Spring Meetings 2016 – GNF: COP21 Results and their Impact on Space Activities

Progressively, space agencies are investing more in Earth Observation and Climate Change programmes as these projects become ever more important for a sustainable world of tomorrow. In the form of a round table, this GNF event invite experts from the UN and space sector to discuss and examine which effects the COP21 Conference might already have, or will have in the near future, on space activities.

Welcome Remarks:
Kiyoshi Higuchi, IAF President
Speakers:
Jean-Yves Le Gall, President, CNES
James E. Graf, Deputy Director, Earth Science and Technology Directorate, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
S. Somanath, Director, Liquid Propulsion System Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Chu Ishida, Senior Chief Officer of Satellite Applications, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Moderator:
Josef Aschbacher, Head, Programme Planning & Coordination, Earth Observation Programmes Directorate, European Space Agency (ESA/ESRIN)

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