Agenda and presentations

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Day 1 – Tuesday 9 May

14:00 – 19:00 - Arrival of participants and registration at the Abbey

20:00 – 21:30 - Welcome cocktail and buffet dinner  
 
Day 2 – Wednesday 10 May

09:00 – 09:15 - Opening remarks by Daniel Sacotte, ESA, and Simona Di Pippo, ASI

09:15 – 09:45 - Welcome speech by Sergio Vetrella (ASI President)

09:45 – 10:30 - Key note speech: Scott J. Horowitz, NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems "Creating a Global Exploration Strategy" – Speech & Slides

10:30 – 11:00 - Presentations on status, future plans and rationale for international cooperation:

- ESA
- ASI
- NASA

11:30 – 13:00 - Presentations on status, future plans and rationale for international cooperation (continued):

- Roscosmos
- JAXA
- CSA
- CNSA
- CNES

14:30 – 15:00 - Rationale, philosophy and objectives of the workshop

Co-chair:
Daniel Sacotte (Director of Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration Prog. ESA)
Simona Di Pippo (Director, Observation of the Universe, ASI)

15:00 – 16:00 - Roundtable and moderated discussion

16:30 – 18:00 - International cooperation examples - Chairman: Rene Oosterlinck (ESA Director of External Relations)

- Cooperation in the ISS Programme (Robert Veldhuyzen, ESA Directorate for Human Spaceflight, Microgravity & Exploration)

- Results of an international workshop (Peggy Finarelli - George Mason University, Fairfax, VA., USA)

- The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS): an example of International Cooperation (Guy Duchossois – former GEO Work Plan manager, ret.)

- Potential common issues between law and policy of international spaces: Antarctic, high-seas and outer space (Armel Kerrest – Univ. Bretagne Occidental, Law Faculty)
 
 
Day 3 – Thursday 11 May

09:00 – 09:15 - Opening

09:15 – 11:00 - Splinter Sessions:

Splinter 1: Space transportation
Chair: Marco Caporicci (ESA) / Flaminia Rossi (ASI)
Rapporteur : Silvano Casini
- JAXA

Splinter 2: In orbit infrastructure
Chair: Bernhard Hufenbach (ESA) / Andrea Lorenzoni (ASI)
Rapporteur : Jim Zimmermann

Splinter 3: Surface infrastructure
Chair: Scott Hovland (ESA) / Enrico Flamini (ASI)
Rapporteur : Alain Dupas
- JAXA
- NASA

Splinter 4: Automatic precursor missions
Chair: Bruno Gardini (ESA) / Sylvie Espinasse (ASI)
Rapporteur : John Logsdon
- JAXA

12:30 – 13:00 - Splinter Sessions (contd.)

14:30 – 16:00 - Splinter Sessions (contd.)

16:30 – 17:30 - Report to workshop conveners by splinter chairs and rapporteurs (closed session)
 
 
Day 4 – Friday 12 May

09:00 – 09:15 - Opening

09:15 – 10:30 - Wrap up from splinter sessions and discussion

- Splinter 1: Conclusion
- Splinter 2: Conclusion
- Splinter 3: Conclusion
- Splinter 4: Conclusion

10:30 – 11:00 - Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00 Final conclusions

- The Spineto Declaration

12:00 Adjourn
 
 
Last update: 6 March 2007