Conference Conveners

• Jonathan Grindlay (Harvard University)
• Alaa Ibrahim (American Univ. in Cairo & Cairo Univ.)

Scientific Organizing Committee

• Ali Alpar (Sabanci University, Turkey)
• Roger Blandford (Stanford University, USA)
• Deepto Chakrabarty (MIT, USA)
• Neil Gehrels (NASA GSFC, USA)
• Jonathan Grindlay (Harvard; Co-Chair)
• Victoria Kaspi (McGill University, Canada)
• Walter Lewin (MIT, USA)
• Ed van den Heuvel (University of Amsterdam, Netherland)
• Alaa Ibrahim (AUC & Cairo Univ.; Co-Chair)
• Paul O'Brien (University of Leicester, UK)
• George Pavlov (Penn State)
• Martin Rees (University of Cambridge, UK)
• Luigi Stella (Astronomical Observatory of Rome, Italy)
• Chris Thompson (CITA, Canada)
• Ralph Wijers (Netherland)
• Silvia Zane (UCL, UK)

International Advisory Committee

• Hamid Alnaimiy (UAE University, UAE)
• Shawqi Al Dallal (University of Bahrain, Bahrain)
• Prahlad C. Agrawal (TIFR, India)
• Abraham Chian, (WISER & INPE, Brazil)
• Hassane Darhmaoui (Al Akhawayn University, Morocco)
• Carlos Gabriel (European Space Agency)
• Peter Martinez (South African Astronomical Observatory, South African)
• Robert Missoten (UNESCO)
• Keterpali Sreenivisan (ICTP, Italy)
• Peter Willmore (COSPAR, France)

Local Organizing Committee

• Alaa Ibrahim (AUC & Cairo Univ.; Chair)
• Matt McQuinn (Harvard University)
• Mohamed Ansary (Cairo Univ., Egypt)
• Ahmed El-Mezeni (AUC, Egypt)
• Tamer El Kholy (MIT, USA)
• Mohamed Zaghoo (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA)
• Youssef Abdel-Aziz (AUC, Egypt)