In this section, past conferences and symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics are listed up to 2011. Older conferences are available in the History section.

- 24-29 January 2011,  1st IAA Conference on University Satellites Missions and 1st CubeSat Winter Workshop in Europe, Roma, Italy

- 04-08 April 2011, 8th IAA Symposium on Small Satellite for Earth Observation, Berlin, Germany

- 11-15 April 2011, 18th Humans in Space Symposium "Integration and Cooperation in the Next Golden Age of Human Space Flight", Houston, Texas

- 20-22 April 2011, 3rd International Conference on Advanced Space Technologies for Humankind Prosperity (Space Technologies: present and future), Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine

- 10-13 May 2011, 2nd IAA Planetary Defense Conference, Bucharest, Romania

- 30 May - 1st June 2011, 2nd International IAA Conference on Private Human Access to Space, Arcachon , France

- 21-23 June 2011, 9th IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions, Laurel, Maryland, USA

- 27-29 June 2011, 3rd IAA Symposium on Searching for Life Signatures, Saint Petersburg, Russia

- 27-30 June 2011, Scientific and Technological Experiments on Automatic Space Vehicles and Small Satellites, Samara, Russia

- 11-14 July 2011, 7th Symposium on Realistic Advanced Scientific Space Missions - Missions to the Outer Solar System and Beyond, Aosta, Italy

- 02-03 September 2011, 2nd IAA-SGEI Workshop on Coordination and Cooperation for Global Environmental Impact, Beijing, China

- 05-08 September 2011, 4th CSA-IAA Conference on Advanced Space Sytems & Applications, Shanghai, China

- 03-07 October 2011, 62nd International Astronautical Congress, Cape Town, South Africa

- 17-21 October 2011, 1st IAA Regional Conference in Middle East, Damascus, Syria

- 31 October - 4 November 2011, 1st IAA-CRPSM International Workshop on "Remote Sensing of the Environment for the Sub Saharian regions" - ReSESS 2011, Nairobi, Kenya

- 21-22 November 2011, IAA Workshop on Drake Equation, (Working language French) CNES, Paris , France