Optimising Benefits from Participation in European Programmes



Opening Session:

Keynote: European Space Programmes: Their Benefits for National Socio-Economic Development and Their Impact on National Policies
by: Etelka Barsi-Pataki (Member of the European Parliament)

Keynote: Space: A Key Asset for Europe to Face Global Challenges
by: Jean-Jacques Dordain (Director General ESA)

Session 1: The Framework and Conditions for National Engagement at European Level

The Development of the European Space Policy
by: Alan Cooper (ESA)

Participation in European Commission Programmes
by: Sylvia Kainz-Huber (European Commission)

Participation in European Space Agency (ESA) Programmes
by: Peter Hulsroj (ESA)

Participation in Eumetsat Programmes
by: Paul Counet (Eumetsat)

European Programmes and the Role of States: a Theoretical Approach
by: Charlotte Mathieu (ESPI)

The Landscape of the European Space Industry
by: Evert Dudok ( Eurospace)

Session 2: How to Shape National Governance to be an Efficient European Player

Keynote: The Example of  the Czech Republic. Theoretical Framework
by: Jan Kolár (Czech Space Office)

The Role of National Space Policies and Programmes
by: Augusto Cramarossa (Italian Space Agency)

The Legal and Regulatory Context for National Space Activities
by: Lesley Jane Smith (Riga Graduate School of Law)

Models for Shaping National Institutions
by: Philippe Clerc (CNES)

The Role of the Private Sector - Space Industry as Compared to Service Industry 
by: Paul Kamoun, represented by Giorgio Busacca (EARSC)

The Special Role of Scientific Institutes in the Space Activities of the EU New Member States
by: Dumitru Hasegan (Romanian Institute for Space Sciences)

Session 3: How to Shape National Governance to Be an Efficient European Player - Case Studies

Keynote: Space Activities in Hungary in the European Context 
by: Elód Both (Hungarian Space Office)

Estonia
by: Madis Võõras (Enterprise Estonia)

Poland
by: Marek Banaszkiewicz (Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences)

Sweden
by: Per Tegnér (Swedish National Space Board)

Switzerland
by: Daniel Fürst (State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER) )

France
by: Stéphane Janichewski (CNES)

Germany
by. Thomas Reiter ((DLR)


 
Session 4: How to Make the Engagement in Space Work for Countries at European Level

Panel 1: Learning from and Exchanging Views with the Major European Players

Panel 2: Learning from and Exchanging Views with New and Prospective EU Space Nations