Airships over Ingria, Championship Staff
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World Championship 2008 Personnel

International Jury, representing FAI
Jean-Claude Weber, President, Luxembourg
Don Cameron, Member, UK
Risto Jalava, Member, Finland

Liaison Officer of Civil Aviation Authority of Russian Federation: Colonel V.S. Karavaev

Organizing National Aero Club:
Federation of Aeronautical Sports of Russia

Organizing Body:
Balloon Federation of Russia
Actual organizing outsourced to public relations agency "
Prosto Strategic Communications, Ltd."
Event President: Dmitry Klokov
Event Secretary: Tatyana Azova

Event Director: Pit Thibo, Luxembourg
Deputy Event Director: Jerzy Czerniawski, Poland
Safety Officer: Markus Haggeney, Germany
Weather Briefer: Senior Forecaster Dr. Olga Bojko, Russia
Weather Advisor: Professor Martin Harris, UK
Stewards: Patrik Kearly, Switzerland, and Rick Wallace, USA
Chief Scorer: Dominique Petitpere
Chief Observer: Yuri Mityagin

Numerous other people also worked for the event.