European ministers and representatives in charge of space activities from the 22 ESA Member States, Slovenia, and Canada met to decide future space activities for Europe, on 1 December 2016, in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Front, from left: Karin Röding, State Secretary for Higher Education and Research, Ministry of Education and Research, Sweden; Lars Jacob Hiim, State Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway; Stefania Giannini, Minister of Education, Universities and Research, Italy; Thierry Mandon, Secretary of State for Research and Higher Education, France; Mauro Dell’Ambrogio, State Secretary, State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, Switzerland; Jan Woerner, ESA Director General; Luis de Guindos, Chair of the Ministerial Council, Minister of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness, Spain; Etienne Schneider, Minister of the Economy, Luxembourg; Brigitte Zypries, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany; Manuel Heitor, Minister of Science, Education and Higher Education, Portugal; Jo Johnson, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, United Kingdom; Elke Sleurs, Secretary of State for Scientific Policy, Belgium; John Halligan, Minister for Training Skills and Innovation Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Ireland; Bo Andersen, Co-Chair of the ESA Council, Director General of the Norwegian Space Centre.
Back, from left: Ales Cantarutti, State Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Slovenia; Viljar Lubi, Deputy Secretary General, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Estonia; Kamil Rudolecký, Deputy Minister of Transport, Czech Republic; Jadwiga Emilewicz, Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Economic Development, Poland; Károly Balázs Solymár, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of National Development, Hungary; Ioan Ursu, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research, Romania; Petri Peltonen, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Finland; Jasper Wesseling, Deputy Director General for Enterprise and Innovation, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands; Klaus Pseiner, Managing Director of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Austria; Hans Müller Pedersen, Director General, Danish Agency of Science, Technology and Innovation, Denmark; Pinelopi Spilioti, Director of International S&T Cooperation Directorate, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece; Sylvain Laporte, President of the Canadian Space Agency.