At the opening ceremony of the Annual Congress of the
International Astronautical Federation![](/images/icons/who)
(
IAF![](/images/icons/who)
, the leading international body representing the "space industry" world-wide), the President of the
IAF![](/images/icons/who)
is one of the people to make a speech. This year, the 48th Congress was held in Turin, and on October 6th Karl Doetsch, the current President, made a speech on this year's Congress theme "Developing Business from Space", which included the following comments: