N° 52-2005: ESA Council meeting at ministerial level: Berlin, 5/6 December 2005

N° 52-2005: ESA Council meeting at ministerial level: Berlin, 5/6 December
2005


14 November 2005
The next ESA Council meeting at ministerial level will take place on 5/6
December in Berlin, Germany at the Conference Centre of the Foreign Ministry
(Auswärtiges Amt). The entrance to the Press Centre is located at
Oberwasserstrasse 12.


Provisional press programme:
Monday 5 December

07:30 - Accreditation starts at Press Centre.

Note: A personal badge will be handed out for access to the Press Centre for
the two days. Please take good care of it. It is the only valid ID for
access. Always wear your badge and carry your passport or national ID card
when on the Conference Centre premises.

The Press Centre is located inside the security perimeter of the Foreign
Ministry building. Media representatives without German government
accreditation (Mitglied der Bundespressekonferenz) must submit their
completed accreditation form to ESA Media Relations Division no later than
29 November, to enable an obligatory security check to be performed. To
obtain the badge, the passport or national ID card stated on the
accreditation form must be shown. No other means of identification will be
accepted.

08:30-08:45 - Photo opportunity in main Conference Room (Weltsaal) for
photographers and camera crew.
09:00 - Opening of meeting (no media attendance).
11:00 - Press briefing: introduction to the Council deliberations (ESA
Spokesman).
13:00 - Lunch break.
14:45 - Photo opportunity (group picture of Minsters).
15:00 - Meeting resumes.
18:00 - End of meeting.
18:15 - Briefing at Press Centre (ESA Director General or Spokesman) -
broadcast live on ESA-TV.
21:00 - Press Centre closes.
Tuesday 6 December 08:30 - Press Centre opens.
09:00 - Continuation of meeting (no media attendance).
10:00 - Programme subscriptions, final discussions, adoption of Resolutions.
13:00 - Lunch break
15:00 - Adoption of Resolutions.
16:45 - Closing statements by Council Chair.
17:00 approx - Press conference (Council Chair and ESA Director General) -
broadcast live on ESA-TV.
20:00 - Press Centre closes.

All requests for interviews should be addressed to the ESA Media Relations
Officers at the Press Centre. Special locations will be available for TV /
radio interviews. The ESA TV service will broadcast press briefings and the
closing press conference. A Video News Release with pre-event footage will
be available as of 29 November. By that date, the transmission schedule and
satellite details will be posted on the ESA TV website,
http://television.esa.int.

A background information note covering the objectives and programmatic
aspects for debate and tabled for decision at the meeting will be issued
separately within the next few days.

For accreditation, please fill in the attached form and fax it back to: ESA
Media Relations Division, Paris, France- Fax. +33 (0) 1 53 69 76 90.

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Jacques :-)

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