This Conference provides an excellent opportunity to review cutting-edge satellite-based applications from a holistic perspective. The Conference will bring together the global satellite-based services stakeholder community, including senior representatives of the major space agencies,industry, governments, academia and NGOs. These leaders in the field will converge in Paris to present results, exchange ideas, debate roadmaps, and discuss the future opportunities provided by satellite-based applications. The comprehensive programme will include high-level round tables and technical sessions that will address the most recent achievements in satellite-based applications and explore how industry, politics, and law will help shape the future environment for this exciting domain of astronautics. The conference will start with a dedicated session for the representatives of Member States to UNESCO. The Global Space Applications Conference (GLAC) 2014 will be held from 2 - 4 June 2014 in Paris. This is part of the IAF's 'Global Series' conferences, and follows the highly successful 2012 GLEX Conference in Washington DC.