
Plenaries
Opening Ceremony | Monday 1 July | 09:30 | ETSI Caminos Amphitheatre
Ciudad Universitaria Caminos
How to reach ETSI Caminos Amphitheatre:
- Bus Shuttle planned from 8h30 to 9h30
- Return Serrvice From 12h00 to 12h45
There will be ETSIAE students along the way with EUCASS identification to inform congress participants.

Doyle Knight
Rutgers University
Master of Ceremony

Alain Merlen
Lille University
EUCASS President

Guillermo Cisneros Perez
Rector of UPM

Paul Flament
Head of Unit – EU Satellite Navigation Programmes

Georgios Symeonidis
Project Adviser-Scientific Officer European Research Council Executive Agency

Jean-Marc Astorg
Director of Launchers
CNES

Ludger Froebel
ArianeGroup – National Technical Authority (NTA) – Strategic Partnerships

Stefan Schlechtriem
Director Institute of Space Propulsion
DLR

Johann-Dietrich Woerner
General Director
ESA

Miguel A. Morell
SVP Director of Engineering of Military Aircraft, Airbus Defence and Space

Axel Flaig
Sr VP Airbus R&T
International Guests

Daniel Dumbacher
AIAA Executive Director

LI Ming
Vice President of the China Academy of space technology
CNES DLR Onera workshop on reusable systems for space access

Jean-Marc Astorg
Director of Launchers
CNES

Jean-Claude Traineau
Director of Space Program
ONERA

Andreas Rittweger
Head of DLR Institute of Space Systems
Plenary 2 | Monday 1 July | 14:00 | ETSIAE Amphitheatre
Cleansky and SESAR UE programs: results perspectives and future orientations

Axel Krein
Executive Director
CleanSky2

Florian Guillermet
Executive Director
SESAR Joint Undertaking
Plenary 3 | Tuesday 2 July | 11:30 | ETSIAE Amphitheatre
Boosting space into the future: a European endeavor

Jean-Jacques Dordain
Advisor, Professor, former DG of ESA 2003/2015

Alvaro Gimenez
Director General
Fundación General CSIC
Plenary 4 | Tuesday 2 July | 14:00 | ETSIAE Amphitheatre
International context

Daniel Dumbacher
AIAA Executive Director

Blanche Demaret
Former Program Director for Rotorcraft, ONERA
Air and Space Academy
Plenary 5 | Wednesday 3 July | 11:30 | ETSIAE Amphitheatre
European Research Council Grants: how and why ?

Georgios Symeonidis
Project Adviser-Scientific Officer European Research Council Executive Agency

Olivier Marquet
ERC Junior Grant
ONERA
Plenary 6 | Wednesday 3 July | 14:00 | ETSIAE Amphitheatre
The technologies for future European launchers beyond Ariane 6

Eric Louaas
CNES, Launcher Directorate
Project Manager Research, Technologies, and Future Launch System Studies

Martin Sippel
DLR
Head of the Space Launcher System Analysis (SART)

Gérard Ordonneau
ONERA – The French Aerospace Lab
Program Director, Space Launchers

Ludger Froebel
ArianeGroup – National Technical Authority (NTA) – Strategic Partnerships
Plenary 7 | Thursday 4 July | 11:30 | ETSIAE Amphitheatre
International funding opportunities

Douglas Smith
US Air Force

Caroline Videlier
Head of Launcher Procurement service
ESA
Plenary 8 | Thursday 4 July | 14:00 | ETSIAE Amphitheatre
Satellite technologies

Antonio Abad
CTO
Hispasat

Xavier Lobao
Head of Future Programs Division, ESA

Miguel Belló
CEO Deimos

Jesús Gonzalo
Expert on HAPS University of León