Sergio Camacho-Lara participated in the establishment of the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN) and the Space Mission Planning Advisory Group. He is a member of the Steering Committee of IAWN. He is a professor at the Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE) in Mexico and is the secretary general of the Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin America and the Caribbean, affiliated to the United Nations.