N° 38–2021: Intermediate Ministerial Meeting: invitation to media to join press conference
12 November 2021
Media representatives are invited to join a press conference following the Intermediate Ministerial Meeting taking place on 19 November 2021 at 14:00 GMT/15:00 CET in Portugal.
The press conference will focus on ‘Accelerating the Use of Space in Europe’ (‘The Matosinhos Manifesto’) and the related resolution based on ESA’s Agenda 2025 and the Report of the High-Level Advisory Group on Accelerating the Use of Space in Europe.
Programme (times are local, GMT/WET)
14:00–15:00 Press conference with ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair and Portuguese Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education Manuel Heitor
15:00 Possibility for interviews
Please note that the programme can be modified on short notice due to operational constraints.
Venue
CEiiA
017 Avenida Dom Afonso Henriques, 1825
4450-017 Matosinhos, Portugal
Media registration
Press representatives are invited to register at the following link by Wednesday, 17 November 2021:
https://blogs.esa.int/forms/esa-media-briefing-form/
The press conference can be followed onsite and online. You will find two options on the form:
- On-site registration
- Online registration
After registering, media will receive additional information for both options and the link to join the online information session.
Please note that, pursuant to Portuguese legislation, all European travelers must present Digital Certificate in order to flight to Portugal, but also to enter the venue. Also, everyone must undergo a body temperature check on-site.
The use of medical or FFP-2 face masks is mandatory.
The news conference will be streamed at esawebtv.esa.int, but only registered media will be able to ask questions (in English and French) via a dedicated WebEx platform.
For further information, please contact ESA Newsroom and Media Relations Office – media@esa.int
More information
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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, Latvia and Lithuania are Associate Members.
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