New leadership for the International Astronautical Federation

Paris, France - 27 October 2004

PRESS RELEASE

New leadership for the International Astronautical Federation

Meeting in Vancouver, Canada during the 55th International Astronautical
Congress, the General Assembly of the International Astronautical Federation
(IAF) has elected a new eleven-person team to lead the activities of the
160-member organization for the coming two years.

The new President of the IAF is James V. Zimmerman who also serves as
President of International Space Services, Inc. of McLean, Virginia, USA.
Zimmerman replaces Marcio Barbosa, Deputy General Director of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), who
served as IAF President from 2000 to 2004.

Six new Vice Presidents will join Zimmerman on the IAF Bureau:
.. Anatoly Grigoriev who also serves as Director, Institute of Biomedical
Problems, Moscow, Russia
.. Virendra K. Jha who also serves as Vice President for Science and
Technology Programs of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Quebec, Canada
.. Anne-Marie Mainguy who also serves as Head of the Lille Centre, Office
National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA), Lille, France
.. Yasunori Matagawa who serves as Associate Executive Director and Director,
Public Outreach and Space Education Programs, Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency (JAXA), Tokyo, Japan
.. Robert C. Parkinson who also serves as a Consultant and Visiting Professor
in Aerospace Engineering at Queen Mary, University of London, Aylesbury,
United Kingdom
.. Victor Reglero who also serves as a Professor, University of Valencia,
Valencia, Spain


Four individuals were also re-elected to serve additional two-year Vice
Presidential terms:
.. Klaus Berge who also serves as an independent Space Consultant, Hennef,
Germany
.. Mukund Rao who also serves as Deputy Director for Earth Observations
Systems, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Bangalore, India
.. Stuart W. Thomson who also serves as Vice President, International
Business Development, The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, California, USA
.. Yuan Jia-Jun who also serves as President and Chief Executive Officer,
Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST), Beijing, China


Founded in 1951 with member organizations in 45 countries, the IAF provides
a global forum for the exchange of information on and promotion of space
activities. Each year the IAF organizes an International Astronautical
Congress in cooperation with the International Academy of Astronautics and
the International Institute of Space Law. 1,250 space professionals and
approximately 400 students attended the most recent Congress, held in
Vancouver, Canada from 4-8 October 2004. The next International
Astronautical Congress will be held in Fukuoka, Japan from 17-21 October
2005.

The IAF also organizes specialized workshops and is managing an
international earth observations data networking project in cooperation with
the European Space Agency. Further information on these activities can be
found on the IAF web site www.iafastro.com




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