The first Europe-Japan Space Forum was successfully held in Tokyo on 8th October 2014, with the attendance of over 100 participants from the European and Japanese industry, academia and stakeholders, including some representatives from European GNSS industries.

Below are the presentations provided by agreed speakers.

Part I - Space Policies and the Importance of Partnerships in Advancing Space Activities

Showcases of Europe-Japan research and industrial collaboration

THOR: Innovative Thermal Management Concepts for Thermal Protection of Future Space Vehicles by Mr. Hideyuki Tanno

Mercury Exploration: ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission by Mr. Jean-Charles Bigot

GNSS.Asia: Facilitating EU-Asia Industrial Cooperation on Downstream GNSS by Mr. Fabrizio Mura

Part II - Thematic Panel Roundtables

Panel 1 - Earth Observation

JAXA Activities in Earth Observation by Mr. Chu Ishida

Panel1-Earth Observation Airbus Defence & Space contribution by Mr. Martin Robillard

Horizon 2020 – upcoming funding opportunities

HORIZON 2020 by Mr. Leonidas Karapiperis

Panel 2 - EU-Japan cooperation on satellite navigation applications and services

Europe-Japan Space Forum by Mr. Christoph Kautz

EU-Japan cooperation on satellite navigation applications and services by Mr. Rainer Horn

EU-Japan cooperation on satellite navigation applications and services by Mr. Tsutomu Nakajima

Panel 3 - Future of Europe-Japan space transportation and satellites industrial cooperation

Cooperation in launch services by Mr. Jean-Louis Claudon

Satellite Industrial Cooperation Panel by Mr. Martin Jean-Baptiste

Future of Europe-Japan Industrial Cooperation by Mr. Hiroshi Koyama