The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) is organizing an informative session* on the ESA Programme dedicated to the next generation of Neosat platforms - ARTES 14 (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems). Representatives from ESA, as well as from prime contractors Astrium, subsidiary of EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) and Thales Alenia Space are attending the event.

The event will take place on 24 April 2013, from 09:00 at ROSA Headquarters on Mendeleev Street, no. 21-25, 3rd floor, room 301, district 1, Bucharest. The briefing aims to assess the possibilities, capabilities and interest in being involved in ARTES 14 from the organizations in Romania, as well as to provide a better understanding of the general and specific issues related to this program.

In the afternoon a session of bilateral meetings between ESA, ROSA, prime contractors and representatives of the organizations from Romania will take place. A draft agenda can be downloaded here.

Event registration can be done at the email address: anca.costea at rosa.ro. The deadline for registrations is 23 April 2013. For organizational reasons, attendance is limited to maximum two representatives from each organization.

For the smooth running of the session, should you consider it necessary please express your interest in scheduling a bilateral meeting allong with your confirmation of participation. Organization representatives interested in applying for bilateral meetings are kindly asked to prepare a short presentation in order to summarize the activities that they have been carring out in the field.

For additional information regarding the meeting please contact us at: Anca Liana Costa tel: 0213168722, email: anca.costea at rosa.ro

*Update: Presentations from the event are now available as pdf.

• Neosat
• Astrium
• Thales Alena Space
• IMT Bucharest

On Thursday, 25 of April 2013, the European Space Agency (ESA) representatives are presenting the ESA GSTP 6 (General Support Technology Programme) during an event organized by the Romanian Space Agency (ROSA). Various organizations from Romania interested in developing future dedicated activities are expected to participate.

The informative session takes place on Thursday, 25 April 2013 in the Hall of the Central University Library (Boteanu Street, no. 1, Bucharest) between 14:00 - 16:00 hours. The preliminary agenda of the event can be found here.

The presentations will be followed by bilateral meetings between ESA, ROSA and the organizations from Romania. These will take place at the ROSA Headquarters (Mendeleev Street, no 21-25, Bucharest), Thursday, 25 April 2013, between 17:00 - 19:00 and Friday, 26 April 2013,  between 9:00 - 13:00.

Registration for the event should be done online, until 24 April 2013. Please indicate in the registration form if you want to have a bilateral meeting with ESA representatives.

For more information please contact us by email at events2013 at rosa.ro or by phone 0213168722.

Through GSTP 6 (General Support Tehcnology Programme), Romania benefits from the support of the European Space Agency in implementing national research projects, which are evaluated, procured, monitored and acknoledged by ESA.

In this respect, ROSA's major objective in its relations with ESA is to guarantee the quality and efficiency of its projects in alignment with ESA standards. A major benefit of this colaboration is represented by the intellectual property rights, which belong to Romania, more exactly to the implementing organizations. As a result, GSTP 6 not only guarantees a quality output, but also offers Romania the opportunity to develop its research and technology as a whole, thus offering the Romanian research community an attractive and advantageous working environment.