PROGRAMME
15th EISC Plenary Conference
SPACE AND EDUCATION
14-15 October 2013
Belgian Senate, Brussels, Belgium
Sunday 13 October 2013
19.00 | Walking Dinner hosted by Alain COURTOIS, Senator and First Alderman of the City of Brussels at Brussels Town Hall, Salle Gothique, Grand Place, 1000 Brussels |
Monday 14 October 2013 : EISC Day 1 – open to all participants
9.00 | Welcome Coffee and registration |
10.00 | Opening of the 15th EISC
Chair : Dominique TILMANS, Chairwoman of the Belgian Space Working Group and Chairwoman of the 15th EISC Welcome Address by Sabine de BETHUNE, Chairwoman of the Belgian Senate Opening Address by Dominique TILMANS, Chairwoman of the Belgian Space Working Group and Chairwoman of the 15th EISC Addresses:
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10.45 | Space and Education: How can we enhance the interest of upcoming talents and students towards space studies?
Chair : Frank DE WINNE, Astronaut, Head of the European Astronaut Centre Department Panel Debate with young space scientists and young space professionals from the EISC Member States moderated by Kai-Uwe SCHROGL, Head of the ESA Policies Department:
Intervention by Dionysia-Theodora Avgerinopoulou, Member of Parliament Greece, Chairperson of the Environment Committee of the Greek Parliament. |
12.15 | Announcement of the winner of the EISC-ESA "Space for Sustainability" Award
Chair : Polish-Belgian-French Trio Presidency Introduction by Jean-François CLERVOY, ESA Astronaut, Chairperson of the Jury Winner: Maxime Puteaux |
12.30 |
Buffet Lunch in the Presidential Reception Rooms of the Belgian Senate |
14.00 | Prospects and projects for young professionals and students.
Chair : Senator Lieve MAES, member of the Belgian Space Working Group Debate with space industry representatives moderated by Alain RATIER, Director General of EUMETSAT
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15.45 | Conclusions
Conclusions by Peter HULSROJ, Director of the European Space Policy Institute |
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16.15 | Visit to the Space Education Exhibition in the Peristyle Entrance Hall of the Belgian Senate
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19.30 | Official Dinner in the Palais d'Egmont, 8bis Place du Petit Sablon/rue des Petits Carmes, 1000 Brussels, hosted by Didier REYNDERS, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs |
Tuesday 15 October 2013 - for EISC members only
10:00 | Chair : Senator Louis SIQUET, member of the Belgian Space Working Group
Welcome Address by Dominique TILMANS, Chairwoman of the Belgian Space Working Group and Chairwoman of the 15th EISC |
10:15 | Discussion and Adoption of the Resolution Appointment of the 2014 Presidency – France Official closing of the 15th EISC |
11:00 | Guided Tour of the Belgian Federal Parliament |
12:00 | Lunch in the Mezzanine Restaurant of the Belgian Federal Parliament |