N° 2–2009: ESA Director General to meet the press in Paris
5 January 2009
On Wednesday 14 January 2009, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain will meet the press at ESA Headquarters in Paris. The gathering will start at 08:30 with breakfast, followed at 09:00 by a press briefing to review the Agency’s activities in 2008 and look ahead to those of 2009, a year set to be full of events and marked by several major launches i.e. Herschel-Planck, GOCE, SMOS and CryoSat.
Human spaceflight will also be under the spotlight this year with the final selection of astronauts and two European astronauts joining the International Space Station: Frank de Winne, for a long-duration mission, and Christer Fuglesang.
Media representatives wishing to attend are kindly requested to complete the attached accreditation form and return it, preferably by fax (+33(0)1.5369.7690) or email (Brigitte.Kolmsee@esa.int), to the ESA Media Relations Office in Paris.
For further information, please contact:
ESA Media Relations Office
Communication and Knowledge Department
Tel: +33(0)1.5369.7299
Fax: +33(0)1.5369.7690
ESA Director General’s press breakfast
Wednesday 14 January – 08:30
ESA – 8/10, rue Mario Nikis – 7515 Paris
First name: __________________ Last name:____________________
Media organisation: _________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________
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[ ] I will be attending the press breakfast
[ ] I will not be attending
For further information, please contact:
ESA Media Relations Office
ESA Communication and Knowledge Department
Tel: +33(0)1.5369.7299
Fax: +33(0)1.5369.7690
Email: Brigitte.Kolmsee@esa.int
For further information:
ESA Media Relations Office
Tel: +33.(0)1.5369.7299
Fax: +33.(0)1.5369.7690