SOC and LOC

Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC)

  • Alemiye Mamo Yacob (M), East Africa regional office of Astronomy for Development (EA-ROAD) and Space Science and Technology Institute (SSGI), Ethiopia – Chair
  • Mirjana Pović, Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI) and Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Ethiopia – Co-chair
  • Connie Walker (F), NSF’s NOIRLab, USA (Co-chair)
  • Katrien Kolenberg (F), KU Leuven and University of Antwerp, Belgium (Co-chair)
  • John Hearnshaw(M) , University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Carolina Odeman (F), University of Western Cape, South Africa
  • Jarita C Holbrook (F), University of Edinburgh, UK
  • Thebe Medupe(M), North West University, Mafikeng, South Africa
  • Juan Antonio Belmonte Aviles (M), Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Spain
  • Sonal Asgotraa (F), IAU-OAD, South Africa,
  • Niruj Mohan Ramanujam (M), Indian Institute of Astrophysics, India
  • Piero Benvenuti (M), University of Padova, Italy
  • Zouhair Benkhaldoun (M), Oukaimeden Obs/Uni. of Marraquech, Morocco
  • Noorali Jiwaji (M), Open university of Tanzania, Tanzania
  • Bonaventure Okere (M), National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) and West Africa ROAD, Nigeria
  • Geoffrey Okeng’o (M), University of Nairobi and East Africa Astronomical Society (EAAS), Kenya

Editors of the proceeding

  • Alemiye Mamo Yacob, EA-ROAD and Space Science and Technology Institute (SSGI), Ethiopia
  • Rosa Maria Ros, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
  • Niruj Mohan Ramanujam, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, India
  • Solomon Belay Tessema, Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MInT) and Space Science and Technology Institute (SSGI), Ethiopia
  • Mirjana Pović, Space Science and Technology Institute (SSGI) and Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain

Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

  • Seblu Humne Negu (M), SSGI, Ethiopia, – chair
  • Alemiye Mamo Yacob (M), SSGI & EA-ROAD, Ethiopia -co-chair
  • Shambel Sahelu (M), SSGI, Ethiopia, co-chair
  • Gemechu Muleta (M) SSGI, Ethiopia, co-chair
  • Mirjana Pović (F) SSGI, Ethiopia and IAA-CSIC, Spain, co-chair
  • Feraol Fana (M), SSGI, Ethiopia, co-chair
  • Jerusalem Tamirat (F), SSGI, Ethiopia
  • Betelehem Bilata (F), SSGI, Ethiopia
  • Etsegenet Getachew (F), SSGI, Ethiopia
  • Tolu Biressa (M), Jimma University, Ethiopia
  • Getinet Feleke (M), Kotebe Metropolitan University, Ethiopia
  • Zeleke Beyoro (M), Kotebe Metropolitan University (KMU), Ethiopia
  • Frehiwot Garomssa (F), SSGI, Ethiopia
  • Feleke Zerihun Terefe (M), SSGI, Ethiopia
  • Nathenael Fikadu(M), SSGI, Ethiopia
  • Wondemagn Girma, (M), F.D.R.E Tourism Ministry (MOT)
  • Biruk Terefe (M), Ethiopian Space Science Society (ESSS)