This conference, organized with the participation of ESA and under the high patronage of the President of the European Parliament, Mr. Jerzy Buzek, is a new opportunity for the political decision-makers, company executives and representatives of civil society to discover and debate the political and financial stakes as well as the exciting industrial and service opportunities offered by the competence on the space policy of the EU. The Convention of ESA, an International Treaty among 18 European States that entered into force in 1975, establishes that the purpose of the Agency is to foster cooperation among European states in space, by elaborating and implementing a long-term European Space Policy.
The Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force on December 1, 2009, has given a additional impetus to the European Space Policy, to its programs and to its ambitions in the exploitation and exploration of space. It also provides the European Parliament with a crucial role. The subjects under discussion will include:
- Governance for the European space infrastructures Industrial policy
- Financing: public credits, private investments, commercial space
- State of play of the main European space programs
- Space infrastructures in the service of crisis management, security and defense
- Space infrastructure in the service of society
- Space infrastructure in the service of optimum management of the planet
- The stakes of space exploration
