Aim and ScopeThe 2009 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT-2009) is the first collaborative endeavor among the Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Australian Societies for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, which will be held on November 4 to 6, 2009 in Gifu as an international session of the 2009 JSASS Aircraft Symposium and 2009 KSAS Fall Conference. This symposium provides the opportunity to Asia-Pacific nations not only for the researchers of universities and academic institutes, but also for the industry engineers to discuss the current and future advanced topics in aeronautical and space engineering. The official language of this symposium is English.