Workshop Agenda

Chairman: Eric Morel de Westgaver, ESA
 

10.00-10.20		Welcome and introduction E. Morel, head of ESA’s Procurement Department
10.20-11.00		Findings from an industry survey: “SME support requirements and availability of experts and enabling facilities” N. Bougharouat, head of ESA’s SME Unit
11.00-11.40		Examples of support being delivered via SineQuaNet: Support to HOS-Technik T. Rohr, ESTEC Support to LEIRIOS Technologies L. Wedin, ESTEC
11.40-12.15		SineQuaNet support priorities: ensuring a unique added value S. Smid, ASSYSTEM/INBIS, Luxembourg
12.15-12.45		Debate and discussion: Perspectives on SMEs’ needs and support priorities Chaired by E. Morel, head of ESA’s Procurement Department
13.45-14.15		SineQuanet: a new model for cooperation in space: the Italian SMEs’ vision G. Sylos Labini, President, Associazione Italiana PMI Aerospaziali, AIPAS
14.15-14.40		European Cooperation for Space Standardisation (ECSS) F. Felici, ESA representative in ECSS Technical Authority
14.40-15.00		The tendering process and ESA EMITS system P. Reynaud, ESA Procurement Department
15.15-16.15		Presentations on business opportunities for SMEs: ESA Technology Transfer Programme opportunities D. Raitt, ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme ESA Innovation Technology Initiative opportunities M. Freire, ESA’s Technology Strategy Section Earth Observation Market Development opportunities P-Ph. Mathieu, ESA’s Earth Observation Science & Applications
16.15-16.30		Summary, and Close of Meeting

 
 
Last update: 13 April 2007