14 Dec 2016

On Wednesday, 18 January, ESA Director General Jan Woerner will meet the media for the traditional press breakfast to provide an overview of ESA’s achievements in 2016 and the opportunities ahead in 2017. The briefing will take place at ESA headquarters.
A background briefing on the Small Geostationary Platform (SmallGEO, will follow (see upcoming ESA PR 52-2016).

Further information
For more information and dates of activities, ESA Media Relations is updating the Media Calendar and list of official dates for upcoming launches. Both are available on the dedicated media site on ESA’s Internet portal: http://www.esa.int/For_Media
An overview of the main events in 2017 will also be published before the press conference as ESA PR 1-2017.
The news conference will be livestreamed at www.esa.int. Media and the public may ask questions during the briefing on Twitter using the hashtag #askESADG or by tweeting to @janwoerner

Programme
All times in CET
08:30 Doors open
09:00 Briefing by the Director General, followed by interview opportunities
11:00 End of the session.
11:30 Start of SmallGEO briefing (see ESA PR 52-2016)

Accreditation
The press conference will take place at ESA headquarters: 8 rue Mario Nikis, 75015 Paris, France.
Media representatives wishing to attend are requested to register at:
https://myconvento.com/public/event_register/index/1526993