About this event

On 8 October the European Space Agency invites all Universities with a Space curriculum to remotely connect with HEC Business School and ESTACA Engineering School, in Paris, for a once in a lifetime Space Talks!

This digital talks is dedicated to the next generation. Students around Europe will remotely connect via and debate about future Space activities that will be discussed at the upcoming Space19+, the ESA meeting at ministerial level.

The programme is interactive and full of surprises. The opening starts at 18:00 and will be broadcast live, followed by an open debate. ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Claudie Haigneré and ESA Director General Jan Wörner will present on stage and interacts with the students across Europe. Participants will also connect live with ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano, during the Beyond mission on the International Space Station.

Start	End	Programme	Speakers
18:00	18:05	Welcome to Europe’s Next Space Generation	HEC Business School ESTACA School of Engineering
18:05	18:10	Introduction and Rules of the game	Philippe Willekens, ESA Head of Communications
18:10	18:20	Space19+ why is it important to talk now about the future?	Jan Wörner, ESA Director General
18:20	19:00	Interactive Sessions: – The future of Space Exploration and Science – Challenges on Earth, the rising need of Space	Thomas Pesquet, Astronaut, Claudie Haigneré, former Astronaut, Jan Wörner, ESA Director General session (animated by two students)
19:00	19:20	Luca Parmitano in-flight call Space Safety is not an option	Luca Parmitano, ISS Commander
19:20	19:25	Hand over to the Next Space Generation	Philippe Willekens
19:25	19:55	University Students Space Talks about their vision for Space	Next Space Generation
19:55	20:00	Results of the European Student opinion poll	Philippe Willekens

An on-line voting to collect the students’ views and produce a set of recommendations that will be presented to European Ministers at Space19+, in Seville, next 27 – 28 November will conclude the evening.

ESA is organising this event in cooperation with the Pegasus Network and invites all Universities with a Space curriculum to remotely connect with Paris, where almost 2000 Aerospace students will be attending.

Watch the re-run here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2019/10/Let_s_talk_space