Preparing for Space 19+: The NAVISP Programme

As the UK government prepares for the next ESA Council Ministerial meeting in November (Space19+) the UK Space Agency will be hosting a consultation session on the ESA NAVISP programme on Tuesday, September 03, 2019. The event will begin with an overview of the UK participation in the NAVISP programme followed by a dedicated presentation from Paul Verhoef, Director of Navigation, on the ESA proposals for the next phase of the programme. The ESA Policy team at the UK Space Agency will update on the wider UK ambition at Space 19+ and the event will conclude with a panel industry session and Q&A.

The event will take place at the UK’s ESA research centre ECSAT located in the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.

Preliminary agenda:
10:00 - 10:15 Registration
10:15 - 10:30 Welcome address
10:30 – 10.50 NAVISP Overview (UK perspective)
10:50 – 11:35 NAVISP Programme Proposals
                             European Space Agency
11:35 - 11:50 Coffee Break
11:50 - 12:30 ESA Council Ministerial Meeting (Space 19+)
12:30 - 13:30 Industry panel & Q&A session
13:30 - 14:00 Networking lunch
Event closes

For registration please contact: 

Sharon.Wilmshurst@ukspaceagency.gov.uk or Marie.Tilbee@ukspaceagency.gov.uk

Location:
European Space Agency (ESA)
ECSAT
Fermi Avenue
Harwell Campus, Didcot
Oxfordshire OX11 0FD
United Kingdom

How to get to there by public transport:
Didcot train station is 10 minutes’ drive from the Centre and has frequent connections to Oxford, London, Bristol and the South coast. A bus is available running from the station to the Campus every 15 minutes.

Cover image: M J Richardson / Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harwell_Science_and_Innovation_Campus_4677010_f0364f4f.jpg