ESA and BIC Lazio signed 3 March 2009 the support contract to formalise the new collaboration agreement for the ESA Business Incubation initiative in Italy. This will provide access for entrepreneurs and start-up companies using space technology and systems in non-space sectors to the Italian branch of ESA's Business Incubation, hosted at BIC Lazio’s ITech incubator near Rome. The contract was signed by Volker Liebig, Director of ESA’s Earth Observation and Head of ESRIN (ESA’s centre in Italy at Frascati near Rome), and Enrico D'Agostino, President of BIC Lazio.