Dr Johannes Andersen, Niels Bohr Institute, fmr. IAU General Secretary (1997-2000)

Dr Cornelis de Jager, fmr. IAU General Secretary (1970-1973)

Dr Ian Corbett, Royal Astronomical Society,
fmr. IAU General Secretary (2009-2012)

Lars Lindberg Christensen, IAU Press Officer

Dr Michèle Gerbaldi, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, fmr. Chair IAU International School for Young Astronomers

Dr Norio Kaifu, fmr. Director General National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, fmr. IAU President (2012-2015)

Prof. Jean-Claude Pecker, fmr. Director Nice Observatory, fmr. IAU General Secretary (1964-1967)

Dr Jean-Pierre Swings, Institut d'Astrophysique-Géophysique Université de Liège, fmr. IAU General Secretary (1985-1988)

Dr Derek McNally, Royal Astronomical Society, fmr. IAU General Secretary (1988-1991)

Prof. George Miley, Royal Netherlands Professor, fmr. IAU VIce President (2006-2012)

Dr Catherine Cesarsky, fmr. ESO Director General, fmr. French High Commissioner for Atomic Energy, fmr. IAU President (2006-2009)

Dr Robert Williams, fmr. Director Space Telescope Science Institute, fmr. IAU President (2009-2012)

Dr Karel van der Hucht, fmr. IAU General Secretary (2006-2009)

Margrete Vestager, EU Commissioner for Competition

Hugh Kanza, Singer and Entertainer

Prof. Susan Jocelyne Bell Burnell, world-famous astrophysicist (discoverer of pulsars) and Dame Commander of the British Empire

Prof. Ronald Ekers, fmr. President of the International Astronomical Union (2003-2006)

Dr Dingyu Shao, Particle Physicist at CERN

Prof. Hans Rickman, fmr. General Secretary of the International Astronomical Union (2000-2003)

Jørgen Christiansen, CERN engineer

Dr Yuri Tanaka, Tokyo University of Arts

Prof. Jonathan R. Ellis, CBE FRS, Clerk Maxwell Professor in Theoretical Physics at King’s College, London.

Dr Dietmar Gruchmann, Mayor of the City of Garching

Aaron Lordson, Singer

Dr Sune Jakobsen, Physicist at CERN

Poul Helt, Photographer

Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO

Jesper Rungholm, Flight Captain and owner of Danish Air Transport (DAT)

Roger Gustavsen, Captain, M/V Norwegian Prima, Norwegian Cruise Line

Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan

Christoph Martin Madsen, founder of BongoPlanes

Kool and the Gang

Dr Frank Esienhauer, 2022 Gruber Prize laureate

Syd Norman's Pour House on M/V Norwegian Prima, House band

Lars Andersen, Scandinavian Airlines CSR & Sustainability Director

Paola Catapano, seasoned science communicator at CERN