The WIA Europe networking event at COSPAR turned out to be a great success with over ninety people pre-registering but more than two hundred actually joining on the day itself. Claudia Kessler, WIA Europe Chair, and Andrea Boese, WIA Europe Director of International Relations gave a brief welcome speech to the international audience. Lancaster cosmetics […]
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We promised we would organise meetings on a regular basis at aerospace-related events and are proud to announce that at ILA 2010 we organised our first panel discussion entitled “How can more women in the aerospace business get into leadership positions?”. Questions on how more women can be brought into leadership positions in the aerospace
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Around 20 people attended WIA Europe’s second General Assembly at ESTEC, including ESA DG Jean-Jacques Dordain.
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The breakfast started at 8.30 and four of our board members were there to meet our WIA Europe members and other interested parties. Even at this early hour before the IAF Spring Meeting had started for the day, the breakfast was well attended. It offered us a chance to welcome some new members on board
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The first WIA Europe General Assembly took place on 28 January 2010 at 17:00 in the Astronaut room at Space Expo, ESTEC’s official visitor centre. This meeting was followed by an informal drink at 18:00 in the same location, which was an opportunity to get to know each other, welcome potential newcomers and exchange ideas.
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Board members Claudia Kessler and Andrea Boese met with NASA Deputy Administrator and former WIA US president Lori Garver at a luncheon with NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on 9 December in Washington. In his lunch speech Charles Bolden emphasised the importance of organisations like WIA and especially the impact they make in education and outreach
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Women in Aerospace met up on 14 October, at the 60th International Astronautical Congress which took place between 12 and 16 October 2009 in Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
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The formation of WIA-Europe, WIA’s first sister organisation, was announced at the Le Bourget Paris Air Show on Monday June 15, 2009, at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Paris, France. The formal announcement ceremony was held in the European Space Agency (ESA) Pavilion. Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA’s Director General officially announced the creation of WIA-Europe.
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