Space science conference spotlights AI-driven innovation, exploration

The Second International Conference on Space Science and Technology (Suzhou Session), organized by Beijing Institute of Technology, attracted participation from over 300 experts and enterprise representatives from more than 10 countries and regions.

Taking place from Thursday to Saturday in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, the event aimed to accelerate frontier research and innovation in space exploration, foster interdisciplinary collaboration through global knowledge sharing, and gather wisdom for humanity's deep-space adventures, according to a news release from the organizing committee.

Co-organized by the academic journal Space: Science and Technology, the National Key Laboratory of Target Cognition and Application Technology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Aerospace Information Research Institute, as well as Soochow University, the conference featured attendance and keynote speeches by Ye Peijian, an academician of the CAS and one of China's top space scientists, and a number of preeminent space researchers from home and abroad.

The conference consisted of one main forum and four sub-forums, hosting more than 30 speeches related to critical challenges in space exploration. Topics discussed at the event covered scientific breakthroughs in deep-space exploration, AI-driven space technology innovation, spacecraft dynamics and control systems, and intelligent data processing technology.

Participants also shared their opinions about solar system exploration, lunar research station construction, and next-generation space communications.

Following the Suzhou leg, the second session of the conference will take place at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University's One North campus from July 22 to 24, gathering global experts and industry leaders for knowledge sharing and consensus-building in cosmic exploration, according to organizers.

The First International Conference on Space Science and Technology was held in Beijing in June 2024, having more than 200 representatives from universities and research institutes involved in the space industry.