National Contact Points will be EASN’s direct contact link for the Academia in his/her country and at the same moment entrance point for co-operation requests from other Stakeholders (Industry, SMEs, Research Establishments, Public).

The role of NCPs will include among others the following responsibilities

• Act as the link between the members of the EASN in a country and the Association
• Promote the scope and objectives of the Association in his/her country, contact new potential EASN members and encourage them to join the Association
• Give their input and contribution to propose EASN’s suggestion for future Framework Programs and calls related to Aviation and Space for Space Research and define EASN representatives for the Working Groups of the Space Consultation Platform
• Coordinate local interest groups
• Express the news and interests of his/her country
• Co-organize EASN events in his/her country
• Gather, filter, assess and communicate information to the Association
• Communicate & disseminate locally the findings/outcomes of the Association’s work
• Evaluate the local industry, advice on needs, strengths, opportunities and threats referring to his/her country

Region/Country	Name	Short CV
CENTRAL EUROPE
AUSTRIA	Prof. Michael Weigand	short CV
CROATIA	Prof. Ivica Smojver	short CV
GERMANY	Prof. Andreas Strohmayer	short CV
CENTRAL EAST EUROPE
CZECH REPUBLIC	Prof. Ivo Jebacek	short CV
LITHUANIA	Prof. Elena Jasiuniene	short CV
POLAND	Prof. Cezary Galinski	short CV
ROMANIA	Prof. Octavian Thor Pleter	short CV
SLOVAKIA	Prof. Katarina Monkova	short CV
UKRAINE	Prof. Aleksandr Marinoshenko
NORTH WEST EUROPE
IRELAND	Prof. Kyriakos Kourousis	short CV
NORWAY	Assoc. Prof. Paraskevas Kontis	short CV
SWEDEN	Prof. Shia-Hui Peng	short CV
UNITED KINGDOM	Prof. Kostas Kontis	short CV
SOUTHERN EUROPE
BULGARIA	Prof. Stefan Hristozov	short CV
GREECE	Prof. Konstantinos Tserpes	short CV
ISRAEL	Mr. Daniel Safranchik	short CV
ITALY	Prof. Liberata Guadagno	short CV
TURKEY	Prof. Yavuz Yaman	short CV
WESTERN EUROPE
BELGIUM	Dr. Konstantinos Gryllias	short CV
FRANCE	Prof. Emmanuel Benard
PORTUGAL	Prof. Paulo de Castro	short CV
SPAIN	Dr. Jordi Pons Prats	short CV