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GMES Governance Workshop

The GMES Governance workshop organised by the EARSC and EUROSPACE Associations in cooperation with the GMES Bureau and the European Economic and Social Committee, EESC held on May 11 in Brussels, was successful in that it lived up to the main objective exposing possible governance models and making a first evaluation of their impact on the industry.

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GMES needs to evolve into full operational maturity. This requires a sustainable programme including long-term funding commitment; a suitable governance structure and a specific legislative and regulatory framework.The type of governance which will be adopted might have a strong impact on the structuring and future of the industry.

PROGRAMME
THE IMPACT OF GMES GOVERNANCE MODELS ON INDUSTRY (09H45 – 17H30)
09h00 – 09h45: Registration
09h45: Opening by P. Kamoun (Eurospace WG on GMES)

|09h50: Welcome by L. LOBO, EESC

10h00: Presentation workshop by S. Olovsson (EARSC) and O. Lemaitre (Eurospace)
10h15 – 11h30: SESSION 1: Governance models and Industrial Views

|10h15 – 10h30 : Views from EARSC by A. JADOT

|10h30 – 10h45: Views from EUROSPACE by J-J. TORTORA

|10h45 – 11h00: Perspective from GMES Bureau by A. KARAMALI

|11h00 – 11h15: Perspective from ESA by J. ASCHBACHER

|11h15 – 11h30: Perspective from EUMETSAT by P. COUNET

11h30 – 12h00: COFFEE BREAK
12h00 – 12h30: SESSION 2: Industry Views

12h00 – 12h15: GMES Organisational and System Integration Scenarios, by Z. STOTT, Assimila

12h15 – 12h30: Actual report on economy on downstream services, by C. JOLLY, OECD

12h30-13h30: Round Table on Ocean-Atmosphere-Climate
Impact of GMES Governance on Space & Services Industry
Participants: A. Pi-Figueroa (Starlab), V. Ruiz (INSA), D. Esterhazy-TAS, P. Stephens-DMCii
Moderator: C. Jacob (Eumetnet)

13h30 – 14h30: LUNCH BREAK
14h30 – 16h00: SESSION 3: Industry Views

14h30 – 14h45: Impact of GMES Governance models on the future of Industry, by G. DEANNE, Boss4GMES
14h45 – 15h00: GMES Governance – Legal Considerations, by I. BAUMANN, BHO legal

15h00-16h00:_Round Table on Land – Emergency – Security
Impact of GMES Governance on Space & Services Industry
Participants: F. Jaskolla (Infoterra), A. di Federico (Telespazio), E. Perez (Astrium), L. Kucera (Gisat), M. Bello-Mora (Deimos), C. Hoffman (Geoville-Group)
Moderator: C. Pradhan (EARSC Director)

16h00-16h30:COFFEE BREAK

16h30-17h30:_FINAL ROUND TABLE
The impact of GMES governance models on Industry
Participants: J. Chenet (TAS), J. Conway (Spot Infoterra Group), P. Norris-Logica, P. Volk (GAF), M. Gross-Eurosense Bulgary, C. Gomez (GMV)
Moderator: P. Kamoun (Eurospace WG on GMES)

Workshop Material
EARSC Statement on GMES Governance
Eurospace views on GMES Governance
Round table questions
Programme 11May2009
List Participants GMES Governance 11May2009

Stakeholder´s active involvement will help to discuss, with small and large industries as well as European and national institutions and users, the perspectives within GMES for the downstream services sector.