Bernard Foing
International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG), EuroMoonMars, Chair IAF ITACCUS Committee • Executive Director

Prof. Bernard H. Foing, executive director of ILEWG, EuroMoonMars & ArtMoonMars manager, Prof VU Amsterdam, Leiden observatory, ISU and EPFL, on leave from CNRS, former ESA Chief Scientist and chair of ESTEC staff association committee (2012-2017) & SMART-1 Lead scientist. Chair IAF ITACCUS, member IAF committees (TAC, GLEX IPC, space exploration, astronomy, space habitats, traffic management), full member IAA International Academy of Astronautics since 2010, vice-chair COSPAR planetary and PEX Planetary Exploration Panel, co-director IMA International Moonbase Alliance, founder Moon Village & MV Association, EGU space instrumentation officer, president MoonGallery foundation (moongallery.eu). Worked at ESA ESTEC(1989-2020), as ESTEC staff committee chair (2012-2017), senior scientist, advisor to DG, Chief scientist, Head of Research Division, study lead (SIMURIS, MORO lunar orbiter, EuroMoon lander), staff, visiting scientist fellow. Co-Investigator of SOHO, XMM, BIOPAN, SMART-1, Mars Express, COROT, ISS/Expose, ExoMars. Publications: 830 articles, including 225 refereed papers. Academics: Habilitation 1990, CNRS, post-doc astronomer ESO European Southern Observatory Chile, PhD astrophysics & space techniques (CNRS, Lockheed, SacPeak, Boulder, Harvard), Prof agrégé Physics, Ecole Normale Supérieure ENSET Paris-Saclay.
Events

The Global Conference on Space for Emerging Countries 2022
16-20 May 2022
Quito, Ecuador
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International Astronautical Congress 2021
25-29 October 2021
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Participation:
- 2021 72nd IAC: Speakers
- Tuesday 26 October 2021: Impact of Satellite Constellations on Astronomy and Society: a Multi-disciplinary Approach
- Wednesday 27 October 2021: Designing a Geostationary Space Station for 22nd Century
- Thursday 28 October: Horizon 2061 Planetary Exploration Foresight: Science, Missions, Technology, Infrastructures & International Stakeholders
- Friday 29 October: The Deep Space Food Movement

The Global Space Exploration Conference 2021
14-18 June 2021
St. Petersburg, Russia
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International Astronautical Congress 2018
1–5 October 2018
Bremen, Germany
Participation:
- Late breaking news: HAYABUSA2, MASCOT, MINERVA II
- Thursday 4 October 2018: Twenty Years of the International Space Station: Shaping the Future of Human Space Exploration
- Tuesday 2 October 2018: IAF GNF Society & Education Stream: Orbits, Arts & Culture
- Friday 5 October 2018: IAF GNF Exploration Stream: EarthMoonMars : Involving Everyone

International Astronautical Congress 2017
25-29 September 2017
Adelaide, Australia
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International Astronautical Congress 2016
26-30 September 2016
Guadalajara, Mexico
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International Astronautical Congress 2015
12-16 October 2015
Jerusalem, Israel