The IAF will organize the IAF Global Conference on Space for Emerging Countries (GLEC 2022) hosted by its member, Sideralis Foundation in Quito, Ecuador, from 16 to 20 May 2022.

Following its mission to promote international development and share knowledge, the IAF and its member Sideralis Foundation are committed to fostering and supporting the international relations that allow space faring nations and space developing nations to share practices and data about space activities and their concrete social benefits.