SGC History
The Space Generation Congress was born out of the need of the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) to bring youth together and create a worldwide network of young space enthusiasts who will lead humanity in space in the coming decades.
The SGAC took form after the 1999 UNISPACE III conference (the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space) in Vienna, and was charged to make recommendations to the UN committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS), through raising awareness and exchange of fresh ideas by youth.
The SGAC is a daughter organization of the Space Generation Foundation, a foundation dedicated to ``finding everyone committed to using space to make a difference and inspiring them, connecting them, training them and holding them to that'' and co-founded by Peter Diamandis and Bob Richards ( X-Prize Foundation, International Space University). Furthermore, the SGAC holds permanent observer status in the UN COPUOS and is a member of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF).
The SGC invites ~160 delegates from across the planet (through a competitive selection process) to come and discuss the requirements that must be met for human kind to get out of the Earth cradle. The discussion groups are very broad and range, for example, from engineering, to public outreach, through life science.
The Annual Space Generation Congress is held in conjunction with the IAC and supported by the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs.
The official language of the Congress is English.
Receive the lastest announcements, discuss space-related topics with other members.