ICES is a registered nonprofit technical conference, founded in 1971, focused on humans living and working in space and extreme environments through peer technical sessions, panels, student work, and published proceedings.
No partnership implied. Relationship: indexed only; no formal relationship. substantive editorial profile; independent review pending
nonprofit technical conference and proceedings organization
Category
Agency, standards, and public research infrastructure
Geography
International
Editorial reviewer
GShips Project editorial synthesis
Official link checked
2026-07-25
Profile boundary
ICES is a registered nonprofit technical conference, founded in 1971, focused on humans living and working in space and extreme environments through peer technical sessions, panels, student work, and published proceedings.
Evidence boundary: Official-link review: the official site was reachable and describes nonprofit status, global participation, published proceedings, current conference structure, and registration rules. Public descriptions, performance, maturity, access, procurement, and current availability were not independently verified; independent review pending.
Potentially relevant capability areas
Environmental control and life support, thermal systems, habitats, spacesuits, human factors, technical proceedings, and interdisciplinary convening.
Task-specific matches
A match is bounded to one declared work program. It does not establish a partnership, availability, endorsement, or an organization-wide rank.
No task-specific match is recorded.
Potential fit—not a relationship
Could be a high-value publication and learning venue for life support, thermal control, habitats, human factors, reliability, and closed-loop test results.
Possible bounded engagement, not undertaken: Proposed only, subject to a future fit check and then-current access rules: consider submitting a rigorously evidenced paper to a future call or attending through normal registration after verifying dates, review criteria, and costs. No outreach, eligibility determination, commitment, or procurement has occurred.
Fit and engagement risks
Abstract and paper acceptance is competitive and does not imply endorsement by the conference.
Conference papers vary in maturity and may report preliminary or proprietary work.
Registration, travel, visa, and publication deadlines or costs can limit participation.
What would change this profile?
An accepted paper, reviewer feedback, and durable open proceedings for a relevant GShips testbed result would strengthen fit.
Official-link review: the official site was reachable and describes nonprofit status, global participation, published proceedings, current conference structure, and registration rules. Public descriptions, performance, maturity, access, procurement, and current availability were not independently verified; independent review pending.
Potential fit is an editorial hypothesis. Inclusion does not establish affiliation, endorsement, procurement eligibility, or a relationship.
What would change this page?
An accepted paper, reviewer feedback, and durable open proceedings for a relevant GShips testbed result would strengthen fit.
Conflicts were not assessed beyond publisher disclosure in this official-link review; financial, contracting, leadership, and institutional conflicts were not independently investigated.
The maintainer intends to explore a commercial venture based on some GShips work. No entity, outside funding, customer, sponsor, or indexed-organization relationship currently exists.