In coordination with the EC as part of the Copernicus constellation for Earth observation, and with Netherlands Space Office as instrument contributor, Sentinel 5-P will be presented to media in June (exact date tbc).

ESA will be present in the world's largest air exhibition with a space pavilion. Several media events will be organized.

Jan Woerner, ESA Director General and all ESA directors will introduce an interaction with media on ‘Space 4.0’, an era in which the space sector evolves from being the preserve of the governments of a few spacefaring nations to a new reality, with an increased number of diverse space actors around the world, from public to private, from local to global, from academia to citizens.

An interaction with Heads of delegations from ESA member states and partners on the evolution of the Agency and its programmes, leading towards the next ESA ministerial meeting in 2019. 

Delegates from the following Member States have confirmed attendance: France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, UK & Canada.

David Parker, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration, will present Europe’s new vision for space exploration, the European Exploration Envelope Programme (E3P), its content, its goals and its achievements.

The event will include the signing of the first commercial partnership with Space Applications Services, ICECubes, the new way to get experiments on the International Space Station.  A panel discussion and Q&A session with the press will follow with ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, Athena Coustenis, Chair of the European Science Committee, European Science Foundation,  Laura Gatti, Chair of the Exploration Working Group of Eurospace, David Parker, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration, Johann-Dietrich Woerner, ESA Director General.

Since its foundation, Women in Aerospace Europe, organises events in the frame of international conferences, workshops and air shows offering a platform for networking, sharing experiences and views on the challenges of global changes in gender diversity, on expanding leadership and inspiring young women to take up studies in STEM subjects. 　

Round table: Our common future on Space and Security. Where are we today? 　

Award Ceremony, dedicated to celebrating women’s professional excellence in space. 　

Public announcement of the Space Exploration Masters to raise awareness of the Prize opportunities for the Best Business Success from a Technology Transfer related to Space Exploration technologies and New Business Innovation ideas.

Initiated by ESA and organised by Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen, the Space Exploration Masters will implement Europe's goals to explore space for new business innovation and technology transfer success benefiting Earth.

Advances in mobile connectivity are rapidly shaping new markets and societal change, while the need for secure communications poses pressing challenges for institutions and enterprises. This panel focuses on the Govsatcom Precursor programme and the announcement of a 5G Action Plan, twoactivities led by ESA, where space-based communications provide solutions, shape infrastructure and exploit market opportunities.

Govsatcom Precursor is a first step by ESA to demonstrate what the European space industry can do to support the EU’s Govsatcom programme, an initiative designed to pool and share relevant governmental and commercial satellite solutions to provide secure and guaranteed access to satellite communications.

The 5G Action Plan sees 15 satellite operators, service providers, manufacturers and ESA Member States join forces to form a strategic vision for the role satellites can play in providing cost-effective solutions within future 5G networks, the mobile communications solution of the coming decade.

Up and Start will gather leaders and high-level representatives of some of the major European companies from a large variety of industrial sectors (space and non-space) to interactively discuss with the ESA Director General about the future role of Space as a catalyst to spur innovation through cross-partnerships of diverse industrial ecosystems. This event intends to initiate a unique disruptive dynamic, discussing inspiring goals that are far from market reach, attracting unconventional approaches to develop new solutions and business models, reaching out to wide communities of problem solvers.

The event will also showcase the success of start-up incubated by ESA BIC and the new ESA Grand Challenge Initiative.

Programme

16.00 - 16.10 Welcome and Introduction - ESA Director General, Prof. Woerner

16.10 - 16.40 Start-up Success Stories and Q&A

16.40 - 16.50 Space-led innovation opportunities and challenges - Director of Industry Procurement and Legal Services, Mr Eric Morel de Westgaver

16.50 – 17.00 ESA Grand Challenge - ESA Space Economy Manager, Mr Luca del Monte + Q&A

17.00 – 17.30 Networking Reception

17.00 – 18.00 Free Tour of the ESA Exhibition at the ESA Pavilion

Satellites from European institutions will play a major role during the exploitation of the new family of ESA-developed launchers, Vega-C and Ariane 6 which will be operative from 2019/2020. 　

