News and events

• An OECD workshop on the impacts of national investments in the space sector will take place on 13 June 2014, at the OECD.
• The OECD Space Forum contributed to the “Vision 2030” workshop organised by the European Space Agency on ESA’s future role in Europe, at its headquarters in Paris on 20 March 2014.
• The IAF Space Economy Technical Committee met in Paris on 19 March, to select papers for the annual dedicated economic session at the International Astronautical Congress, to be held in Toronto in early October 2014. Twelve papers have been selected for this session entitled:  “The space economy: what are the socio-economic impacts?”.
• An OECD workshop on global value chains in the space sector took place in Washington DC, on 14 March 2014, co-organised with NASA. This was a follow-up workshop to the one organized in OECD, Paris in October.
• A January 2014 report from IFRI on “Governing the Geostationary Orbit: Orbital Slots and Spectrum Use in an Era of Interference” features selected findings from the OECD Space Forum on interferences of satellite signals.
• The OECD Space Forum was invited to contribute a presentation on 3 December 2013 to a high level space conference in the presence of  Members of the French Parliament, industry and other dignitaries.  (“L'espace, des services quotidiens et des retombées méconnues”) 

Past news and events

Publications 

	OECD Handbook on Measuring the Space Economy 2012 This publication provides a summary of the key methodological issues surrounding indicators and statistics on the space sector and the larger space economy.
	The Space Economy at a Glance 2011 This new edition paints an updated and richly detailed picture of the space industry, its downstream services activities, and its wider economic and social impacts.
	Space Technologies and Climate Change: Implications for Water Management, Marine Resources and Maritime Transport This book examines the contributions that space technologies can make in tackling some of the serious problems posed by climate change.
	Space 2030: Tackling Society's Challenges This book assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the institutional, legal and regulatory frameworks that currently govern space activities in the OECD area and beyond.
	Space 2030: Exploring the Future of Space Applications Where is the space sector heading now? What are the obstacles to its further development? What are its future prospects? What are the applications that are likely to be successful in the future?