N° 11–2021: Call for Media: International experts meet the press at ESA’s European Space Debris Conference
13 April 2021
Media representatives are invited to a virtual press briefing with international experts on Tuesday, 20 April, from 09:45-11:00 BST (10:45–12:00 CEST) to learn more about the current space debris situation and international efforts to tackle the problem.
The media briefing will take place in coordination with the ESA-hosted 8th European Conference on Space Debris, one of the world’s most important scientific and technical gatherings dedicated to this topic. Because of COVID-19, the four-day conference will take place virtually from 20–23 April 2021.
Programme Tuesday, 20 April
09:00–10:30 CEST: Opening session - 8th European Conference on Space Debris
Media representatives can follow the conference opening including the world premiere of the 2021 movie, Time to Act, live via ESA Web TV (no registration needed): https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/ESA_Web_TV
10:45–12:00 CEST: Online media briefing
Participants
- Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General
- Rolf Densing, ESA Director of Operations
- Holger Krag, Head of ESA Space Safety Programme
- Jenni Tapio, European Centre for Space Law (ECSL)
- Thomas Schildknecht, International Astronomical Union (IAU)
- Luisa Innocenti, Head of ESA Clean Space Office
- Manuel Metz, Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC)
The experts will explain current issues and international efforts to tackle the space debris problem, and will answer questions from journalists.
Media registration
Journalists are invited to register for the media briefing by 19 April via: https://www.esa.int/Contact/mediaregistration
Registered media will receive an email with details on how to join. The briefing will be in English.
Media who wish to follow a livestream of the daily highlight panels from the conference, to be held at 13:00 CEST on 20, 21, 22 and 23 April, may request free access to do so. Please either request this in the comment box of the registration form, or send a mail to media@esa.int.
Conference programme via:
https://space-debris-conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int/page/programme
Social media
Follow ESA and ESA’s Space Safety Programme at:
Twitter: @ESA / @esaoperations / @esa_tech / @ESAcleanspace
Instagram: Europeanspaceagency
Facebook: EuropeanSpaceAgency
YouTube: ESA
Hashtag(s): #TimeToAct #SpaceDebris
Further information
For a full listing of video/TV files, new digital assets, online links to news and backgrounders, more information and terms & conditions for usage, please access:
http://www.esa.int/8ecsd_links
Images
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images
Terms and conditions for using ESA images:
https://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/ESA_Multimedia/Copyright_Notice_Images
For questions or more information related to ESA images, please contact directly spaceinimages@esa.int.
Videos
https://www.esa.int/esatv/Videos/2021/04/Space_Debris
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos
Terms and conditions for using ESA videos:
https://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Terms_and_Conditions
For questions or more information related to ESA videos, please contact directly spaceinvideos@esa.int.
About the European Space Agency
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