The Ecsite Space Group pre-conference started with a welcome from Ecsite Executive Director, Catherine Franche, followed by the co-chairs of the Space Group.
The group is chaired by Ana Noronha (Executive Director of Ciência Viva, Lisbon, Portugal), Maria Menendez (Head of ESA Outreach Coordination Office, ESA HQ Paris), Tobias Wolff (Universum Bremen, Germany), Christophe Chaffardon (Education, Science and Culture Director at Cité de l’espace, Toulouse, France), Miriam Atienza (Ciudad de las Artes I las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain), and Barbara Budassi (Coordinator of the Ecsite Space Group for ESA, Paris, France).