The 12th European Inventor Award (Research) was given at a special ceremony on 15 June at the Arsenale di Venezia in Venice, Italy to the team that designed Galileo's signals. From left to right: Jean-Luc Issler, CNES; José Ángel Ávila Rodríguez, ESA; Laurent Lestarquit, CNES; Lionel Reis, ESA; Guenter Hein, ESA.