Ines PRIETO

SMC Committee/Cité de l’Espace • International Affairs

Ines Prieto is the Head of international affairs and cultural consulting at Semeccel (Cité de l’espace). She is chairing the IAF Space Museums and Committee since 2021 and received the IAF distinguished service award in 2025. She has committed her professional career to space and science engagement and is strongly involved into international networks focusing on creating frameworks of cooperation between different institutions. She has developed various international projects in countries like the US, China, Korea, Columbia, Kazakhstan, sponsored by US State Department, Chinese Space Agency, Institut Français, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Commision… In 2018 she was invited by the US State Department to be part of the International Visitors Leadership Program on promoting women in the STEAM field. She currently runs Semeccel operations in French Guiana . Until 2017 she worked as an exhibition designer, having started her career as an educator in Toulouse but also in Vancouver (Canada). She received a Master’s Degree in Signal Processing (Enseeiht, Université Paul Sabatier) in 2000, and a BA in Physics in 1999 (Université Paul Sabatier).

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2019

21-25 October 2019

Washington, United States

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