Partner News: Christchurch launches space collaboration
Published on Friday, 1 November 2024
Christchurch, New Zealand is one of four global business events cities to launch an international alliance focused on the growth of aeronautics, space, and astronomy.
The Space Cities Network has been designed to increase collaboration across the space sector encompassing universities, research centres, government agencies, industry and corporations.
It will be made up of a select community of connected and influential people in their field of expertise.
The Network will be supported by destination marketing organisations from the participating cities, which are ready to increase and reinforce their space communities with new bids and attract more international space conferences and events to their respective destinations.
The founding four cities are represented by: ChristchurchNZ Business Events (Oceania), Lausanne Montreux Congress (Europe), Houston First Corporation (North America), and Seoul Tourism Organization (Asia).
Claire Hector-Taylor from ChristchurchNZ Business Events and Co-Chair of the Space Cities Network says, “Cities will play an integral, legacy role as hubs for events supporting the space community, hosting conferences, summits, and meetings that bring together industry leaders, researchers, and policymakers.”
Christchurch is home to national industry body Aerospace New Zealand and a thriving network of space and adjacent businesses, including world-class universities and advanced aviation and electronic manufacturing hubs. Low air traffic and favourable atmospheric conditions allow for the development of new technology, with the Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre, encompassing testing, flight and launch capability, located just outside the city. Close ties to Antarctica as a gateway city support a focus on the application of aerospace technologies on the continent.
Space innovation, technology and exploration has become a collective endeavour with huge opportunity, with the value of the global space economy forecast to be $1.8 trillion by 2035.
For more visit: Space Cities Network
