Opening Ceremony

30 September 2024, 08:30 - 11:00

Locatie: ESA/ESTEC Noordwijk

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The opening ceremony will take place at ESA-ESTEC in Noordwijk, hosted by Josef Aschbacher, Director General of ESA and Dietmar Pilz, Director of Technology, Engineering and Quality (D/TEC), and Head of ESTEC.

In the presence of our valued partners, representatives of the space sector, government, politics, special guests and the press.

9.30
Word of welcome by Marc Pieters, moderator

9.35
André Kuipers, host of the XXXV Planetary Congress 2024

9.40
Reinhold Ewald, President of the Association of Space Explorers

9.50
Words from space

10.00
Word of welcome by ESA

10.10
Meindert Stolk, Deputy of the province of South-Holland

10.20
Intermezzo Young ESA

10.30
Harm van de Wetering, Director Netherlands Space Office, presenting ‘Shaping the Future of Space in the Netherlands’

Daniela Huppenkothen (SRON): Pushing the borders of science by applying AI on data from space telescopes;
Jakko de Jong (Spheer.ai): Monitoring nature, agriculture, water by using machine learning and satellite data from Sentinels;
Eleonie van Schreven (TNO): Tango, the successor of Tropomi, pinpointing sources of greenhouse gases using smart Dutch space technology.

10.55
Post NL

11.00
Wrap up

11.15
Group pictures of fliers and companions

11.30
Press moment