This Conference follows a history of IAA activities in Latin America, which started with the first CubeSat Workshop in Brasilia in 2014, and the first Small Satellites Symposium in Buenos Aires in 2017, with the 1st conference taking place in Salta in 2024.

In several aspects, IAA conferences can be considered the most relevant in the region. The objectives of the event are to allow experts and students from the Region to learn the latest worldwide developments in space activities, with a focus on small satellite technologies and applications.

It also allows presenting the regional developments to colleagues from Latin America and the rest of the World. Being a face-to-face only event, it enables creating and strengthening networks of cooperation that increase regional participation in small satellite activities.