PROGRAMME

 16th EISC - Workshop

14 - 16 April 2014

Toulouse, France

 

Invitation Letter for the workshop

General Information on the workshop

 

Monday 14 April 2014

 

From  
12.15:
Registration The ‘Capitole’, Toulouse Town Hall 
12.30- 14.15:
 Lunch cocktail at the ‘Capitole’;  Hosted by Mr. Pierre COHEN, Maire of Toulouse 
14.30: Departure by bus to the “Cité de l’Espace”
15.15 – 17.00:
Round Table in the “Cité de l’Espace” INTRODUCTION by Geneviève FIORASO, Ministre for Higher Education and Research, French Government, Paris
Moderated by Kai-Uwe SCHROGL, European Space Agency
With the participation of:
  • Jean-Baptiste DESBOIS, Director General, Cité de l’Espace, Toulouse
  • Ana NORONHA, Executive Director, Ciência Viva, Lisbon
  • Sally-Jane NORMAN, Director, Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, University of Sussex
  • Peter HABISON, Science Outreach Network, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere, Vienna
PRESENTATION of the ‘ESA-EISC’ traineeship by Senator Dominique TILMANS, Chair of the Belgian Space Working Group, Belgium Senate
17.00:
 Coffee Break
17.30:
Guided Tour of the Cité de l'Espace
19.00:
Cocktail and Dinner at the Cité de l'Espace
22.00:
Return by bus to the Hotel Mercure

 

Tuesday 15 April 2014

9.00: Departure by bus from the hotel Mercure
09.15 – 11.45:
Visit of CNES 
Presentations, Leonard de Vinci Room
Visit surrounding three poles: ATV (Control room), BCMA (anechoic chamber or compact base for antenna measurement), and Arago Hall (work in progress on space objects)
12.00: Lunch at the CNES, Leonard de Vinci Room or Hall Arago
13.15:
Visit of Airbus Defense and Space 
15.30: Visit of Thales Alenia Space 
17.10: Departure by bus to the Airport

 

Wednesday 16 April 2014

08.15:
 Departure from the Hotel Mercure
09.00:
 Welcome breakfast and AIRBUS presentation, Saint Martin AIRBUS Site  
09.15:
 General Presentation of Airbus and the Airbus Group, by Cécile HA MINH TU, Director of Institutional Relations
09.45:
 Visit on foot of the A380 Assembly line
11.00:
 Visit of the A400 M, and the A350 Assembly Line from the visitor’s mezzanine
12.30:
 Welcome by Patrick PIEDRAFITA, President of SAS Airbus Operations, and cocktail buffet
14.00:
 Departure of the delegation for the guard post of La Crabe / Saint-Martin