Afternoon

15:30 - 16:00 hrs

Official Opening of the Exhibition and Champagne welcome

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16:00 - 18:30 hrs

OPENING CEREMONY

This event takes place at the Alte Kongresshalle (Old Congress Hall), Am Bavariapark 14, 80339 München

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INTRODUCTION:

Gregor Schmalzried, Freelance Journalist (Bavarian Broadcasting), Munich, Germany

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Welcome Addresses:

Thomas Pany, Professor of Satellite Navigation, ISTA/FZ Space, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Neubiberg, Germany

Michael Meurer, Professor, Head of Navigation Department, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

Eva-Maria Kern, President, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Neubiberg, Germany

Stefan Schnorr, State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport, Berlin, Germany

Anke Pagels-Kerp, Divisional Board Member for Space, DLR, Cologne, Germany

Christoph Kautz, Director for Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation, DG DEFIS, Brussels, Belgium

Rodrigo da Costa, Executive Director, EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), Prague, Czech Republic​

​Francisco-Javier Benedicto Ruiz, Director of Navigation, ESA, Paris, France

 

 

Moderator:

Claus Kruesken, Presenter, Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting), Munich, Germany

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OPENING PLENARY

Panel Members:

​​Christoph Kautz, Director for Satellite Navigation and Earth Observation, DG DEFIS, Brussels, Belgium

Rodrigo da Costa, Executive Director, EUSPA, Prague, Czech Republic

Francisco-Javier Benedicto Ruiz, Director of Navigation, ESA, Paris, France

Harold "Stormy" Martin, National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT, Washington DC, USA

Liu Bintao, China Satellite Navigation Office, Beijing, China and

Lu Jun, China Satellite Navigation Project Center, Beijing, China

Anke Pagels-Kerp, Divisional Board Member for Space, DLR, Cologne, Germany

Jean-Pierre Diris, Interministerial Coordinator for GovSatCom and IRIS2, CNES, Paris, France 

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19:30 hrs

STATE RECEPTION in the Kaisersaal of the RESIDENZ Munich (formal wear, no sneakers, no T-Shirts, no Hoodies!)

hosted by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development, and Energy 

(bus shuttle will be available)

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Welcome Address:

Tobias Gotthardt, State Secretary

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