The 13th IFAR Summit took place in Prague from 17th to 20th October and was hosted by VZLU.

The 12th IFAR Summit 2021 was hosted by the Lukasiewicz Institute of Aviation (ILOT), Warsaw, which is celebrating its 95th anniversary this year and was to take place from 18th to 21st October 2021. The chosen summit theme was Sustainable Aviation.

In Part Two of the 11^th IFAR Summit 2020 its host, the National Research of Canada, (NRC), Ottawa and its Chair, the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI), Moscow drew the focus of the overall summit theme “Enabling the Future – Certfication and Regulation” onto industry and researchers.

The first part of the 11th IFAR Summit 2020 was held as a virtual conference for the first time ever on the 3^rd and 5^th of November 2020, hosted by the National Research Council Canada (NRC) and chaired by the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute in Moscow (TsAGI).

Congratulations to IFAR Founder Joachim Szodruch and retired NASA Associate Administrator Jaiwon Shin on your AIAA International Cooperation Award. As it was not possible to celebrate in person the AIAA has made a video to show some of the winners' achievements and honour their long-term achievements within the aerospace community. Enjoy the clip !

11th IFAR Summit will held at the invitation of NRC, National Research Council Canada, in Ottawa - Montreal, November 2-5th 2020

The 10th IFAR Summit "Zero Emisson in 2050" took place from 24 - 26 September 2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Information on the 10th Summit and IFAR are included in a press note and a video interviews with a selected group of IFAR Principals, see https://www.nlr.org/news/ifar-2019/.

The 9th IFAR Summit was held at the invitation of the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, TsAGI, Russia in Moscow from 27 – 29 November 2018. A technical tour and the participation of IFAR in the International Scientific and Business Forum dedicated to TsAGI's 100^th anniversary  completed the program of IFAR`s high level representatives  in Moscow.

The 8th IFAR Summit held at the invitation of CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) in Pretoria, South Africa, from 23 to 25 October 2017, see 

https://www.csir.co.za/csir-hosts-global-leaders-aviation-and-aeronautics-research-first-time-south-africa

On the occasion of the 7th annual IFAR Summit, the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) hosted 18 member organizations in Daejeon, South Korea from 27 to 29 September 2016. The participants exchanged information on members´ aviation research focus areas, discussed collaborative activities with internal and external partners and considered issues of common interests.  In addition, the participants took part in a technical tour of the KARI facilities in Daejeon, gave an IFAR plenary lecture on air traffic management (ATM) related global challenges as a status of IFAR’s ATM Working Group activities at the 30th Congress of the International Council for Aeronautical Sciences, and met with the IFAR early careers networks (ECN) participants of the 4th IFAR Young Researcher’s Conference (YRC).  The ECN’s held their conference in Daejeon at the same time as the summit and they were able to interact with IFAR participants on a number of occasions.

Eleven young researchers from nine member organizations (NRC, NASA, CAE, TsAGI, KARI, JAXA, DLR, ONERA, INCAS) participated in the YRC 2016, which was organized in parallel to the summit and hosted by KARI, presented the ECEN proposal as one of main themes over their five-day program.  

VC Plan will be provided soon

On the occasion of the 6th annual IFAR Summit, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States hosted 21 member organizations at Ames Research Center, which is located in Moffett Field in California from 6 to 8 October 2015. In addition to discussing its technical collaborative activities, IFAR’s sustainability, and IFAR’s strategic plan, the Summit also included an industry tour of Google’s Project Wing drone-delivery program and a tour of Ames Research Center (ARC).

In order to further contribute to the development of IFAR, CAE is proposing to host the 5th IFAR Summit 2014.
The 4 days event will include a Plenary Forum, a Young Researcher Conference, attending the Zhuhai Airshow, visit AVIC General Aircraft Company CAIGA, and a meeting of IFAR SC in advance of the Summit.

4th IFAR Summit 2013 in Moscow/Russia

The 4th IFAR Summit 2013 was held in Moscow, from 24 to 28 August 2013, during the occasion of the International Aviation and Space Salon (MAKS).  Central AeroHydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) hosted senior level representatives from 22 of the IFAR participating organizations.  Under the main theme of the summit and the accompanying events, ”Future of Aviation,“ the members evaluated the progress of IFAR work and decided on their future activities, see Declaration.

IFAR – International Forum for Aviation Research

Press note: IFAR Summit, 13 – 14 October 2012, Nagoya, Japan

The International Forum for Aviation Research (IFAR) is the world´s only aviation research establishment network connecting the government-supported aviation research community worldwide. IFAR aims to be a cooperative forum for exchange among aviation research organisations in view of the increasing demands for aviation research on a global level. IFAR aims to support its Members in the implementation of their research aims. IFAR was founded in 2010. Currently 23 aviation research organizations are associated under the umbrella of IFAR on a voluntary, non-binding basis.

プレスへのお知らせ：IFAR　国際航空研究フォーラム

2012年10月13~14日　名古屋にて

国 際航空研究フォーラム（IFAR）は、世界の政府関連航空研究コミュニティ連携のための世界で唯一の航空研究組織ネットワークです。IFARは、地球規模 での航空研究需要の拡大を視野に入れ、航空研究機関が交流を行うための協力フォーラムとなることを目指しています。IFARは、そのメンバーの研究目標の 実施を支援することを目的としています。IFARは、2010年に設立され、現在23航空研究機関がその枠組みの下、自発的、非拘束的な協力を原則として 連携しています。

On invitation of JAXA the next IFAR Summit will take place in Nagoya, Japan from 13th - 14th October 2012. The Summit will be connected with a JAXA Aeronautics Symposium in Nagoya on 12th October 2012.

The next IFAR Summit will take place at Château de Méry in Méry-sur-Oise, France, 18th - 19th June 2011, immediately before the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget. ONERA will be hosting this IFAR Summit on behalf of the IFAR members and therefore invited 23 contries and organisations to meet at Château de Méry.

Today we are lauching this website of the International Forum for Aviation Research (IFAR).

The website will contain all information about the former Summits as well as details for upcoming events. There will be an internal area for participants of IFAR which can serve as an information and discussion platform.