The representatives of the Alphasat/Alphabus public–private partnership met on 18 June, 2013, to celebrate the project. Each partner spoke about their contribution to the project during a press conference in the ESA Pavilon.
The partner representatives were Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA DG; Magali Vaissière, ESA Director of TIA; Ruy Pinto, Inmarsat CTO; Eric Béranger, Astrium CEO; Sami Benamar, Vice President of Development at Thales Alenia Space; Jean-Yves Le Gall, CNES President; David Parker, UK Space Agency Chief Executive and Jan Wörner, DLR Chairmain.
The roundtable was followed by a question and answer from the media.