event programme

SIDEREUS three day Programme
Fragrant Hill Hotel, Beijing November 26-28, 2008

Day 1 Wednesday November 26, 2008
9.00-13.00 Opening Ceremony and Conference
13.00-14.30 Lunch
14.30-18.00 Companies’ bilateral business meetings
19.30 Gala dinner (at the hotel)

Day 2 Thursday November 27, 2008
9.30-13.00 Companies’ bilateral business meetings
13.00-14.30 Lunch
14.30-18.00 Companies’ bilateral business meetings
19.30 dinner (at the hotel)

Day 3 Friday November 28, 2008
Visits to Science Park and Space City, the Chinese Aerospace Industrial Cluster (Draft Agenda)
9.00 Shuttle Bus from the Fragrant Hill hotel
10.00-12.00 Visit to the Space city
12.00 Shuttle Bus to the restaurant
12.40-14.30 Lunch and transfer to Science City
14.30-16.00 visit to the Science city
16.00 Shuttle Bus to the Fragrant Hill hotel

Participants need to register for the visit and the restaurant


OPENING CONFERENCE - 26 November, 2008
Preliminary programme

h 09:00 Opening Ceremony
Stefano Turi, General Director - FILAS (SIDEREUS coordinating partner)
Claudio Mancini, Regional Councillor for Economic Development, Research Innovation and tourism - Lazio Region
Michael Pulch, Deputy Head of Delegation - Delegation of the EC to China
Qiang Xiaozhe, Director of Information and Space sector of MOST ( TBC )
Shi Dinghuan, President - CCA China Consulting Association and counsellor of the State Council (SIDEREUS local partner)
Riccardo Sessa, Ambassador of Italy to China
Chairman: Mr. Yin Jun , CCA

h 10:00 Keynote speech: GNSS International market, opportunities for  SMEs
Edward Tse, Managing Partner for Greater China, Booz & Co

h 10:40 – 11:00 Networking tea/coffee

h 11:00 Panel N°1: GNSS development
Lu Jun, Ph.D of China Satellite Navigation Engineering Center
Franco Emma, Head of ESA Education Office - ESA:D-LEX-E
Professor Arup Ranjan Dasgupta, Honorary Managing Editor,  GIS Development, NOIDA, India
Jing Guifei, Director - Navigation section of NRSS National Remote Sensing Centre of China
Moderator: Meng Bo, China Galileo Satellite Navigation Co. Ltd

h 12:00  Panel N°2: Business on PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing / GNSS)
Meng Bo, Director - China Galileo Satellite Navigation Co.
Christian Geltinger, Chief Representative, State of Bavaria - China Office
Giovanni Sylos Labini, President - SMEs for space European Network
Moderator: Franco Emma, ESA:D-LEX-E

H 13:00 Buffet Lunch