Conference Committee

Higher Committee:

Prof. Hamid M.K. Al Naimy	President of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences (AUASS) - Chancellor of the University of Sharjah (Conference Chair)
Prof. Youssef Al Haik	Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs - University of Sharjah
Dr. Salah Taher Al Haj	Vice Chancellor for Community Affairs - University of Sharjah
Dr. Awni Mohd Saleh Kasawneh	Secretary General of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences (AUASS)

Scientific Committee:

Prof. Shawqi Muhammad Al-Dalal	Vice President of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences - University of Bahrain	Chairman
Prof. Nouar Tabet	Dean of College of Sciences – University of Sharjah	Vice Chairman
Dr. Awni Kasawneh	Secretary General of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences	Vice Chairman
Prof. Mashhoor Al Wardat	Financial Secretary of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences - Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy - University of Sharjah	Coordina-tor
Prof. Ilias Fernini	Sharjah Acaemy for Astronomy and Space Sciences and Technology	Member
Dr. Randa Alasaad	American University of Sharjah	Member
Prof. Hasnaa El-Shennawy	Morocco	Member
Prof. Muawiyah Shaddad	Sudan	Member
Prof. Wahib Al-Nasser	Arab Gulf University - Bahrain	Member
Prof. Majid Mahmoud Jarrad	Iraq	Member
Prof. Mounib El Eid	Member of the Union Supreme Council - American University of Beirut - Lebanon	Member
Prof. Zouhair Benkhaldoun	Member of the Union Supreme Council - Cadi Ayyad University - Morocco	Member
Prof. Osama Shalabia	Member of the Union Supreme Council - Beni Suef University - Egypt	Member
Prof. Ali Al-Taher Sharaf Al-Din	Member of the Union Supreme Council - Sudan	Member
Dr. Hala Jassar	Member of the Union Supreme Council - Kuwait	Member
Dr. Saleh Al-Shaidani	Member of the Union Supreme Council - Sultanate of Oman	Member
Dr. Saleh Al-Saab	Member of the Union Supreme Council – Saudi Arabia	Member
Dr. Faisal Al Abdali	Member of the Union Supreme Council – Libya	Member
Dr. Mohammed Al-Asiri	Member of the Union Supreme Council – Syria	Member
Dr. Ammar Al-Sakji	President of the Jordanian Astronomical Society	Member

Prof. Yuri Balega	Russian Academy of Sciences and Special Astrophysical Observatory	Member
Prof. Piero Benvenuti	IAU	Member
Prof. Wayne ORCHISTON	Centre for Astrophysics, University of Southern Queensland, Australia	Member
Prof. Hayke Harutyunyan	Armenia	Member
Dr. Aziz Ziad	France	Member
Dr. Kevin Govendar	South Africa	Member
Dr. Weng Wang	China	Member
Dr. Mohammad Mardini	Japan	Member

Organizing Committee:

Dr. Hussein M. Elmehdi	Dean of Academic Support Services' Office	Chairman
Ms. Fatima Hassan Sajwani	Director - Conference Management Office	Member
Dr. Ihsan Ahmed Shehadi	Vice Dean of College of Sciences	Member
Mr. Omar Adwan	Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy	Coordinator
Ms. Aisha Bukhatir	Director-Admission Office	Member
Ms. Anissa Maamar Bettayeb	Head of Academic Computing Services Section	Member
Mr. Bassam Khader	Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy	Member
Ms. Nawal Nayfeh	Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy	Member
Ms. Racha Al-Khoury	Department of Applied Biology	Member
Ms. Tahani Alsarayreh	Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy	Member
Ms. Mariam Rashed Al-Naqbi	Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy	Member
Ms. Nemat Dek Al-Bab	Chemistry Department	Member
Ms. Batoul Majed Karazoun	College of Sciences	Member
Mr.Khalid Al Raboy	Director of Public Relations Department	Member
Dr. Nadia Farhat	Director of Marketing and Student Recruitment Department	Member
Dr. Shareefah Al Marzouqi	Director of Media Center	Member
Ms.Eman Abdalla	Conference Management Center	Member
Mr. Rafat Abdul Rahim Al-Athmay	Conference Management Center	Member

Representatives of the Arab Astronomical Societies:

Mr. Marwan Shwaiki	President of the Planetarium Society - Sharjah Academy for Astronomy and Space Science and Technology
Mr. Ibrahim Al Jarwan	President of the Emirates Astronomical Society
Dr. Hanna Sabbat	Vice President of the Jordanian Astronomical Society
Prof. Jamal Maimouni	President of the "Al-Shi'ari" Association for Astronomy
Mr. Adel Al-Saadoun	President of the Kuwait Astronomical Society
Mr. Ammar Al-Rawahi	President of the Omani Astronomical Society - Sultanate of Oman
Mr. Basheikh Mouloud	President of the Association of Sky's Gifts for Meteors and Meteors Smara - Morocco
Dr. Adnan Alaabid	Director of the Baghdad Center for Astronomy and Space Sciences
Mr. Jawad Al-Anazi	President of the Iraqi Association for Science Hobbyists and the Gifted
Mr. Hisham Bin Yahya	Vice President of the Tunisian Association of Astronomy
Mr. Majed Abu Zahra	President of the Saudi Astronomical Society in Jeddah
Dr. Nafie Sheikh	President of the Mauritanian Society of Astronomy
Ms. Turkeyeh Al Jabour	Syrian Astronomical Society - Syria
Mr. Hani Al-Dhalea	Coordinator of the Qatar Astronomy Olympiad - Qatar
Mr. Mahmoud Al Saghiri	President of the Yemeni Astronomical Society
Dr. Sofiane Kammoun	President of the Tunisian Association of Astronomy