Call for Media: ESA Council meeting at ministerial level, Lucerne, Switzerland, 1–2 December 2016
ESA’s Ministerial Council will be held in Lucerne, Switzerland on 1–2 December. Ministers in charge of space activities from the 22 ESA Member States, Canada and Slovenia will meet to decide on future space activities for Europe.
The meeting will further the vision of a United Space in Europe in the era of Space 4.0.
A background note on the objectives and programmatic aspects tabled for discussion was issued on 14 November 2016 (ESA PR 42-2016).
Accreditation
Media wishing to attend must be accredited by Wednesday, 23 November. To obtain a personal access badge, press credentials are required for accreditation.
The passport or national ID card listed on the accreditation form must be shown at the venue. No other means of identification will be accepted.
For accreditation, please fill out the form at: https://myconvento.com/public/event_register/index/1504856
Address of event: Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne (KKL), Europaplatz 1, CH-6005 Lucerne
For this new venue, ESA is not arranging accommodation for media.
Press programme (provisional; all times CET)
Thursday, 1 December
07:30 Opening of Press Centre and accreditation formalities
08:45–09:00 Opportunity for photographers to visit the conference room
09:00 Council meeting at ministerial level starts (not open to media)
10:00 Press briefing: introduction to the Council deliberations
12:45 Official group photo of Ministers (for professional photographers only)
13:00 Lunch break
15:00 Meeting resumes
18:30 Expected end of meeting
20:30 Press Centre closes
Friday, 2 December
07:30 Opening of Press Centre and accreditation formalities
09:00 Council meeting at ministerial level starts (not open to media)
13:00 Expected end of meeting, followed by a press conference with the ESA Director General and the Chairs of the Council at Ministerial Level. Meeting not expected to go beyond 15:00
18:30 Press Centre closes
All requests for interviews should be addressed to ESA Media Relations at the Press Centre.
ESA TV
ESA TV will provide:
Videos 21–29 November explaining what is at stake in Lucerne for each ESA programme Directorate will be transmitted via ESA TV platforms (ESA TV ftp, EbS).
ESA TV will edit highlights before, during and after the conference and put them in a dedicated folder on ESA TV FTP news site: ftp://tvdownload.esa.int/ Login: esa/ Password ftp4esa
All details will be available at: http://www.esa.int/esatv/Television
Images
The latest high-resolution images can be found at:
ESA’s Multimedia Gallery: http://spaceinimages.esa.int/Images
ESA’s Photo Library for Professionals: http://www.esa-photolibrary.com
Media image queries can be directed to spaceinimages@esa.int
Social media
ESA will cover events on Social Media via the following channels:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/ESA Hashtag #ESACM16
Additional coverage will be available via:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanSpaceAgency
Google+: https://plus.google.com/+EuropeanSpaceAgency/
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/europeanspaceagency and https://www.flickr.com/photos/ESA_events
Questions may be asked via https://www.reddit.com/r/esa/
About the European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) provides Europe’s gateway to space.
ESA is an intergovernmental organisation, created in 1975, with the mission to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space delivers benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
ESA has 22 Member States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, of which 20 are Member States of the EU.
ESA has established formal cooperation with seven other Member States of the EU. Canada takes part in some ESA programmes under a Cooperation Agreement.
By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, ESA can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country. It is working in particular with the EU on implementing the Galileo and Copernicus programmes.
ESA develops the launchers, spacecraft and ground facilities needed to keep Europe at the forefront of global space activities.
Today, it develops and launches satellites for Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications and astronomy, sends probes to the far reaches of the Solar System and cooperates in the human exploration of space.
Learn more about ESA at www.esa.int
For further information, please contact:
ESA Media Relations Office
Tel: +33 1 53 69 72 99
Email: media@esa.int