ESTEC, ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre, hosted the Industry Space Days (ISD2006) from 29 to 31 May 2006. Around 700 people participated in this event including 371 representatives of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), 152 larger industrial groups, 36 institutions, 21 networks, 30 research laboratories and 20 national space agencies.
The event provided a whole range of conferences tailored to inform industry in general and SMEs in particular on business opportunities as well as technology innovation and market trends. During ISD2006 representatives of ESA programmes, national space agencies and some of the large space groups presented the business opportunities available within their organisations.