The focus of IPAC's work in 2009 was directed to
1. React on request coming from the ISPRS Council,
2. Initiate contacts and collaboration with other societies or institutions (IAA, IAF, ESPI, RAATs),
3. Prepare conferences within ISPRS and together with other societies/institutions,
4. Participate in conferences.

1. ISPRS council requests

- IPAC reviewed the Terms of References of all Technical Commissions and Working Groups (Feb. 3, 2009)
- Chair of IPAC represented ISPRS at the 45th session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of UN COPUOS in Vienna (Feb. 2009).
He continued a talk "ISPRS - Mission and Activities"

2. Initiation of contacts and collaboration

The IPAC chair initiated meetings and activities with different societies and institutions (IAA, IAF, ESPI, RAATs). The goal of those joint activities is to improve the quality of the work jointly done without increasing the number of conferences and studies.

2.1 IAA (International Academy of Astronautics)

Meetings
- UN COPUOS, Vienna, Feb. 2009
- IAA spring meeting, Paris, March 2009

Results
- One common interest is to pursue joint activities in the area of "Capacity building in Africa and Latin America",
- Participation of ISPRS in the IAA Study 4.9 "International Aerospace System for Monitoring of Global Geophysical Phenomena and Forecasting of Natural and Man-caused Disasters",
- Active contribution of ISPRS to IAA events (see 4),
- Joint session organisation at international conferences. In this context, IAA and ISPRS jointly pursue to organise session at the ALC (African Leadership Conference),
- Organisation of a joint conference on "Current legal issues for satellite Earth observation".

2.2 IAF (International Astronautical Federation

Meetings
- UN COPUOS, Vienna, Feb. 2009
- IAF spring meeting, Paris, March 2009
- IAA German Regional Academy Day, Darmstadt, May 2009

Results
There are a couple of areas of common interest to be evaluated further.

2.3 ESPI (European Space Policy Institute)

Meetings
- UN COPUOS, Vienna, Feb. 2009
- IAA spring meeting, Paris, March 2009
- Istanbul, August 2009 (www.espi.or.at/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=396&itemid=1)

Results
Organisation of a joint conference on "Current legal issues for satellite Earth observation"

2.4 RAATs (Russian Academy of Astronautics named after Tsiolkovsky)

Meetings
- IAA spring meeting, Paris, March 2009

Results
MoU between ISPRS and RAATs concerning collaboration at conferences and in study groups. In a first step, ISPRS named two contributors to the study "International Aerospace System for Monitoring of Global Geophysical Phenomena and Forecasting of Natural and Man-caused Disasters".

3. Conference preparations

3.1 "Policy" sessions at Comm. VIII Symposium

IPAC organises sessions on "Policy" at the Commission VIII mid-term symposium in Kyoto (August 2010).

3.2 IPAC co-organises the joint ISPRS/ESPI/IAA/IISL Conference on "Current legal issues for satellite Earth observation", Vienna, April 8/9 2010

This conference deals with two important and topical aspects of satellite Earth observation:
- treaty monitoring and law enforcement through satellite Earth observation,
- privacy conflicts from high resolution imagery.

4. Conference participation

- Invited paper
R. Sandau: Small satellites - a capacity building driver. 3rd IAA African Regional Conference on Space for Africa, Abuja, Nigeria, Nov. 24-26, 2009
- Preparation of invited paper
G. Schreier, B. Schmidt-Tedd, R. Sandau: Fundamentals of Earth Observation Policy: Examples for German and European Missions. International Symposium on Space Policy and Coordination Framework at the Map Middle East 2010, March 23, 2010, Abu Dhabi
- Preparation of invited paper
C. Cho: Privacy conflicts from high resolution imaging - Overview on legal issues. ISPRS/ESPI/IAA/IISL Conference on "Current legal issues for satellite Earth observation", Vienna, April 8/9 2010
- Preparation of invited paper
G. Schreier: What's in GMES for treaty monitoring and law enforcement. ISPRS/ESPI/IAA/IISL Conference on "Current legal issues for satellite Earth observation", Vienna, April 8/9 2010