ESSC
51st Plenary
18-20 May 2016
Rome, IT
ESSC 51st Plenary Meeting
The European Space Science Committee (ESSC) virtually met for their 51st plenary meeting on the 18-19th of May.
The meeting was attended by 29 participants including the ESSC members, the ESSC Secretariat, and the representatives from European and International institutions, such as the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Commission (EC), the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), the Space Studies Board and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (SSB), the Russian Space Research Institute (IKI), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), the Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Invited Guests
Maurice Borgeaud
Head of Earth Observation Department (EO), Science, Applications and Climate, European Space Agency
Enrico Costa
Member of the board of directors, Italian Space Agency (ASI)
Fabio Favata
ESA Coordinator for Astronomy and Fundamental Physics missions, European Space Agency
Oleg Korablev
Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, IKI
Michael Moloney
Director, Space Studies Board (SSB), US
Nicolas Peter
Space Policy and Research Unit, European Commission
Toru Yamada
Director of International Strategy and Coordination at Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), JAXA, JP
Chi Wang
General Director of NSCC, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), CN
Jean-Claude Worms
ESF Chief Executive Officer, ex-officio member