16.00 hrs

CHAMPAGNE WELCOME
sponsored by NavCert GmbH

 

16.45 hrs
OPENING PLENARY AT THE ALTE KONGRESSHALLE (OLD CONGRESS HALL)
This event takes place at the Alte Kongresshalle (Old Congress Hall). The Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, representatives of various European institutions as well as representatives from USA, Russia, and China are opening the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2020.

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Welcome:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Pany, ISTA, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg, Germany
Prof. Dr. Merith Niehuss, President, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg, Germany

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

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Panelists (preliminary status):

Pierre Delsaux, Deputy Director-General, DG Defence Industry and Space, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

Prof. Dr. Johann-Dietrich Wörner, Director General, European Space Agency (ESA), Paris, France

Prof. Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund, Chair of the Executive Board, DLR, Cologne, Germany

Damien Bellier, Inter-Ministerial Delegate for GNSS, General Commission for Sustainable Development, Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive

Transition, Paris, France

Harold Martin, Director, National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, Washington, DC, USA (via Webex)

Jian Yang, Deputy Director, China Satellite Navigation Office, Beijing, China

Pascal Claudel, Acting Executive Director, European GNSS Agency (GSA), Prague, Czech Republic (TBC)

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20:00 hrs

​BAVARIAN GOVERNMENT RECEPTION IN THE „MAX-JOSEPH-SAAL” OF THE MUNICH RESIDENCE

hosted by Roland Weigert, MdL, Vice Minister of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy