Dr. Johann-Dietrich Wörner

Chairman of the Executive Board

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Dr. Wörner has been chairman of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) since 2007. In 1995, he was elected president of Darmstadt Technological University where he previously was technical director of the Institute for Glass Construction, dean of the civil engineering faculty and head of the Testing and Research Institute. Dr. Wörner earned a degree in civil engineering from Darmstadt Technological University and has received honorary doctorates from State University New York (USA), the technological universities of Bucharest (Romania) and Mongolia, St. Petersburg University for Economics and Finance (Russia) and from École Centrale Lyon (France).

Participating Events

Thursday, April 19, 2012

10:15AM

Space Agency Leaders – The Imperative of Global Collaboration

General Program
Panel

Location:

International Center: Main Stage

Moderator:

Dr. Dumitru Dorin Prunariu
Chairman

UNCOPUOS

Panelists:

Dr. Chummer Farina
Vice-President

Canadian Space Agency

The Honorable Lori B. Garver
Deputy Administrator

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Mr. Kiyoshi Higuchi
Vice President

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Professor Keith Mason
Senior Advisor UK Space Agency and Chair, UK Space Board

Dr. Francisco Javier Mendieta-Jimenez
General Director

Mexican Space Agency (AEM)

Dr. Gerrit (Ger) Nieuwpoort
Director

Netherlands Space Office

Dr. Johann-Dietrich Wörner
Chairman of the Executive Board

German Aerospace Center (DLR)

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