Tuesday, 23rd March 2004

DAY 1 AFTERNOON. Opening


* : Speakers with Presentation available to download [PDF Format].
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17:15 - 19:00 hrs - Opening Plenary


GPS/GALILEO Interoperability Achieved - GALILEO on the Way to the Concession.

• Dr. Otto Wiesheu , Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, Germany

• Heinz Hilbrecht * , Director for Land Transport & Galileo, Directorate General For Energy and Transport, European Comission, Brussels, Belgium
     Galileo institutional and international issues   (Download)

• Rainer Grohe * , Director of the Galileo Joint Undertaking, Brussels, Belgium
     (Download)

• Dr. Elisée Brugarolas * , President of the Commission Research and Technology transfer of the Regional Council Midi-Pyrénées, France
      Space Industry in the Midi-Pyrénées Region   (Download)

• Dr. Ditmar Staffelt , State Secretary of Parliament, Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour, Berlin, Germany

• Scott Pace * , Deputy Director NASA, Author of the famous GPS study of the RAND Corporation "The Global Positioning System: Assessing National Policies" dealing with PPP on GPS and leading to the US Presidential Directive on GPS in 1996, USA
     (Download)