CEO, Egyptian Space Agency
conference speakers
President, Council of the African Space Agency
H.E. Dr. Tidiane Ouattara
Former Minister of Higher Education, Burkina Faso; Project Lead, BurkinaSat-1
Dr. Ouattara Frédéric
Director, Côte d’Ivoire Geographic and Digital Information Center
Mr. Fernand Bale
Coordinator, Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA)
Dr. Gweme Painos
Space Practice Leader, PriceWaterCooper House
Luigi Scatteia
CEO, South African National Space Agency
Humbulani Mudau
Director General, National Space Research and Development Agency
Dr. Matthew Adepoju
]General Director, Gabonese Agency for Space Studies and Observations (AGEOS)
Dr. Mambimba Aboubakar
Acting Director-General, Kenya Space Agency
Brigadier Hillary Kipkosgey
Director, Ghana Space Science and Technology Institute
Dr. Joseph Tandoh
Deputy Executive Director, Research, Innovation, and Training, Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Innovation, Namibia
Dr. Mundia Lisho
Technical lead, Department of Aeronautics and Space Science, the Science Technology and Innovation Secretariat, Uganda
Dr. Doreen Agaba
Director-General, Senegalese Agency for Space Studies
Maram Kaire
Secretary General, Ministry of Higher Education and Research, Djibouti
Mr. Hassan Aboubakar
Head of the Climate Action, Sustainability and Science Department, Directorate for Earth Observation Programmes, European Space Agency
Dr Rune Floberghagen
Executive Director, Secure World Foundation
Dr. Peter Martinez
International Market Director, MinoSpace
Mr Xu Huan
Director International Strategies, Esri
Sohail Elabd
Head of Sales Space Systems, Airbus Defense and Space
Stéphane Vesval
Chancellor, International Space University
Dr Valanathan Munsami
Space Solutions Lead, STAR.VISION
Titus Kiragu
Deputy Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Dr Driss El-Hadani
Executive Director of Technical Services, NigComSat
Abiodun Attah
Deputy to Space Commander, Paris
Commodore Christophe Mérieult
Director-General, Regional African Satellite Communications Organisation
Timothy Adi Ashong
Deputy Director General, Glavkosmos, JSC
Vitaly Safonov
CEO, CONTEC
Dr Sunghee Lee
Taskforce Chairperson, Malawi Space Agency
Ms Thandikile Mbvundula
Executive Director, International Astronautical Federation
Dr Christian Feichtinger
Director, SatNav Africa Joint Programme Office
Semou Diouf
General Manager, Angolan Space Office / Gabinete de Gestão do Programa Espacial Nacional (GGPEN)
Dr Zolana João
Chief Operations Officer, Simera Sense
Ana-Mia Louw
TAT Team Leader, GMES and Africa Support Program - Phase II
Hamdi Kacem
Founder and Chairman (Global), Newspace Systems
James Barrington-Brown
Strategy Director, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
Jean-Marc ASTORG
BOTSAT Project Director, BIUST
Dr Dimane Mpoeleng
Secretary General, EARSC
Emmanuel Pajot
General Director, Libyan Center for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences
Dr Akram Alkasih
Lead, Space Technology, World Economic Forum
Hazuki Mori
Board Chairman, National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC)
Samuel Chembe Maango
Managing Director, Space in Africa
Temidayo Oniosun
Analyst, Space in Africa
Samuel Nyangi
Senior Director, Egyptian Space Agency
Dr Ayman Ahmed
Senior Director, Space System Development, Egyptian Space Agency
Dr Haitham Akah
Director, Space telecommunication and Navigation Systems Design, Egyptian Space Agency
Dr Somaia Mohamed Mahmoud
Senior Analyst, Space in Africa
Mustapha Iderawumi
Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, NOAA
Juan Andres Caro
Technical Director, National Center for Cartography & Remote Sensing, Tunisia
Nizar Tabia
Deputy Director-General, Ethiopian Space Science and Geospatial Institute
Abdurazak Omer
Deputy Director, Strategic Space Applications Department, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)
Dr Rakiya Abdullahi Babamaaji
Space Applications Training Officer, African Space Agency
Meshack Kinyua Ndiritu
Head of the Space Sector, NILESAT
Dr Amr ElSayed Emam
Amal Layachi Head of Training and Cooperation Department, Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale (CRTS)
Amal Layachi
Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Danielle Wood
Chief Officer, Global Government Affairs, VIASAT
John P. Janka
General Manager, TELNET