In this round table, high level representatives from important European institutions are invited todebate how they can contribute to guarantee a level playing field for Ariane 6 and Vega-C exploitation with respect to competitors that can count on a very large number of institutional payloads.　

Participants : Pierre Delsaux, European Commission, Deputy-Director General, Alan Ratier, Eumetsat, Director General, Stephan Israel, Arianespace, CEO, Joel Barre, CNES, Deputy Director General, Wolfgang Scheremet, German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Director-General Industrial Policy, Roberto Battiston, ASI, President, Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA, Director of Space Transportation, Moderated by Gaele Winters, former ESA Director of Launchers

Ariane 5 ECA Performance Increase and Competitiveness Activities, ESA/ASL

Ariane 5 ECA Adaptation for the James Webb Space Telescope Launch, ESA/ASL

Standardisation activities for Light-Sat missions based on Ariane 6 and Vega-C launch systems, ESA/Arianespace

Vega for Light-Sat missions, Proof of Concept preparatory activities, ESA/ELV

ESA_Lab@HEC Paris is a cooperation scheme to intensify research, development and outreach between ESA and HEC Paris, one of the leading academic institutions in Europe specialising in education and research in business management. Given the possibility to work on interesting and challenging ideas, students from all degree programmes will be enriched with the knowledge of how disruptive, future-oriented space-based solutions can be developed for the benefit of society and economy. The project is part of the larger ESA_Lab@ platform newly established with the aim of intensifying collaboration with academia.

Jan Woerner, ESA Director General, will engage in an interaction on space matters with a citizens gathered together from very different areas, and benchmark live the results of the questions raised during a citizens’ debate on space for Europe organised by ESA in all its member states in September 2016.

ESA is teaming up with enthusiasts to build a desktop greenhouse for people to grow plants at home and in classrooms to test potential crops for space. ESA’s Micro-Ecological Life Support System Alternative team, MELiSSA, has been working for over 27 years to create ecosystems for astronauts. They fine-tune how microorganisms, chemicals, catalysts, algae and plants interact to process waste and deliver unending supplies of oxygen, water and food. Getting the data we need would take centuries because scientists would need to grow each plant themselves. Using a citizen science initiative is new for ESA but has great potential. ESA will present a prototype design for an AstroPlant kit at the Paris Air Show. The event is open to general public, plant experts, hackers, scientists, engineers, biologists, designers, artists, software developers and secondary schools as well as high schools and universities.

Kids, teens, youngsters, social media followers … life, the universe and everything – welcome to the ESA pavilion! This will be a special session with an even more special guest– stay tuned! Also, meet and chat with our experts, take a tour of the pavilion and don’t miss your chance to snap, post, tweet, blog, vlog, share this experience with the rest of the world!

This is an open and interactive session that will again be dedicated to the younger generation – and with a chance to chat to ESA Director General Jan Woerner, about his plans for a village on the Moon or future international collaboration in space.  Moreover this will be the opportunity to meet our experts, take a tour of the pavilion and explore space!

The second and last chance for kids, teens, youngsters and social media followers to interact with us: ESA Director General Jan Woerner will once more engage in an open and interactive dialogue with a possible future generation of space explorers.

A new launch facility for tests and to familiarize astronauts with a Moon-like environment will be opened in the second half of 2017, exact date tbc.

Closing ceremony of the Student Aerospace Challenge – Défi Aérospatial Etudiant

proposed by the Astronaute Club Européen, ACE, in partnership with Dassault Aviation, Airbus, Safran, Thales and ESA.

Awards ceremony for winning teams of the Student Aerospace Challenge, an annual competition that allows university students to participate in studies for a reusable manned suborbital vehicle. This is divided into 11 work packages: Aerodynamics and Flight control, Structure, Propulsion, Innovative architecture, Cabin layout (except electronic devices), Onboard systems, Spaceport, Communication, Economical aspects, Legal aspects and Medical aspects. Students have the opportunity to create a team, put their knowledge into practice by working on a specific work package and enjoy an original experience which brings them closer to the aerospace sector. Selected teams had around five months to work on their projects and submit a report. They presented their projects to the partners of this challenge and the best presentations will be rewarded at this ceremony.

http://www.studentaerospacechallenge.eu