Events
Upcoming Events
| Date | Event | Type | Location | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4–6, 2026 | SpaceVision 2026 (SEDS) | Talk | Houston, TX | Damian will speak and present the student competition award at the annual gathering of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS). SEDS students took part in the second annual sunshade research contest, with prizes awarded to the winners at the conference. |
| Dec 4th, 2026 9am Pacific time | PSI Annual Update Call | Online Meeting | Virtual | Highlights from our work this year, focusing on both our research, and how our organization is evolving. A rapid-fire panel on the technical progress we made this year and why it’s significant. Another rapid-fire panel on how we, as the sunshade community, should think about engaging with governments. An optional zoom breakout group session. |
| Dec 8, 2026 | AGU26 Annual Meeting | Talk | San Francisco, CA | AGU convenes the world’s largest gathering of geophysical scientists. PSI will present our sunshade findings. |
| Jul 21, 2027 | International Symposium on Space Sailing (ISSS 2027) | Symposium | Guildford, UK | Hosted by the Surrey Space Centre, this biennial event convenes the world’s experts on solar sailing. The 2025 ISSS featured extensive sunshade research and a dedicated session. |
| Aug 16–20, 2027 | Degrees Global Forum on SRM 2027 | Forum | Istanbul, Türkiye | The forum will be the largest assembly of solar radiation modification researchers to date, with a strong emphasis on researchers from the Global South. We plan for the sunshade concept to be well represented. |
| Sep 15–18, 2027 | Arctic Repair Conference 2027 | Conference | Cambridge, UK | Following its success in 2025, the Arctic Repair Conference will host discussions on the latest innovations in climate cooling for a warming world. |
Past Events
| Date | Event | Type | Location | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2026 | Global Risk and Stabilization Summit | Summit | Reykjavík, Iceland | We joined leaders working on Earth systems stabilization and represented the sunshade concept to new funders and policymakers entering the field. Read our recap → |
| Oct 5, 2026 | International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2026) – PSI Sponsored | Workshop | Antalya, Türkiye | PSI sponsored a working group meeting of the IAA Planetary Sunshade Study Group. The president of the IAC stopped by to learn about our work. Read our recap → |
| Sep 24, 2026 | Climate Week NYC 2026 | Summit | New York, NY | This major convening of climate leaders featured a record number of events focused on sunlight reflection, resulting in many excellent connections. PSI hosted a well-attended drinks event for our collaborators and interested leaders. |
| Jul 7, 2026 | ARIA Exploring Climate Cooling Annual Gathering | Talk | Manchester, UK | All of the teams funded through ARIA’s Climate Cooling programme convened to share updates. PSI researcher Dean spoke on a panel about our advances, and we presented a poster on our work. |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Gordon Research Conference: Climate Engineering | Talk | Sunday River, ME | At the premier science conference on climate engineering, Morgan gave a 30-minute presentation with Q&A and presented a poster. |
| May 13, 2026 | 1st IAA Planetary Sunshade Workshop | Workshop | Nottingham, UK | We hosted this three-day workshop, the first-ever gathering of sunshade researchers. |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Stabilize Earth | Panel | San Francisco, CA | As part of SF Climate Week, we participated in a day-long climate stabilization meeting. Ross spoke on the panel, and we engaged with a wide variety of funders and communicators, leading to appearances on multiple podcasts. |
| Apr 21, 2026 | EarthSpace 2026 | Panel | Virtual | Jeff spoke on a virtual Earth Day panel, hosted by the EarthLight Foundation, focused on protecting Earth. |
| Jan 28, 2026 | The Aerospace Corporation | Talk | El Segundo, CA | Morgan, Ross and Jeff gave a private talk at Aerospace Corporation headquarters, with 20 in the room and 30 online, as part of an ongoing collaboration. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | NCAR Seminar | Talk | Boulder, CO | While in Boulder for an on-site work session, Morgan and Jeff presented a seminar to 20 scientists in person and 40 online. |
| Oct 25, 2025 | SpaceVision 2025 (SEDS) | Talk | Seattle, WA | We sponsored a student competition to develop sunshade concepts, and Morgan and Damian presented the award, a piece of re-solidified lunar regolith, to the winning team. |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Sunshade Evening at Manny’s – PSI Hosted | Talk | San Francisco, CA | We organized an event at Manny’s, San Francisco’s well-known civic gathering space. Dakota Gruener from Reflective joined us, and Kelly Erhart from Outlier Projects facilitated, introducing SRM to a wider audience. |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Noasis Happy Hour | Talk | San Francisco, CA | A private gathering brought nearly 100 people to a San Francisco backyard, where Morgan and Ross spoke about the sunshade concept. |
| Oct 2025 | Norrsken Impact/Week 2025 | Panel | Barcelona, Spain | Morgan and Jeff spoke on a panel at Norrsken Impact/Week. Most of the event focused on advances in AI, biotech and clean tech; we introduced the concept of climate overshoot and the possibility of action. |
| Jul 2025 | International Symposium on Space Sailing (ISSS 2025) | Talk | Delft, Netherlands | The symposium convened many of the experts working on solar sailing. Morgan and Jeff spoke and presented a poster along with Dean, and we hosted a drinks event to bring the field together around the importance of sunshade research. |
| Jul 2025 | Fuglesang Space Center | Talk | Stockholm, Sweden | This Stockholm civil society group invited Morgan to speak at an event held in Sweden’s historic national observatory, to a packed room of people involved in the sunshade mission in some way. |
| Jul 2025 | United Nations Meeting on Climate Overshoot | Talk | Virtual | In collaboration with the Earth Cup effort, Morgan helped plan and participated in a UN meeting examining the problem of climate overshoot and technical solutions. |
| Jun 2025 | Arctic Repair Conference 2025 | Talk | Cambridge, UK | Jeff spoke, and Morgan and Jeff presented a poster. This event convened researchers and engineers from many fields to focus on the Arctic and how to stop its rapid melting. |
| Jun 2025 | ARIA Climate Cooling Kick-off Workshop | Talk | London, UK | At the kick-off meeting for ARIA’s Exploring Climate Cooling programme, Morgan spoke and presented a poster. |
| May 2025 | Degrees Global Forum 2025 | Talk | Cape Town, South Africa | Morgan presented a poster and represented the sunshade concept at the world’s largest gathering of SRM researchers, nearly half of them from the Global South. |
| Apr 26, 2025 | AIAA Los Angeles–Las Vegas: Aerospace Engineering to Cool the Earth | Talk | Los Angeles, CA | Jeff and Morgan gave a one-hour lecture to the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, with strong engagement from the aerospace community. |
| Jul 2024 | Rooftop Reception at Akin – PSI Hosted | Talk | Washington, DC | We hosted a drinks event on the rooftop of Akin, our pro bono legal counsel. Morgan and an Akin partner welcomed the group, and we made several very valuable connections. |
| Jun 2024 | AIAA Los Angeles | Talk | Los Angeles, CA | Morgan presented an overview of the sunshade concept, resulting in several fruitful collaborations. |
| May 2024 | International Space Development Conference (ISDC 2024) | Conference | Los Angeles, CA | Damian presented a talk on the sunshade concept at the National Space Society’s annual conference. |
| Apr 2024 | EarthSpace 2024 | Panel | Virtual | Morgan spoke on a virtual panel organized by the EarthLight Foundation on the importance of Earth. |
