20 - 21

JUNE
GRAND HOTEL DINO
BAVENO, ITALY

FROM GMES TO COPERNICUS

AND BEYOND

20 JUNE 2018
DIAS LAUNCH EVENT
17:00 Registration and refreshments (Carlo Lobby)

18:00 Opening concert by the “Strings ensemble of the Italian National Symphonic Room Carlo I
Orchestra of Music Conservatories”
(directed by Benedetto Montebello)

18:50 DIAS launch event

• Elżbieta Bieńkowska - EU Commissioner for Internal Market,
Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
• Data and information Access Services (DIAS) presentations by the 5
DIAS providers

O F F I C I A L C E L E B R AT O R Y E V E N T
19:30 Welcome speech
• Italian government representative

Official Opening
• Elżbieta Bieńkowska - EU Commissioner for Internal Market,
Room Carlo I
Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
• Tibor Navracsics – EU Commissioner for Education, Youth, Sport
and Culture
• Jan Wörner – Director General of the European Space Agency

20:10 Award ceremony with the “Signatories of the Baveno Manifesto”and Family
Picture

20:30 Reception Cocktail Panorama Garden

PRESS POINT
17:00 - 17:45 Press Point - Mercator Océan - presentation of the new governance Winter Garden

20:45 - 21:15 Press Point in the presence of: VIP Room - Galassia
• Elżbieta Bieńkowska - EU Commissioner for Internal Market,
Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
• Tibor Navracsics – EU Commissioner for Education, Youth, Sport
and Culture
• Jan Wörner – Director General of the European Space Agency
21 JUNE 2018
HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE “FROM GMES TO COPERNICUS AND BEYOND”
(SIDE EVENT / 08:30 - 15:00 / DIAS demo by service providers / Room Urano)

08:30 Registration and networking coffee (Lobby)

09:00 Welcome speech Room Giove
• Beatrice Covassi – Head of the European Commission Representation in Italy

Opening Speeches
• Elżbieta Bieńkowska - EU Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry,
Entrepreneurship and SMEs
• Emil Karanikolov - Minister of Economy, Bulgarian Presidency of the
Council of the European Union
• Juan Carlos Cortés Pulido - Presidency of the European Space Agency
Council

09:35 First session: Copernicus “Genesis” - From research to operation

• Jack Metthey – Director at DG RTD, European Commission
• Alan Belward - DG JRC, European Commission

10:00 Second session: “Copernicus” – The achievements of the first years of operations
Introduction
• Pierre Delsaux – Deputy Director General at DG GROW, European Commission
Space Infrastructure
• Jan Wörner – Director General of the European Space Agency
• Alain Ratier – Director General of EUMETSAT
Copernicus Services
• Mauro Facchini - DG GROW, European Commission

10:40 Coffee break (Giove Garden)

11:00 Roundtable discussion with the speakers of the second session and with Room Giove
Representatives of Copernicus Entrusted Entities:
• Hans Bruyninckx – Executive Director of the European Environment Agency
• Florence Rabier – Director General of the European Centre for Medium-
Range Weather Forecasts
• Pierre Bahurel - Director General of Mercator Ocean
• Pascal Legai – Director of the EU Satellite Centre

11:45 Third Session: “Looking forward to the future” – The evolution of Copernicus
New Missions
• Philippe Brunet - Director for Space Policy, Copernicus and Defence at
DG GROW, European Commission
New challenges in EO
• Josef Aschbacher - Director of Earth Observation at the European Space Agency
Service and Data Evolution
• Andreas Veispak - DG GROW, European Commission
Q&A with contributions from:
• Giovanni De Santi - Director at DG JRC, European Commission
• Geoff Sawyer - Secretary General of EARSC
• Luigi Pasquali – Vice President of Eurospace
• Andres Jaadla – Member of the Committee of the Regions

13:00 Conclusions on Policy Priorities

• Massimiliano Salini - Member of the European Parliament

13:10 Buffet lunch (Restaurant 3 Isole, Terrace)

15:00 END