IPC – INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

  • Sabrina Alam, Director in the Sustainability Advisory Practice; KPMG, Luxemburg
  • Amal Albinali, Chief, Strategic Planning & Projects Management Department; Bahrain Space Agency (BSA), Bahrain
  • Yeshurun Alemayehu, State Minister, ICT and Digital Economy Sector; Ministry of Innovation and Technology of Ethiopia, Ethiopia
  • Hamed Alemohammad, Assistant Professor; Clark University, United States
  • Salem Humaid AlMarri, Director General; Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), United Arab Emirates
  • Krystal Azelton (Wilson), Director of Space Application Programs; Secure World Foundation (SWF), United States
  • Dunay Badirkhanov, Chair of the Board (Acting); Azercosmos, Azerbaijan
  • Trésor Badisingu, Africa Coordinator; Climate Change Africa Opportunities (CCAO), Congo
  • Elizabeth Barrios, Chair; IAF WD/YPP & IAF Launchpad Mentorship Programme, United States
  • Frédéric Bretar, Co-Programme Director; Space for Climate Observatory (SCO), France
  • Moise Busogi, Faculty Member; CMU-Africa, Carnegie Mellon University, Rwanda
  • Matias Campos Abad, CEO & Founder; Astralintu, Ecuador
  • Jocelyn Chanussot, Professor; Grenoble Institute of Technology, France
  • Prakash Chauhan, Director, National Remote Sensing Centre; Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India
  • Simonetta Cheli, Director of ESA Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN; European Space Agency (ESA), Italy
  • Chidiezie Chineke, Professor; Imo State University, Nigeria
  • Harry Cikanek, Independent consultant, non-teaching adjunct faculty, former NASA and NOAA Executive (retired); , United States
  • Lorant Czaran, Chief; UN-SPIDER, Austria
  • Gerrit de Leeuw, Professor; Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), The Netherlands
  • Langley DeWitt, Director ; International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC), United States
  • Semou Diouf, Director; SatNav-Africa JPO, Senegal
  • Getachew Dubache, Lecturer and Researcher; Nanjing University of Information, Science and Technology (NUIST), Ethiopia
  • Stéphanie Durand, Vice-President, Policy, Communications and Strategic Planning ; Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canada
  • Driss El Hadani, Deputy Director / Senior Adviser ; United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) , Morocco
  • Imane El Khantouti, Vice-Chair / Program Management co-Lead & AMESC Manager ; IAF ACCESS Africa Subcommittee, Morocco
  • Dieudonne Nsadisa Faka, Team Lead; ClimSA Programme, OACPS, Belgium
  • Luis Ferreira, Chair; IAF GEO Committee, Germany
  • Gilles Quentin Hacheme, Research Scientist; Microsoft AI for Good Kenya, Kenya
  • Samson Hagos, Earth Scientist; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Ethiopia/USA
  • Potel Jossam, Faculty Member; INES RUHENGERI, Rwanda
  • Peter Justice Dery, Director for Environment; Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ghana
  • Nadia Karemera, Strategy Analyst; Rwanda Space Agency (RSA), Rwanda
  • Meshack Kinyua Ndiritu, Space Tech. Expert; African Union Commission (AUC),
  • John Mathias Kiriwai, Early Warning Systems Expert; African Union Commission (AUC), Ethiopia
  • Naohiko Kohtake, Director of Sensing and Design Laboratory; Keio University, Japan
  • Nikol Koleva, Executive Director; Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC),
  • Brama Koné, Coordinator of the network ; Clim-HEALTH Africa , Côte d'Ivoire
  • Kamoru Abiodun Lawal, Climate Change Expert; African Centre for Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD), Niger Republic
  • Francesco Longo, Head, Earth Observation Division; Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy
  • Agnieszka Łukaszczyk, Leader; IAF Sustainability Task Force, Belgium / Poland
  • Racine Ly, Research Scientist; AKADEMIYA2063, Rwanda
  • Yamazaki Masahiko, Vice Chairperson; University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC), Japan
  • Tanja Masson-Zwaan, Assistant Professor and Deputy Director of the International Institute of Air and Space Law; Leiden University , The Netherlands
