N° 1–2023: Media Invitation: ESA Director General’s Annual Press Briefing

After the successful Ministerial Council in November 2022, Josef Aschbacher will present the next important steps of agenda 2025, with a specific focus on 2023. Among others the commercialisation boost for a green and digital Europe, space safety and the transformation of ESA, to make it fit for the future, will be important topics. At the start of 2023 the European Space Agency ESA is looking forward to another year filled with new missions, cutting edge science and the continued effort to guarantee independent access to space for Europe. We will see the first images of the first Meteosat Third Generation satellite, the launch of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), and of Euclid, ESA’s mission to map the geometry of the Universe, Astronaut Andreas Mogensen will return to the ISS later in the year, while the new astronaut candidates will start their training in April 2023, to name a few exciting things to look forward to in 2023. ESA will further cement its ambitions for Space in Europe at the second Space Summit later in the year.

ESA TV news agenda preview 2023:
https://www.esa.int/esearch?q=ESA+Preview+2023

ESA Highlights 2023:
https://www.esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Releases/ESA_Highlights_2023

ESA Agenda 2025
https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/ESA_Agenda_2025_final.pdf

Programme (times in CET)

Monday, 23 January 2023

08:30 Door Open
09:00   Introductory remarks followed by key themes and events for the coming year. The floor will then be opened for an interactive question-and-answer session with the ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Directors.
10:00-11:00:  Individual Interview Opportunities
11:00    End

Accreditation

The press conference will take place as a hybrid event in ESA HQ in Paris.

ESA HQ Bertrand
24 rue du Général Bertrand
CS 30798
75345 Paris CEDEX 7
France

Media representatives are invited to register at the following link: https://blogs.esa.int/forms/esa-media-briefing-form the latest by Thursday, 20 January 2023. Please indicate if you are planning to attend onsite or remote. Afterwards, media will receive additional information and the link to join the interactive online session in case they wish to participate online (WebEx platform).

The press conference will also be streamed at esawebtv.esa.int, but only registered media will be able to ask questions.

Upcoming ESA events are posted on the events calendar at www.esa.int/newsroom.

Contact

If you have further questions or interview requests, please contact media@esa.int.

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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. Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia are Associate Members.

ESA has established formal cooperation with four 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.

Learn more about ESA at www.esa.int

For further information:
ESA Newsroom and Media Relations Office – Bernhard von Weyhe
Email: media@esa.int
Tel: +33153697504