The ESA Director General’s annual new year press breakfast held at ESA’s headquarters in Paris, France, on 16 January 2019. Jan Wörner talked about the achievements of 2018 and the highlights for 2019, with a particular focus on Space19+, the ministerial conference to be held in Seville, Spain, in November 2019. The event was concluded with an interactive question-and-answer session with Director General and ESA’s Programme Directors.