N° 27–2018: Call for Media: Intermediate Ministerial Meeting convenes in Madrid, Spain

The Intermediate Ministerial Meeting is a milestone on the road to Space19+, ESA’s next Council at ministerial level which will be held in November 2019. The Council will provide guidelines to ESA’s Director General for developing his proposals for the programmes and activities that will be submitted for decision at Space19+ as well as give the Director General a mandate to establish appropriate relations between ESA and the EU through the negotiation with EU of a Financial Framework Partnership Agreement.

IMM18 is a restricted meeting. Media attending will have access to a Press Centre and a press conference held afterwards.

 

Press programme (provisional; all times CET)

Thursday, 25 October

Location: ESAC, Camino Bajo del Castillo, s/n., Urb. Villafranca del Castillo, 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid

http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESAC/Getting_to_ESAC

 

09:30

Opening of Press Room

Building U

 

12:00
Official group photo of Ministers (for professional photographers only)

 

16:15

Press debriefing by the IMM18 Chair and ESA’s Director General

Building D, Main Meeting Room

 

18:00

Press Centre closes

All requests for interviews should be addressed to ESA Media Relations at the Press Centre.

 

Accreditation

Media wishing to attend must be accredited by 23 October. To obtain a personal access badge, press credentials are required for accreditation.

The passport or national ID card listed on the accreditation form must be shown at the venue. No other means of identification will be accepted.

For accreditation please fill out the form at:
https://myconvento.com/public/event_register/index/2513922

 

Please note, ESA is not arranging accommodation for media.

 

 

About the European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) provides Europe’s gateway to space.

ESA is an intergovernmental organisation, created in 1975, with the mission to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space delivers benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.

ESA has 22 Member States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Slovenia is an Associate Member.

ESA has established formal cooperation with six Member States of the EU. Canada takes part in some ESA programmes under a Cooperation Agreement.

By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, ESA can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country. It is working in particular with the EU on implementing the Galileo and Copernicus programmes as well as with Eumetsat for the development of meteorological missions.

ESA develops the launchers, spacecraft and ground facilities needed to keep Europe at the forefront of global space activities.

Today, it develops and launches satellites for Earth observation, navigation, telecommunications and astronomy, sends probes to the far reaches of the Solar System and cooperates in the human exploration of space. ESA also has a strong applications programme developing services in Earth observation, navigation and telecommunications.

Learn more about ESA at www.esa.int

For further information, please contact:
ESA Media Relations Office
Email: media@esa.int
Tel: +33 1 53 69 72 99