3rd IAA Planetary Defense Conference

Protecting our planet from impacts by asteroids and comets

The International Academy of Astronautics will hold its third conference “Gathering for Impact!” from 15-19 April, 2013 in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Papers are solicited in the following areas:

• Planetary Defense
• Recent Progress & Plans
• NEO Discovery
• NEO Characterization
• Mitigation Techniques & Missions
• Impact Effects that Inform Warning, Mitigation & Costs
• Consequence Management & Education

The conference will include an exercise where participants will simulate the decision-making process for developing deflection and civil defense responses to a hypothetical asteroid threat.