The STAIF Conference is an annual conference event allowing inventors, engineers, and scientists the opportunity to publish theoretical & experimental papers in a formal, peer-review setting.The STAIF acronym stands for "Space Technology & Applications International Forum", and is traditionally hosted as a 4-day event in mid-February.

This forum promotes international participation and provides for a timely exchange of information among technologists, academicians, industrialists, and program managers on technical and programmatic issues related to inexpensive access to space and space commercialization, exploration, and the potential for performing scientific research and developing new technologies. STAIF is highly attended by high-level representatives from industry, government agencies, and institutes of higher education, both nationally and internationally and co-sponsored by several professional engineering societies.

Background: The STAIF Conference was originally started with a focus on Space & Nuclear Power Studies, but has expanded to encompass a much wider array of space-related publications. While STAIF has been in existence since the mid-1990's, it's only been since 2004 that the conference has carried sustantial material relating to gravity modification.

Section F: The STAIF Conference is divided into several categories, allowing attendees to view sessions relating to their own area of interest & expertise. Section F is the Advanced Propulsion Group, with oversight by Paul Murad and Dr. Eric Davis.

Sponsorship: Conference sponsorship is provided by the University of New Mexico's Institute for Space and Nuclear Power Studies (UNM-ISNPS).

Value: STAIF is currently the only recognized scientific forum for the publication of research relating to gravity-control, AG, and other cutting-edge BPP technologies. Thus, it attracts attendees and presenters from a variety of diverse backgrounds with an interest in cutting edge gravity-control, BPP, and space-related research & technology. The scientific rigor applied to the STAIF conference is both beneficial and a drawback: it maintains a focus on the best new ideas in gravity research explainable by mainstream science, but ultimately neglects to fully encompass the body of research being generated by the open-source community.

Publications: All papers presented at the conference are accepted for publication by the prestigious American Institute of Physics (AIP) Journal. This formal scientific acceptance and recognition for AG & BPP research has been the primary draw for STAIF publication in the past, but comes at a cost: papers published through the AIP must transfer their copyright to the AIP itself, meaning that they must then be purchased online.

Peer-Review: Publication through the STAIF conference is a peer-review process, which means that a screening committee analyzes the form & structure of each document beforehand to ensure that it meets the rigorous standards required for formal journal publication.

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