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Networking Seminar: Exploring EU-Japan Industrial Cooperation in the Space Sector Date & Time Monday 9 March 2015, 14h30 – 18h15, with a Networking Reception from 18h30 Place Delegation of the European Union to Japan - Europa House 4-6-28 Minami-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0047, Japan http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/japan Organized by The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation Supported by Delegation of the European Union to Japan Participatio n Free of charge; pre-registration required Language English / Japanese (simultaneous interpretation) The Networking Seminar: “Exploring EU-Japan Industrial Cooperation in the Space Sector” will invite a group of 15 EU companies to present their successful technologies, products, solutions and applications with the aim of igniting discussions for partnerships with counterparts in the Japanese Space industry, as a kick-off to the EU-Japan Partnering Support Mission in the Space Sector (Tokyo, 9 – 11 March 2015). Japanese participants targeted for this seminar are involved in developing technologies / know-how in at least one of the 4 following market segments: Space-based components and systems (launch, ground and space segments); Satellite Communications (SatCom) value-added services; Earth Observation (SatEO) raw data, processing techniques and applications; and Satellite Navigation (SatNav) downstream applications. The Seminar will be followed by a Networking Reception, which will be opened by Soichi Noguchi, Head of Astronaut Office, JAXA. Programme 14h00-14h30 Registration 14h 3 0-1 5 h 20 Part I – Opening Remarks and Keynote Address 14h30-14h35 Opening Remarks [TBC] 14h35-15h05 Keynote Address Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu, Vice-Chair of the International Relations Committee, European Space Agency Japan-side address [TBC] 15h05-15h20 Veronica La Regina, MINERVA Fellow, EU-Japan Opportunities in the Space Sector EU-Japan Synergies in Space from the Policy Perspective 15h20- Showcases of European Companies (10 minutes per company) 15h20-16h10 Space-based components and systems – part I Ricardo Patricio, CEO, Active Space Technologies S.A. “Cryogenic Energy storage Units, Peltier Devices, Aerogels” David Zolesi, Board Member, Kayser Italia SRL “Design of subsystems onboard the ISS” Richard Matthews, Business Development Director, Spur Electron Limited “Provider of EEE components to ESA space standards” Ondrej Doule, Managing Director, Space Innovations, s.r.o. “Self-deployable and self-sustainable space architecture products” Vincenzo Michael Battaglia, Commercial Manager, C.L.S. Srl “production of complex components in titanium and alloys” 16h10-16h25 Coffee break 16h25-17h15 Earth Observation (EO) and Satellite Navigation (SatNav) Petr Bares, Managing Director, Iguassu Software Systems a.s.
