This Ecsite inaugural workshop focusing on space will highlight collaborations between the European Space Agency (ESA) and museums and science centres across Europe. Together we will collect feedback and will start developing future space-themed collaborations open to various museums and science centres across Europe. Representatives from space industries and national space agencies will also share their expertise and ideas in this workshop.

The working groups of first workshop will focus on three main topics:

1. Presentation, feedback & open discussion of the existing exhibition material, available for free at: www.esa.int/exhibitions . ESA has a dedicated website where it regularly publishes exhibition material for download free of charge and in different languages.

2. Development of thematic collaborative projects

3. Building a Space thematic group within Ecsite

speakers: Fernando Doblas, Head of the Communication Department, European Space Agency

ESA & Education projects, Hugo Marée, Head of the education and knowledge management office, ESA/ESTEC, The Netherlands

CNES Philippe Collot, Responsible for public events & exhibitions, CNES

EADS-Astrium Dominique Huard, Head of Communications and Public Relations, EADS-Astrium

Rob van den Berg’s, Director of Space Expo Noordwijk, The Netherlands