Results of the SGAC Co-Chair Election 2019
SGAC election for a new Co-Chairperson in 2019 has been completed and we are pleased to welcome Arnau Pons (Spain) as the new Co-Chair of SGAC.
SGAC Announces the Winners of the National Academies Early Career Program
SGAC is pleased to announce Ashwati Das and Adeene Denton as the winners of the National Academies Early Career Program for Space Science Week 2019.
UNOOSA and SGAC sign Memorandum of Understanding
VIENNA, 15 February 2019 (UN Information Service) – The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) committed today to work jointly in supporting young people in line with the Secretary General’s ‘Youth 2030 strategy’, launched in September 2018. On 15 February, UNOOSA Director Simonetta Di Pippo and the SGAC Executive Director Clementine Decoopman signed a Memorandum of Understanding for this new partnership.
Looking Back: SG [Colombia]
During the World Space Week, SGAC organized the SG[Colombia], the first SpaceGen event that took place in Medellin and was hosted by the International Congress of Space Science and Technology CICTA 2018, which was organized by the University of Antioquia and the Francisco Jose de Caldas Distrital University.
Looking Back: [SG]Greece
Following the success from 2017, SG[Greece] 2018 – Space Opportunities in Greece and ESA took place on Friday the 23rd of November at the Ceremony Hall of the National Technical University of Athens and was organized as part of the ESA and SGAC-supported European Space Talks initiative.
SGAC Announces the Winners of the South-America Space Leaders Award
SGAC is pleased to announce Santiago Henn, Miguel Heredia, and Jimmy Gora as the winners of the South-America Space Leaders Award. The competition enables the outstanding SGAC members to attend the South American Space Generation Workshop (SA-SGW) will be held on 9-10th of November, 2018 in partnership with the XIII International Congress of Electronics, Control and Telecommunications in Bogotá. The SA-SGW 2018 is a two-day regional event for students and young professionals (aged 18-35 years) to discuss pertinent issues that the space industry in the South-America space region is facing.
Former SGAC Executive Directors
Database of the past SGAC Executive Directors and where they moved to after.
SGAC Announces the Winners of the African Leadership Award
SGAC is pleased to announce Ms Hanadi Abdalla, Nebiyu Mohammed, Ani Vermeulen and Gaedze Kudjo Herman Akagla as the winners of the African Space Generation Leadership Award.
SGAC Recognized in Remarks Before the 4th U.S. National Space Council Meeting
Last month, UAG Chairman Adm. James Ellis and Chair of the Economic Development and Industrial Base Sub-Committee Dr. Mary Lynne Dittmar met with a select group of Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) members (representing the United States, France, Australia, Nigeria, India, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, and Spain) at the 69th International Astronautical Congress in Bremen, Germany. The meeting explored how SGAC, an organisation founded to provide the voice of the next generation of students and young professionals to the industry, government, space agencies and academia, could provide direct input to the UAG and further engage the young generation to get involved in space-related activities and discussions.
SGAC Announces the Winners of the Asian-Pacific Leadership Award
SGAC is pleased to announce Hamza Hameed, Antonio Fowl Stark, Anamol Mittal and Harlee Quizzagan as the winners of the Asia-Pacific Space Generation Leadership Award. The competition enables the outstanding SGAC members to attend the Asian-Pacific-Space Generation Workshop that will be held on 3-5 November, 2018 at the Boeing Training & Professional Services, Singapore. The AP-SGW 2018 is a two and a half-day event for students and young professionals (aged 18-35 years) to thoroughly discuss relevant issues that the space industry in the Asia-Pacific region is facing.
