One of the ways in which SGAC empowers its young professional and student members is by facilitating access to the world’s major space conferences. SGAC has partnered with ispace to bring one student or Young Professional to attend the 8th Space Generation Fusion Forum (April 05 – 08)  and Space Symposium 35th  (April 08 – 11) in Colorado Springs, USA.

The selection process was difficult to narrow down to only one candidate from a pool of talented applications but we are proud to announce KangSan Kim as the winner of the ispace scholarship. The value of the award is $600 which can be put to either of the following expenses: registration fees, travel, lodging or visa costs associated with the attendance of these events. 

KangSan Kim (South Korea)

KangSan Kim (Antonio Fowl Stark) is a student in international business operations and artificial intelligence at Minerva Schools at KGI. He has been living in 5 different countries over the past 3 years: the U.S., South Korea, India, Germany, UK, and Argentina. He works as a consultant for various organizations including SoftBank, Unilever, Argentine Ministry of Education, and the World Federation of United Nations Associations. He is currently the organizer for SG[ASEAN] 2019, Brand Identity Manager for SGAC, and the National Point of Contact for South Korea.

He also holds positions in the National Space Society, Space Renaissance International, Alliance for Space Development, World Space Week Association, and the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space.

Antonio is most excited about entrepreneurship and sustainability, and serves as judge and advisor to multiple sustainability-focused accelerators and competitions. He loves the underwater world as much as outer space, and is always looking out for his next scuba dive trip.

“It’s an honor to be receiving the iSpace SGFF scholarship. SGFF is truly a meeting point for young professional space leaders around the world, and I am grateful to have the chance to discuss the future of sustainable and equal space exploration with them. Thank You!”