The representatives of the Alphasat/Alphabus public–private partnership met on 18 June, 2013, to celebrate the project, at the ESA pavilion at the Paris Air & Space Show.
The representatives were Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA DG; Magali Vaissière, ESA Director of TIA; Ruy Pinto, Inmarsat CTO; Eric Béranger, Astrium CEO; Sami Benamar, Thales Alenia Space Vice President of Development; Jean-Yves Le Gall, CNES President; David Parker, UK Space Agency Chief Executive; and Jan Wörner, DLR Chairmain.