Evening -  OPENING


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17:00 - 17:15 hrs - WELCOME

 

17:15 - 19:30 hrs - OPENING PLENARY IN THE "RESIDENZ MÜNCHEN"

The Bavarian Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology, Dr. Otto Wiesheu, the Director of the Galileo Joint Undertaking, the ESA Director of EU and Industrial Programs as well as representatives of European Ministries of Economy and of Transportation opened the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2005 with their view on the growing impact of satellite navigation in our daily life.

      Moderator:

Prof. Dr. Guenter W. Hein, Institute of Geodesy and Navigation, University FAF Munich, Germany

      Panel Members:

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

Rainer Grohe *, Director of the Galileo Joint Undertaking, Brussels, Belgium
     Galileo - Key Milestones Towards Success   (Download)

Giuseppe Viriglio *, Director of European Union and Industrial Programmes, European Space Agency (ESA), Paris, France
     Galileo Technology Developments and In Orbit Validation   (Download)

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

Eduard Mainoni, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Vienna, Austria

Leo Björnskov, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Copenhagen, Denmark