Asia Pacific

Regional Coordinators
Asia Pacific
Joyeeta Chatterjee	Yohan Ferreira
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Asia Pacific has been a growing region for SGAC, paralleling the region’s development in the space sector. The primary activities for the region have been education and outreach driven by budding space leaders.  Additionally, Asia Pacific has been the host of several Space Generation Congresses, including in 2009 in Daejeon, South Korea.  

Current/Recent Activities in Region

• A presentation to the UN COPUOS focusing on disaster management “Youth Views on the capacity building for community-based disaster management, in context of the recent disasters in the Asia Pacific region”
• Multiple presentations given around the world by Asia Pacific SGAC members on the SGAC 50 Years Vision Project
• Scholarship development for regional members to attend international conferences including the 2009 International Year of Astronomy (IYA) conference held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France
• SGAC members participation in IYA regional organizing committees
• World Space Week outreach and educational event development and execution

Please see our SGAC Team Page for the full list of Regional Coordinators and National Points of Contact for the region!