From left to right: Francesco Profumo, Minister of Education, Universities and Research, Italy; Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, State Secretary for Education and Research, Switzerland, and Co-Chaiman of the ESA Council at Ministerial Level; Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General; François Biltgen, Minister for Higher Education and Research, Luxembourg, and Co-Chairman of the ESA Council at Ministerial Level and Franco Bonacina, ESA Director General's Spokesperson and Head of the Protocol Office.