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International Kick-Off Conference | 16th /17th March in Madrid (Spain)


Programme

Monday 16.03.2009
09:30 am: Opening by Jacques Huchet, Director of the EC delegation in Madrid/Spain
The relevance of (EU) Space related programmes and activities for the society, Pedro Duque, former astronaut and Managing Director of Deimos Imaging S.L.
Welcome address on the relevance of aerospace and Galileo in the regional strategy, Esperanza Aguirre, Madrid Region President
10:00 am: Status of Galileo, Paul Flament, EC-DG Transport
10:20 am: The opportunity of Galileo and consequent policies in the national context, Alvaro Herrero, Spanish Ministry for Transport
10:40 am: Madrid Galileo Plan, Pablo de Bergia, Managing Director, The Madrid Region Aerospace Cluster
11:00 am: Coffee Break
11:15 am: Address of Welcome by the European GNSS Supervisory Authority, Pedro Pedreira (GSA)
11:45 am: Official Kick-Off ESNC 2009, Thorsten Rudolph, Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen
12:00 pm: News from the Regions
  • Řresund (Denmark & Sweden) - Micael Gustafsson, Řresund IT
  • Gipuzkoa (Spain) - Dr. Arantza Tapia, Deputy of Mobility and Regional Planning, County Council Guipuzkoa
  • Czech Republic - Petr Šlegr, Vice Minister, Ministry of Transport
  • Nice Sophia-Antipolis (France) - Jean-Francois Chapperon, Investment Manager, Team Cote d´Azur
  • United Kingdom & Ireland - Bill Collins, Hertfordshire Business Incubation Centre Ltd
  • Bavaria (Germany) - Jochen Schmid, Project Manager, bavairia e.V.
13:30 pm: Success Stories of the past competitions 2004-2008, Thorsten Rudolph, Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen
14:00 pm: Lunch break
15:30 pm: Consolditating the user pool for service providers, Sebastian Rieder, Policy Coordinator Eurisy
15:45 pm: Presentation of the Special Topic Prizes 2009
  • German Aerospace Center (DLR): Robert Klarner, Technology Marketing
  • European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA): Boris Kennes, Communications Officer
  • European Space Agency (ESA): Niels Eldering, Technology Transfer Officer
17:00 pm: Coffee Break
17:15 pm: Presentation of the Special Topic Prizes 2009
  • NAVTEQ: Pia Vuohelainen, Partner Manager
  • The Madrid Region and Aerospace Cluster: Pablo de Bergia
  • Sat-Nav Initiative Baden-Württemberg: Ulrike Daniels (AZO)
18:05 pm: Short Presentations à 5 min of participants of previous competitions
18:30 pm: End of presentations
 
Tuesday 17.03.2009
09:30 am: Welcome
09:40 am: Parallel Workshops around the Special Topic Prizes

Room 1 Room 2
09:40 am German Aerospace Center (DLR) 9:40 am NAVTEQ
10:20 am European GNSS Supervisory Authority 10:20 am European Space Agency (ESA)

11:00 am: Coffee break
11:30 pm: Certification, an Effective Marketing and Sales Tool, Martin Grzebellus, Managing Director, NavCert GmbH
11:45 pm: Success Stories of the past competitions 2004-2008
  • Rafael Olmedo, INTA - National Institute of Aerospace Technology
  • Giorgio Soldavini, Allix Srl
12:15 pm: Short Presentations à 5 min of participants of previous competitions
12:45 pm: Business Matching
13:45 pm: Cocktail-Lunch
End of Kick-Off Conference



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Conference Venue Address:
European Commission Representation in Spain. Paseo de la Castellana, 46 – 28046 Madrid (Spain) www.ec.europa.eu/spain


Accomodation:

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