Media invitation: information session following the 337th ESA Council

Back to Index French Agency N° 60-2025: Media invitation: information session following the 337th ESA Council 15 October 2025 ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun will brief journalists on the core topics discussed at the ESA Council meeting held in Paris on 22 and 23 October 2025. Journalists are cordially invited to attend an information session on Thursday 23 October at 16:00 CEST.The information session is expected to cover ESA's recent mission and programmatic highlights, as well as any key developments for the future of the European space sector, ahead of its Council at Ministerial level (CM25) taking place in Bremen, Germany, on 26 and 27 November 2025.Media RegistrationJournalists are requested to register by 17:00 CEST on 22 October at the latest for on-site presence in ESA HQ, Paris, or to receive access codes for the ESA WebEx online session. Only those registered will be able to ask questions: https://blogs.esa.int/forms/esa-media-briefing-form/ The information session will be streamed live on ESA Web TV and a recording will be published on the website later.ContactsJules [email protected] Hortense de [email protected] Newsroom and Media Relations [email protected] Images ESA's Photo Library for Professionals:https://www.esa-photolibrary.com/Terms and conditions for using ESA imagesFor questions or more information related to ESA images, please contact directly [email protected] Videos ESA's Video Library for Professionals:https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/VideosTerms and conditions for using ESA videosFor questions or more information related to ESA videos, please contact directly [email protected] Social Media Follow ESA on:X: @esa Bluesky: @esaFacebook: @EuropeanSpaceAgency Instagram: @europeanspaceagency YouTube: ESA LinkedIn: European Space Agency - ESA Pinterest: European Space Agency - ESA About the European Space Agency The European Space Agency (ESA) provides Europe's gateway to space.  ESA is an intergovernmental organisation, created in 1975, with the mission to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space delivers benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.  ESA has 23 Member States: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia are Associate Members.  ESA has established formal cooperation with four Member States of the EU. Canada takes part in some ESA programmes under a Cooperation Agreement.  By coordinating the financial and intellectual resources of its members, ESA can undertake programmes and activities far beyond the scope of any single European country. It is working in particular with the EU on implementing the Galileo and Copernicus programmes as well as with Eumetsat for the development of meteorological missions.  Learn more about ESA at https://www.esa.int