12 Sept 2016

Livestreaming of the media briefing on the first data release from ESA’s Gaia mission will begin on 14 September at 09:30 GMT (11:30 CEST).
The media briefing will provide examples of the performance of the satellite and its science data, and will highlight the research that can be done with this first data release.

09:30–09:40 GMT/11:30–11:40 CEST
Alvaro Gimenez, Director of Science, ESA:
Astrometry with Gaia at the very core of ESA’s Science Programme

09:40–09:50 GMT/11:40–11:50 CEST
Fred Jansen, ESA Gaia Mission Manager:
Operating at the limits of precision

09:50–10:00 GMT/11:50–12:00 CEST
Timo Prusti, ESA Gaia Project Scientist:
Gaia on the way to the most precise map of our galaxy

10:00–10:10 GMT/12:00–12:10 CEST
Anthony Brown, Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium, Leiden University:
A first exploration of the Gaia sky

10:10–10:20 GMT/12:10-12:20 CEST
Antonella Vallenari, Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Astronomical Observatory of Padua:
Gaia’s view of the nearby star clusters

10:20–10:30 GMT/12:20-12:30 CEST
Gisella Clementini, Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium Member of Coordination Unit 7, Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Astronomical Observatory of Bologna:
Gaia and the distance ladder

10:30–11:00 GMT/12:30–13:00 CEST
Question and Answer sessions and opportunity for individual interviews