Author name: Gaia Guiso

Dear WIA Europe members, WIA-Europe originally announced that its General Assembly 2014 would take place on 2nd June in Italy. However, after some reconsideration, WIA-E has decided that it would be more appropriate to combine its 5th year celebration with a General Assembly that reaches out to a larger membership by giving a longer period […]

Are you interested in applying for a grant to attend an aerospace conference or workshop in 2014? The deadline for submissions is June 30, 2014. WIA-Europe would like to encourage and support upcoming talent – young professionals and students alike – and for this we have set up a grants programme. The programme provides grants

Would you like to be on the Board of WIA-Europe and help grow the European community of aerospace  professionals? Are you an active, enthusiastic individual with passion and drive? WIA-Europe thrives on people like you! Our annual rotation of the Board is coming up at the General Assembly in June, and we are now opening

Created in 1973 by Göskin Sipahioglu, Sipa Press is one of the main photojournalism agencies in the world. Sipa Press covers all world events thanks to its global network of over 600 correspondents, and exclusive distribution agreements with foreign agencies including Associated Press (AP), Rex Features, Olycom, and News International. Sipa Press has an exceptional

If you haven’t done so yet, please renew your membership by paying the annual membership fee. You can do so by following the link for Paypal or by making a bank transfer to: WIA-Europe, Rabobank NL, Katwijk, The Netherlands. IBAN: NL33RABO0150292716 (National account n°: 1502.92.716). Please quote your full name with every payment. Remember that a

WIA-E has partnered with LUISS Business School in the framework of the school’s Aviation MBA. In an increasingly interconnected and volatile business world, the logics of competition are constantly rewired with immediate effects on airlines, airports, manufacturers and suppliers, and other actors involved in the aviation field. In such an uncertain and competitive landscape, the

Established in 1961, CNES is the public institution responsible for proposing to the Government the French space policy and its implementation in Europe. It develops and sends satellites in orbit and invents tomorrow space systems; il promotes the emergence of new services, useful in everyday life. CNES is at the origin of major space projects,

We are very pleased to announce that the UN Secretary-General has appointed the WIA-Europe President, Ms. Simonetta Di Pippo (Italy) as Director of the Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA), United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV).             Ms. Di Pippo has an extensive and distinguished career with the Italian Space

We are very pleased to introduce the three winners of our grants: Maike Neuland           PhD student  at the Physics Institute in the division of “Space Research and Planetary Sciences” at the University of Bern(CH).She submitted an abstract to present her work on testing special surfaces, which are used in instruments

AIPAS (Associazione delle Imprese per le Attività Spaziali) was created in 1998 with the objective to serve the needs of Small and Medium sized companies operating in the space sector, gathering also space large companies. AIPAS is a No-Profit Association and it aims at: promoting in the various national and international centres the general interests of