Extended ESA History Project Concluding Workshop

PROGRAMME

13 APRIL

Morning session
Chairman: Karl Reuter,
Chairman, ESA History Advisory Committee

09. 00
Welcome address: J.- J. Dordain, Director General, ESA

The broader framework

09.15 - 09. 45
What space historians should know about the European programme John Krige, Kranzberg Professor, School of HTS, Georgia Institute of Technology

09.45 - 10. 15
What space historians should know about the NASA programme Roger D. Launius, Ph. D, Chair, Divi- sion of Space History - National Air and Space Museum - Smithsonian In- stitution, Washington

10. 15 - 10. 45
The history of the Agency from within Reimar Lüst, former Director General of ESA

10.45 - 11. 00
Discussion

11. 00 - 11. 30
COFFEE

The national histories

11.30 - 12. 00
France, Jacques Villain, Président, Hervé Moulin, Secrétaire Général, Institut Français d’Histoire de l’Espace

12.00 - 12. 30
Germany, Helmut Trischler, Director of Research, Deutsches Museum, Munich

12.30 - 12. 45
Discussion

12. 45 - 14. 15
LUNCH , VIP Restaurant

Afternoon session
Chairman: Robert Halleux
Directeur, Centre d’Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques, Université de Liège, Belgium

14.15 - 14. 45
Italy, Michelangelo de Maria, University La Sapienza, Rome

14.45 - 15. 15
United Kingdom, Doug Millard, Senior Curator, ICT & Space Tech- nology, Science Museum, London

15. 15 - 15. 30
Discussion

15. 30 - 16. 00
COFFEE

16. 00 - 16. 30
Belgium, Robert Halleux, Directeur, Centre d’Histoire des Sciences et des Techniques, Université de Liège, Belgium

16. 30 - 17. 00
Netherlands, Daniel de Hoop, NIVR

17.00 - 17. 15
Discussion

17. 15 - 17. 45
Oral archives – Nathalie Tinjod, Records manager, ESA

18. 00
End of session

14 APRIL

Morning session
Chairman: Peter Creola, former Head of Swiss Delegation to ESA

09. 00 - 09. 30
Austria, Bruno Besser, Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria

09.30 - 10. 00,
Switzerland, Stephan Zellmeyer, Historisches Seminar der Universität, Basel, Switzerland

10. 00 - 10. 15
Discussion

10. 15 - 10. 45
COFFEE

10. 45 - 11. 15
Norway/ Sweden, Nina Wormbs, STINT Fellow, Dept. of History and Civilization, European University Institute

11. 15 - 11. 45
Finland, Ilkka Seppinen, University of Helsinki, Dept. of Political History

11. 45 - 12. 15
Denmark, Preben Gudmandsen, Professor Emeritus, University of Denmark, Lyngby, DK

12. 15 - 12. 30
Discussion

12. 30 - 14. 00
LUNCH, VIP Restaurant

Afternoon session
Chairman: Risto Pellinen,
Professor, Finnish Meteorological Institute

14. 00 - 14. 30
Spain, José M. Dorado

14.30 - 15.00
Canada, W. M. (Mac) Evans, former President of Canadian Space Agency

15. 00 - 15. 15
Discussion

15. 15 - 15. 45
COFFEE<

The future

15. 45 - 16. 00
The Tensions of Europe project: A possible intellectual home – Helmut Trischler

16. 00 - 16. 45
Discussion and conclusions by Karlheinz Kreuzberg, Head of the Director General's Cabinet, ESA

16. 45
Official closing of meeting