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As part of its foresight mission and analysis of emerging sectors, the OECD IFP has launched a Space Forum to help space agencies and governments take stock of the opportunities and challenges of the space sector. The Forum's mission is to investigate the economic dimensions and implications of the space infrastructure for the larger economy.
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New publication: The Space Economy at a Glance 2011
30-Jun-2011
This new publication paints an updated and richly detailed picture of the space industry, its downstream services activities, and its wider economic and social impacts. Read the key findings or get the full report.
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Successful workshop on the possible socio-economic contributions of space applications
23-Dec-2010
The Space Forum's Working Group met on Sept. 25th 2010 on the theme “Valuing the socio economic contributions of space applications: techniques and lessons learned”. This original workshop feeds into the OECD Secretariat analysis of potential socio economic contributions derived from space applications. Thirty participants coming from agencies, the private sector, academia and national delegations benefitted from presentations by invited experts (P. Cohendet, I. Leveson, M. Macauley, G. Graziola, H. Hertzfeld) and by the Secretariat.
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The space sector during the economic crisis: trends to be presented at the Toulouse Space Show
from 09-Jun-2010 to 10-Jun-2010
The OECD/IFP will present recent statistics and trends on the space sector during the "Toulouse Space Show", a large congress organised every two years in Toulouse by the space community.
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Economists and practioners examine space sector's statistics
18-Mar-2010
The 4th meeting of the Technical Committee on the Space Economy was held on 23 March 2010 in Paris, during the traditional spring meetings of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). This group gathers practioners and experts, including the OECD / IFP, twice a year to exchange on their national practices and lessons learned concerning space sector's economic data. They also discussed the first ever session entitled "the Space Economy in Figures" to take place in Prague during the International Astronautical Congress, in September 2010.
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SPACE 2030
Space technologies have the potential to provide practical responses to society’s major challenges. This report explores how governments could use space more effectively to address society's needs.
SPACE 2030: Tackling Society's Challenges
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