Exploration and Space Engineering Center of the China National Space Administration, Academician Arun K. Misra of the International Academy of Astronautics, Professor Wen Chih-Yung of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Professor Dusit Niyato of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Academician Zheng Hong George Zhu of the International Academy of Astronautics, Researcher Simone Dell’Agnello of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, and Professor Massimiliano Vasile of the University of Strathclyde in the UK. In addition, many foreign experts and scholars from the Royal Astronomical Society of the UK, the French National Observatory, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, the University of Southampton in the UK, and the Moscow State Technical University named after N.E. Bauman were invited to attend the conference and give reports at the sub-forums.
The conference featured one main forum and four sub-forums, focusing on key technologies in the aerospace field for in-depth discussions. A total of over 30 high-quality special reports presented the latest research results in the international aerospace field. The reports focused on four major themes: Deep Space Exploration: Key Scientific and Technological Challenges,Smart Innovations in Space Technology: Frontier Research and Applications, Dynamics and Control in Complex Aerospace Missions, and Aerospace Information Intelligent Processing and Application Services. They covered cutting-edge directions such as astrophysics, planetary science, artificial intelligence, metamaterials, and 6G communications, focusing on overcoming key technological bottlenecks and proposing solutions to hot issues in global aerospace research such as solar system margin exploration, lunar research station construction, and terahertz communications.
This international academic symposium carefully built a global aerospace elite dialogue platform and constructed a global academic cooperation network. Focusing on core research issues and cutting-edge research progress in the aerospace field, the experts and scholars from all walks of life had intense discussions that sparked wisdom. This is conducive to cultivating an aerospace innovation ecosystem and promoting cross-disciplinary collaborative innovation. Commercial aerospace enterprises and scientific research institutes such as Mino Space,HIT Satellite, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University / Sino-Russian International Joint Research Center for Aerospace Innovation Technology, Lan Yue electromechanical , and Huayu Space co strongly supported the conference, helping to accelerate the transformation of scientific research results and the coordinated development of industrial applications, and jointly injecting new kinetic energy into the sustainable development of human aerospace endeavors.
The afterglow of the conference results has not yet faded. The Second International Conference on Space Science and Technology (Singapore venue) will set sail at the One North campus of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore from July 22 to 24, 2025. We warmly look forward to global aerospace experts, scholars, and industry leaders coming together to exchange ideas, build industry consensus, and share cutting-edge achievements, providing intellectual support and practical paradigms for humanity's exploration of the vast universe.