  • Isabelle Mauro, Director General; Global Satellite Operator's Association (GSOA), Belgium
  • Catherine Meriaux, Acting Director/Professor; International Center for Theoretical Physics-East African Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP-EAIFR), France
  • Fawaz Mohamed Moumini, Focal Point for the Adaptation Fund; Ministry of Environment in charge of Tourism, Comoros
  • Eugene Mutimura, Executive Secretary; National Council for Science and Technology (NCST), Rwanda
  • Robert Mwanamanga, Director, Debt and Aid Management; Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Malawi
  • Charles Mwangi, Ag. Director, Space Sector & Technology Development; Kenya Space Agency (KSA), Kenya
  • Joyce Nabende, Senior Lecturer; Makerere University, Uganda
  • Mahhad Nayyer, Co-Lead, Space Safety and Sustainability Project Group; Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), Pakistan
  • Liévin Ndayizeye, Counselor, Director’s office of the Environment and Climate Change; Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock, Burundi
  • Wilfred Ndifon, Chief Scientific Officer and Centre President; African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Cameroon
  • Nduta Njenga, Policy Consultant; Oxford Policy Management, United Kingdom
  • Dike Victor Nnamdi, Researcher; Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Nigeria
  • Asanda Ntisana, Space & Stakeholder Liaison Specialist; South African National Space Agency (SANSA), South Africa
  • Charles-Aimé Nzeussi Mbouendeu, Chair; IAF ACCESS Africa Subcommittee, Cameroon
  • Etim Offiong, Cofounder; African Space Leadership Institute (ASLI), South Africa
  • Victor Ongoma, Lecturer and Researcher; Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique, Maroc, Kenya
  • Temidayo Oniosun, Managing Director; Space in Africa, Nigeria
  • Masami Onoda, Director, International Relations and Research Department; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan
  • Tidiane Ouattara, President; African Space Council of the African Space Agency (AfSA), Egypt
  • Florence Rabier, Director General; European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), France
  • Ismoil Rasulov, Head of Department for Science, Innovations and Technology Transfer; Uzbekosmos, Uzbekistan
  • Alejandro J. Roman Molinas, Paraguayan Space Agency; Paraguayan Space Agency (AEP), Paraguay
  • Bonfils Safari, Head of Rwanda Climate Observatory Master's Program; University of Rwanda: Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management (CoEB), Rwanda
  • Gunter Schreier, Deputy Director of the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD); German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
  • Dominic Schumilin, Agency Lead, International Astronautical Congress; Australian Space Agency, Australia
  • Kaddu Sebunya, CEO; African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), Kenya
  • Shima Shams, Project Scientist; University of Cooperation of Atmospheric Research (UCAR), India/USA
  • Anja  Sundal, Senior Advisor; Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA), Norway
  • Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, Principle Research Scientist; Microsoft AI for Good Kenya, Kenya
  • Solomon Belay Tessema, Managing Director; Entoto Observatory Space Science Research Center, Ethiopia
  • Kristof Van Tricht, Research Scientist; VITO, Belgium
  • Andrea Vena, Chief Climate and Sustainability Officer; European Space Agency (ESA), Italy
  • Anthony Vodacek, Professor; RIT, United States
  • Stephen Volz, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction (Acting); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), United States
  • Méry Yaou, Director of the Environment; , Togo
  • Wang Yiran, Vice President and Secretary General ; Chinese Society of Astronautics (CSA), China
  • Pilar Zamora, Executive Director; Agencia Espacial de Colombia (AEC), Colombia
  • Washington Zhakata, Directeor, Climate Change Management Department; Ministry of Environment, Water, & Climate, Zimbabwe
  • Andrew Zolli, Chief Impact Officer; Planet,
  • Shereen Zorba, Head of the Secretariat; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Kenya