The eighth ESA Council meeting at ministerial level will take place on 14
and 15 November 2001 at theEdinburgh International Conference Centre
(EICC), The Exchange, Morrison Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EE (Scotland).
Tentative Press Programme
08h00 Accreditation starts at Press Centre
Note : A badge will be handed out for access to the Press Centre for the
two days. Please take good care of your badge. It is the only valid
credential for access to the Press Centre. Always wear your badge and
carry personal identification documents ont he Conference premises.
09h30 Arrival of Ministers and Delegates
09h45 Photo opportunity in the meeting room
10h00 Opening of the meeting
13h00 Lunch break
15h00 Meeting resumes
18h00 En of the first day’s meeting
18h15 Press briefing at the Press Centre
Thursday 15 November 2001
09h00 Press Centre opens
09h30 Continuation of meeting in the main Conference Room
13h00 Lunch break
15h00 Meeting resumes
time t.b.d. End of meeting and final Press Conference in the Press Centre
20h00 Press Centre closes
Special locations will be available for TV/radio interviews.
All requests for interviews should be addressed to the ESA Public
Relations officers at the Press Centre.
The ESA TV Service will broadcast the press conferences as well as the
regular press briefings by the spokesperson of the ESA Director General,
given to the media in Edinburgh. The transmission schedule,and the
satellite details,will be posted on the ESA TV Website,
http://television.esa.int about one week before the Conference.
The press briefings and conferences will also streamed as live Webcasts,
into a limited number of channels, and can be viewed by journalists under
URL http://www.esa.int/Edinburgh_live.htm (English language only).
Please note that the information on these URLs is not for publication or
the general public but only for those subsribers to ESA press releases who
cannot come to Edinburg but are wishing to follow the press briefings and
conferences via Internet .This is why there will be no link from the ESA
Portal to this live Webcast URL.
For accreditation, please fill in the attached form and fax it back to :
ESA Public Relations Department, Media Relations Office, Paris, France –
Fax: +33(0)1.53.69.76.90.
ESA Council meeting at ministerial level
14 and 15 November 2001
Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC)
The Exchange, Morrison Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EE
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