Committee of Space Affairs

Committee members from April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2007

Members
Chairman: Timo Kekkonen, Director General, Ministry of Trade and Industry

Vice-chairman: Mirja Arajärvi, Counsellor of Education, Ministry of Education
Jaakko Halttunen, Counsellor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Petteri Taalas, Director General, Meteorological Institute
Susan Linko, Unit Director, Academy of Finland
Kari Tilli, Technology Unit Director, Finnish Funding Agency of Technology
Juha Ritala, Vice President, Patria Oy

Permanent Advisers
Esa Panula-Ontto, Head of Unit, Finnish Funding Agency of Technology
Hannu Koskinen, Professor in Space Physics, University of Helsinki
Brigadier General Markku Ihantola, Chief Engineer, Finnish Defense Forces
Juha Vuorimies, Development Director, Ministry of the Environment
Risto Kuittinen, Director General, Geodetical Institute
Pekka Jakkula, President, Ylinen Electronics Oy
Mikael Nyberg, Government Counsellor, Ministry of Transport and Communications
Antti Joensuu, Industrial Counsellor, Ministry of Trade and Industry
Tuomas Häme, Unit Director, State Technical Research Centre

Yrjö Sucksdorff, Division Manager, Finland's environmental administration

During ESA Council Chairmanship Periods
Jarkko Koskinen, Research Professor, Meteorological Institute

Risto Pellinen, Research Professor, Meteorological Institute

Secretaries
Secretary: Pauli Stigell, Senior Technology Adviser, Finnish Funding Agency of Technology
Science secretary: Pentti Pulkkinen, Senior Science Adviser, Academy of Finland