BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ERS-EO IOD/IOV & Technology Industry Information Day DTSTART:20260319T080000Z DTEND:20260319T174500Z DTSTAMP:20260411T110400Z UID:indico-event-627@indico.esa.int DESCRIPTION:The access to this event\, both on-site and online\, is reserv ed to the persons who have already registered to the event. The link to th e event will not be shared outside of the attendees. It is currently no l onger possible to register for the event.\nOn 19 March 2026\, the European Space Agency (ESA) will host an Industry Information Day on the In‑Orb it Demonstration and Validation (IOD/IOV) and Technology Development activ ities in the frame of the European Resilience from Space for Earth Observa tion (ERS‑EO) Element 1 programme at ESA/ESTEC (and online). The event i s intended for industrial and institutional entities with an interest in t he programme. \nThe objective of the event is:\nTo increase awareness of the ERS‑EO In‑Orbit Demonstration and Validation (IOD/IOV) activities and of the ERS-EO Technology Development activities.\nThe European Resilie nce from Space for Earth Observation (ERS‑EO) Programme is designed to p repare and accelerate the future European Earth‑Observation Governmental Service (EOGS). Working closely with the European Union and ESA Member St ates\, it supports Europe’s ambition to strengthen defence readiness and ensure access to resilient\, autonomous\, space‑based Earth‑observati on capabilities.\nThe European Union plans to implement EOGS under the 202 8–2034 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)\, providing enhanced situat ional awareness to support preparedness\, decision‑making\, and the acti ons of the Union and its Member States in the fields of security and defen ce. It will deliver secure\, reliable\, timely\, persistent and targeted s pace‑based Earth‑observation data\, products and information\, reinfor cing existing and planned capabilities.\nERS‑EO Element 1 serves as th e preparatory phase for EOGS. Guided by consolidated user needs defined un der the responsibility of the European Commission\, Element 1 aims to es tablish the foundations for the future programme. As part of this programm e:\n\nIn‑Orbit Demonstration and Validation (IOD/IOV) activities will pr ovide targeted\, short‑term in‑orbit experiments delivering early proo f‑of‑concept ahead of the 2028 Ministerial Conference. These activitie s are organised into four thematics\, which require further consolidation before potential adoption as operational features of the future system:\n\ nA. IOD‑A: Low Luminance / Night Vision\nB. IOD‑B: Dynamic Satellite T asking\nC. IOD‑C: Reduced information age (i.e. data latency from acquis ition to product delivery)\nD. IOD‑D: Satellite Super Agility\n\n\nTechn ology Development activities will mature mission‑critical technologies f or EOGS with the objective of reaching TRL 6 by 2028. Coordinated with w ider ESA initiatives such as GSTP and TDE\, these developments will addres s the immediate needs of the future EOGS Space Mission (EOGS‑SM). They w ill primarily focus on subsystem‑level integration and testing using com ponents or units that have already reached sufficient maturity. The themat ics under consideration cover platform\, payload\, secure links\, security features and further areas across the space and ground segments.\n\nThe I ndustry Information Day will introduce the frame of the ERS‑EO Element 1 programme programme following discussions of the Implementation plan at t he February PBEO\, with focus on the IOD/IOV activities and the Technology Development activities. Bilateral meetings with ESA Executive will be org anised on demand for on‑site participants.\nRegistration for this event is open to stakeholders from all ESA Member States. Eventual resulting pr ocurement activities from the ERS-EO Programme are restricted to entities from the Participating States which\, by the time of the Contract award de cision\, will be a participating State in Element 1 of the ERS-EO Programm e. To date\, these are Austria\, Belgium\, Czech Republic\, Denmark\, Finl and\, France\, Germany\, Greece\, Hungary\, Ireland\, Italy\, Netherlands\ , Norway\, Poland\, Portugal\, Slovenia\, Spain and Switzerland - Canadian entities may also be eligible provided that the Arrangement between ESA a nd the Government of Canada regarding participation in the ERS-EO Programm e has entered into force.Eventual resulting procurement activities from th e General Support Technology Programme (GSTP) are open to entities from Pa rticipating States of GSTP\, which are currently all ESA Member States and Associated Member States.\nDay Schedule\nThe ERS-EO Information day will start at 09:00\, in the Erasmus High-Bay at ESA/ESTEC and on Webex. \n\nT he morning will be dedicated to presenting the upcoming ERS-EO activities. \nA buffet will be served for lunch. \nThe afternoon will start with a ge neral Q&A session\, before moving to bilateral meetings with ESA Executive s\, located in meeting rooms in the ERASMUS building. In parallel\, meetin gs room will be made available for B2B meetings. The day is planned to clo se at 18:30.\n\nDetailed timetable is available here.\nRegistrations\nRegi strations are mandatory to attend the event\, both for online and in-perso n attendance and will close on Wednesday 11/03/2026 at 23:59. Please indic ate in the registration form whether you would like to attend the event in -person or online and whether you are interested in a bilateral meeting wi th ESA Executives.\nMore details on how to reach ESTEC can be found here.\ nBilateral meetings\nIn-person attendees will have the opportunity to regi ster for bilateral meetings with ESA executives. The matching of your comp any with an ESA Executive will be done on the basis of your answer to the registration form (company activity\, interest in specific studies\, etc). Attributions will be done on a first-come/first-served basis. Information about the time and meeting room will be communicated to you ahead of the event. There should only be one request per company\, registrants are kind ly asked to coordinate internally.\nB2B meetings\nMeeting rooms will be ma de available for B2B meetings but the organization of these meeting is ent irely left up to the attendees. A signing sheet will be provided on the da y to manage the rooms allocations.\n\nhttps://indico.esa.int/event/627/ IMAGE;VALUE=URI:https://indico.esa.int/event/627/logo-594884876.png LOCATION:Erasmus High Bay (ESA/ESTEC) URL:https://indico.esa.int/event/627/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR