About ICAS

ICAS is an international, non-government, non-profit scientific organization with the mission to advance knowledge and facilitate collaboration in aeronautics. ICAS is the only international support organization to representative aeronautical engineering professional societies and their members in 30 countries. ICAS organizes every two years an International Congress covering all aspects of aeronautical science and technology and their application to both military and civil aviation. A short summary description about ICAS can be downloaded.

 A short summary description about ICAS

What is the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences?

• It was founded by Theodore von Karman in 1957.
• It is a non-government, not-for-profit organization that facilitates and encourages the free exchange of information on aeronautical research and technology at a global level.
• It is the global organization supporting aeronautical engineering professional societies and associated organizations from around 30 countries.
• It organizes a major biennial Congress presenting timely, high quality work from the world-wide research community covering all aspects of aeronautical science and technology and their application for both military and civil aviation.
• More than one thousand engineers and scientists from all over the world are expected to attend the latest ICAS Congress in St. Petersburg, Russia.
• All papers presented at the congress are included in the electronic publication available at the Congress. In addition, the ICAS electronic archive, containing over five thousand documents, is freely available to the world-wide aeronautics community.
• The ICAS Congress provides a unique forum for engineers and scientists from all over the world to meet, to hear the results of the latest research and to exchange ideas and information. It also provides an opportunity for young engineers and students to develop an international network of colleagues.

ICAS History

A history booklet "ICAS - The First Fifty Years" edited by F. J. Sterk and finalised in 2008, when ICAS celebrated its 50 year anniversery, can be downloaded.
A short summary about the history of ICAS, as included in the ICAS 2008 Congress Programme, can be downloaded.
The first Guggenheim Lecture in 1958 was held by T. von Karman and he provides, as an introduction, some interesting background on how it all started. His lecture can be downloaded.
The lecture "ICAS - THE FIRST 50 YEARS" presented at ICAS 2008 by Dr John E. Green can be downloaded.
The locations of the ICAS Congresses over the past decades are listed below.

History Booklet "ICAS - The First 50 Years"	History of ICAS	The First Guggenheim Lecture (by T. von Karman)	The Lecture "ICAS - The First 50 Years" (by Dr John E. Green)