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
, CEO ILEWG LUNEX EuroMoonMars, president Space Renaissance International, chief scientist QOSMOSYS
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
