Presentation
Chairman's name :
Pierre BESCOND
President CEAS in 2011 and 2012
Contact email :
pierre.bescond@laposte.net
REPRESENTATIVENESS IN EUROPE AND WORLDWIDE
The need to strengthen Europe in the face of global challenges in the fields of Aeronautics and Space led the eight-member Confederation of European Aerospace Societies (CEAS), founded ine in June 1993 by the four main European learned societies, to transform it into a Council, the Council of European Aerospace Societies (CEAS), and give it legal status.
An agreement was signed in September 2005 by the Association Aéronautique et Astronautique de France (3AF) for France, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft-und Raumfahrt Lilienthal-Oberth e.V. (DGLR) for Germany, the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) for Great Britain, and the Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica (AIDAA) for Italy. (DGLR) for Germany, the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) for Great Britain, the Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica (AIDAA) for Italy, the Asociación de Ingenieros Aeronáuticos de España (AIAE) for Spain, the Nederlandse Verenigingen (NVV) for the Netherlands, and the Associazione Italiana di Aeronautica e Astronautica (AIDAA) for Italy.Spain, the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Luchtvaarttechniek (NVvL) for the Netherlands, the Schweizerische Vereinigung für Flugwissenschaften (SVFW) for Switzerland and the Flygtekniska Föreningen (FTF) for Sweden. Statutes were approved in November 2005.
In 2007, the Hellenic Aeronautical Engineers Society (HAES) of Greece became a co-opted member of CEAS.
In 2009, Russia joined CEAS with the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute Russian Aerospace Society (TsAGI), while Poland became an associate member with the Polish Society of Aerospace Sciences (PSAS).
Today, CEAS boasts 13 member societies (Trustees) and 6 Corporate Members. It has signed cooperation and exchange agreements (MOUs) with 7 foreign learned societies (including AIAA in the USA, CSA in China and KSAS in Korea) and international organizations (including EREA, the Association of European Research Etablishments in Aeronautics, and KSAS in Korea).e) and international organizations (including EREA, Association of European Research Etablishments in Aeronautics, and EASN, European Aeronautics Science Network).
At European level, and like the national learned societies, CEAS has the task of sharing and transferring knowledge by means of Technical Commissions for both the Aeronautics and Space branches.
CEAS organizes a major technical conference every two years. The first was held in Berlin in 2007, the second in Manchester in 2009, the third in Venice in 2011, the fourth in Linköping, Sweden in 2013, the fifth in Delft, Netherlands in 2015, and the sixth in Bucharest in 2017. The seventh event, the1st Aerospace Europe Conference, scheduled for late 2019, has been postponed to February 2020 to avoid clashing with another conference. It will be organized by 3AF on behalf of CEAS, in Bordeaux. Aerospace Europe is now the European equivalent of the AIAA's Aerospace America in the USA.
The principle of a political conference was also retained in 2010: organized jointly with ASD as part of ASD's Aeroweek, it was held in Brussels in early December 2011, targeting members of the European Parliament. However, its relative success has led to it not being repeated for the time being: CEAS is working to build a stronger reputation with the European Commission through more targeted relations and contracts.
A quarterly newsletter, also called Aerospace Europe since January 2019, is published by CEAS as well as scientific and technical journals for the aeronautics and space fields. CEAS has also created a website to enable the planning and coordination of aerospace conferences.
At international level, 3AF is the French correspondent of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) and a member of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF).
French members of CEAS / 3AF representatives (Trustees) on the CEAS Board of Trustees
Pierre BESCOND
