25 May 2016

ESA will be present during the European Space Solutions conference on 30 May – 3 June in The Hague, the Netherlands.
Media representatives are invited to attend the following events taking place on Monday, 30 May.

14:00–14:30
Media moment following the Informal Space Ministerial Meeting
★ Henk Kamp, Minister of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands
★ Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
★ Jan Woerner, Director General, ESA
Organised by the Netherlands presidency of the Council of the EU.
Venue: Room Kilimanjaro 1&2

15:35–16:15
Copernicus Sentinel-3 First Images and Demonstration of Applications
Jointly organised by the EC, ESA and Eumetsat
Venue: Main exhibition lounge
Programme outline
15:35–15:40
General introduction to the Copernicus Programme, by Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
15:40–15:45
The Copernicus Space Component, by Jan Woerner, Director General, ESA
15:45–15:50
Sentinel-3 operations and data access in Eumetsat, by Alain Ratier, Director General, Eumetsat
15:50–16:00
Sentinel-3 mission status and outlook
★ -Susanne Mecklenburg, Sentinel-3 Mission Manager, ESA
★ -Bruno Berruti, Sentinel-3 Project Manager, ESA
★ -Hilary Wilson, Sentinel-3 Mission Manager, Eumetsat
16:00–16:05
Sentinel-3 contributing to services over land, by Alan Belward, Head of Unit, JRC
16:05–16:10
Sentinel-3 for the atmosphere, by Juan Garces de Marcilla, Director, ECMWF
16:15
Q&A session

Attending the conference
Media interested in attending the conference are requested to register via:https://european-space-solutions.sharpdev.be/default.aspx
All events are in the World Forum, located at:
World Forum
Churchillplein 10
2517 JW The Hague
The Netherlands