DG Josef Aschbacher at Living Planet Symposium 2025

ESA’s Living Planet Symposium, one of the world’s leading Earth observation conferences, opened on 23 June 2025 in Vienna.

In his opening address, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher highlighted the vital role Earth observation plays in taking the pulse of our planet.

More than 6500 participants from almost 120 countries signed up to attend the event. With more than 4200 scientific presentations and posters, the symposium provides a forum and meeting point for scientists, academics and space industry representatives, as well as students and citizens.