IAF GNF Session: Latin American Culture in Space
Day: Thursday 19 May 2022
Time: 15:20 – 16:20
As space applications products and services are intended to service society and the adoption thereof is influenced by culture, this GNF will explore how culture shapes and is being shaped by a space ecosystem.
Moderator
Bernard FOING
Executive Director, International Lunar Exploration Working Group (ILEWG), EuroMoonMars, Chair IAF ITACCUS Committee
Netherlands
Speakers
Nelson R. GUIM
Coordinator of the National Board for Education with Values; President of the Guayaquil Downtown Reactivation Committee
Ecuador
Katherinne HERRERA JORDAN
President & Co-Founder, Guatemalan Association of Space Sciences and Engineering (AGICE)
Guatemala
Ericson Daniel LÓPEZ IZURIETA
Professor, Quito Astronomical Observatory; Director, National Observatory of Ecuador
Ecuador
Javier MEJUTO
Head of Archaeoastronomy and Cultural Astronomy Department, Space Sciences Faculty - UNAH, President of the National Committee for Astronomy in Honduras, Co-Chair of the IAU WG Astronomy in Culture
Honduras
