4th Space Renaissance International (SRI) World Congress

Online event held every 5 years, keynote speakers include SRI president Bernard Foing, Michelle Hanlon, Madhu Thangavelu, Frank White, Rick Tumlinson, Giuseppe Reibaldi. SRI is now an official Observer for UN COPUOS. Legacy of Gerard K. O’Neill space settlement concepts is of great relevance to SRI, and they advocate for accelerated Civilian Space Development, “HI” – Human Intelligence – while seeing AI as a tool not a replacement, humans not only surviving but having a high-quality cultural life.

Planned topics include:

mitigating damage from space weaponization / techno-authoritarian policies / regressive “green” efforts,

prioritizing geo-lunar industrialization / infrastructure / logistics, safeguarding human life / human rights,

O’Neill-type large rotating space habitats,

promoting a Space Peace Movement,

clearing ambiguities of the Outer Space Treaty,

planning for space habitats with beauty / food production / protection / free-not-military atmosphere,

science fiction and space art.