Organizers

GLEC 2019 is co-organized by:

The Programme for GLEC 2019 is coordinated by an International Programme Committee (IPC), co-chaired by:

Driss EL HADANI

Senior Adviser, United Launch Alliance LLC, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Morocco

Valanathan MUNSAMI

Deputy CEO, Saudi Space Agency (SSA)

Saudi Arabia

Jean-Pascal LE FRANC

Director of Planning, International Relations and Quality, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)

France

Programme Committee Members

  • Ahmed ABDI, Africa Space Workshops, United Kingdom
  • Naser ABDULLATIF AL HAMMADI, United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA), United Arab Emirates
  • Salem AL MARRI, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), United Arab Emirates
  • Adnan ALRAIS, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), United Arab Emirates
  • Snidvongs ANOND, Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), Thailand
  • Kirsten ARMSTRONG, Petra Strategy, Morocco
  • Morgan BAILEY, RocketLabs, United States
  • Roberto BATTISTON, Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy
  • Kammy BRUN, HEAD Aerospace Corporation, China
  • Philippe BRUNET, European Commission (EC), Belgium
  • Carlos David Caballero LEON, Comisión Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Aeroespacial (CONIDA), Peru
  • Gilberto CAMARA, Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Switzerland
  • Riadh CAMMOUN, Thales Alenia Space, France
  • Simonetta CHELI, European Space Agency (ESA), Italy
  • Bruce CHESLEY, Boeing, United States
  • Jason CHOU, HEAD Aerospace Corporation, China
  • Michael DAVIS, Space Industry Association of Australia (SIAA), Australia
  • Clementine DECOOPMAN, Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), Austria
  • Christianus DEWANTO, Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), Indonesia
  • Thomas DJAMALUDDIN, Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), Indonesia
  • Anas EMRAN, African Regional Centre for Space Science & Technology, Morocco
  • Sim EUNSUP, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Republic of Korea
  • Ahmed FARID, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Egypt
  • Jörg FEUSTEL-BÜECHL, Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology, Germany
  • Martha GAGGERO, Centro de Investigación y Difusión Aeronáutico Espacial (CIDA-E), Uruguay
  • Christina GIANNOPAPA, European Space Agency (ESA), France
  • Toshihiko HAYASHI, Mitsubishi Electric Co., Japan
  • Karim HOUARI, Agence Spatiale Algérienne (ASAL), Algeria
  • Mahmoud HUSSIEN, National Authority for Remote Sensing & Space Sciences, Egypt
  • Oniosun Temidayo ISAIAH, SpaceNews Africa, Nigeria
  • Juan Jaramillos ROJAS, Agencia Espacial Civil Ecuatoriana (EXA), Ecuador
  • Mohamed KHALFAOUI, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST), Morocco
  • Seishiro KIBE, Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
  • John Njoroge KIMANI, Kenya Space Agency, Kenya
  • Yoshiaki KINOSHITA, Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
  • Otto KOUDELKA, Graz University of Technology, Austria
  • Sergey KRIKALEV, ROSCOSMOS, Russian Federation
  • Raul KULICHEVSKY, Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE), Argentina
  • Amal LAYACHI, Royal Centre for Remote Sensing (CRTS), Morocco
  • Joo-Jin LEE, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Republic of Korea
  • Raksina LEKTHANOO, Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA), Thailand
  • Fernanda LIMA, Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), Brazil
  • Moussa Faki MAHAMAT, African Union Commission, Chad
  • Aboubakar MAMBIMBA NDJOUNGUI, Agence Gabonaise d’Etudes et d’Observation Spatiales (AGEOS), Gabon
  • Peter MARTINEZ, University of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Francisco MENDIETA, Mexican Space Agency (AEM), Mexico
  • Fritz MERKLE, OHB System AG, Germany
  • Andiswa MLISA, South African National Space Agency (SANSA), South Africa
  • Sias MOSTERT, Space Commercial Services Holdings (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
  • Clay MOWRY, Blue Origin, United States
  • Praveen NAIR, Indian Sapce Research Organisation (ISRO), India
  • Tidiane OUATTARA, Science and Technology Division, Human Resources* Science and Technology Department African Union Commission, Ivory Coast
  • Nicolas PETER, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Germany
  • Anh Tuan PHAM, Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC), Vietnam
  • Alejandro J. ROMAN, Paraguayan Space Agency (AEP), Paraguay
  • Barbara RYAN, Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Switzerland
  • Raul SABULARSE, Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development, Department of Science and Technology, Philippine
  • Imraan SALOOJEE, Secure World Foundation, South Africa
  • Noer Laela SARI, Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), Indonesia
  • Robbie SCHINGLER, Planet, United States
  • Kai-Uwe SCHROGL, International Institute of Space Law (IISL), France
  • Mohamed SEIDU ONEILO, National Space Research & Development Agency (NASDRA), Nigeria
  • Emily SHANKLIN, SpaceX, United States
  • Mary SNITCH, Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMC), United States
  • Luc ST PIERRE, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), Austria
  • Sir Martin SWEETING, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), United Kingdom
  • Nguyen Truong THANH, Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC), Vietnam
  • Akinawale Abraham TOBILOBA, Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), Nigeria
  • Jean-Jacques TORTORA, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), Austria
  • Rania TOUKEBRI, Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), Tunisia
  • Anthony TSOUGRANIS, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States
  • Saud bin Mohammad Al Saud TURKI, King Abdulaziz, City for Science & Technology (KACST), Saudi Arabia
  • Carlo VIBERTI, SpaceLand Africa, Mauritius
  • Jim VOLP, Pcs4Kids, Germany
  • Alain WAGNER, Airbus Defence and Space, France
  • Tefera WAIWA, Ethiopian Space Science Society (ESSS), Ethiopia
  • Stephanie WAN, Space Generation Advisory Council, (SGAC), United States
  • Yiran WANG, Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA), China
  • Krystal WILSON, Secure World Foundation, United States
  • Wu YANHUA, China National Space Administration (CNSA), China

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