Inauguration of the Magali Vaissiere Conference Centre and ESA Day UK
11 July 2023
European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ESA ECSAT)
Harwell Campus, UK
AGENDA
| 10:30 |
Registration and coffee |
| 11:30 |
Plenary Session: Inauguration of the Conference Centre. Conference Hall
- Master of Ceremonies: Nick Appleyard, Acting Head of Establishment for ECSAT
- Josef Aschbacher, Director General of European Space Agency
- Rt Hon Chloe Smith MP, UK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Rt Hon Lord David Willetts, Chair of UK Space Agency
- Guest of honour: Magali Vaissiere, President of the IRT Saint Exupery
- Paul Bate, Chief Executive Officer UK Space Agency
- Barbara Ghinelli, Director of Harwell Campus
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| 12:45 |
Networking lunch |
| 14:00 |
Plenary Session: Programme activities. Conference Hall
- Keynote: Meganne Christian, ESA astronaut class of 2022
- Geraldine Naja, ESA Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Competitiveness
- Simonetta Cheli, ESA Director of Earth Observation
- Xavier Lobao, Head of Future Projects, ESA Directorate of Connectivity & Secure Communications
- David Parker, ESA Director of Human and Robotic Exploration
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| 14:45 |
Exhibition |
| 16:00 |
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Magali Vaissiere
- The first woman appointed as head of a technical department at ESA
- Legion d’Honneur for services to telecommunications 2008
- Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications 2008-2020, responsible for Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES).
- Head of ECSAT 2013-2020
- Forbes Europe's Top 50 Women In Technology 2018.
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