Lama Al Oraiman

Lama AlOraiman is one the Co-Founders of Kuwait's first Space Exploration and Research company - Ignition LLC, and an Emerging Space Leader Awardee. Lama stepped into the space field in 2018 by becoming Kuwait’s National Point of Contact for the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), and the National Coordinator of the World Space Week Association. Both positions opened the door to new opportunities and allowed her to become proactive within the space community. Her involvement in the field was through delegating and presenting at the world's biggest space conferences annually, giving TEDx talks, competing in global hackathons that solve real-life problems using space technology, and organizing large scale events locally and internationally to raise awareness on the importance of space exploration. Most importantly, was utilizing SGAC’s seat at the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) to promote the voice of Kuwait’s youth to the global space community, which helped the country become a member state in the committee in 2022. Recently, Lama Al-Oraiman was granted with the Emerging Space Leader Award by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and has been received by Kuwait's Crown Prince, Sheikh Mishaal Al-Sabah who named her “Kuwait’s Space Ambassador”.