Dr. Awni Moh’d Khasawneh is Director General of the UN Regional Center for Space Science & Technology Education for Western Asia (UN-RCSSTEWA) since 2012. Since 2015 he is Head of the Regional Office of Astronomy Development in the Arab Region (ROAD). He completed his Ph. D. in Astrophysics and Radio Astronomy/Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory. He is the Chairman of the Jordanian Astronomy Society (JAS) since 2016. Since 2015, he is Dean of the Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre’s College for Surveying Sciences. He has been participating and supervising many International scientific conferences and workshops in the field of Space Sciences, Astronomy, Geographical Names, World Geospatial Information Management and Outer Space Affairs.