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18:30 PRE-CONFERENCE DINNER & REGISTRATION

I. WELCOME & KEY NOTE

8:45 – 8:55 Opening Speech  
Prof. Lesley Jane Smith and Dr. Ingo Baumann

8:55 – 9:05 Welcome Speech
Prof. Hansjörg Dittus, DLR Executive Board

II. LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

09:05 – 09:30 Presentation of the Contracting for Space Project
Prof. Lesley Jane Smith and Dr. Ingo Baumann

09:30 – 09:55 Legal aspects of Space Project Management
Stefano Fiorilli, Head of the Human Spaceflight & Satellites Procurement Division European Space Agency

09:55 – 10:20 Coffee Break

III. STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

10.20 – 10:45 The impact of politics on space programs
Peter Hulsroj, Director ESPI

10:45 – 11:10 How to prepare the political grounds for a space projectChristine Leurquin, VP Institutional Relations, SES

IV. PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT

11:10 – 11:35 How to organize an effective Procurement Process?
Dr. Oliver Heinrich, BHO Legal

11:35 – 12:00 Managing pitfalls in subcontracting
Dr. Dietrich Weber-Steinhaus , Weber-Steinhaus&Smith

V. FINANCIAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

12:00 – 12:25 How to avoid cost overruns
Dr. Vasilis Zervos, ISU

12:25 – 12:50 How well do we understand spaceproject costs?
Dr. Fabian Eilingsfeld, PRICE Systems

12:50 – 14:00 Lunch Break

VI. SYSTEM ENGINEERING

14:00 – 14:25 Project management and the importance of System engineering
Dr. Ingo Engeln, OHB

14:25 – 14:50 Systems Engineering, Operations Engineering and Project Management: the multifaceted challenge of large, strategic and complex systems
Marco Lisi, ESA Galileo System Engineering and Operations Manager

VI. RISK AND SECURITY MANAGEMENT

14:50 – 15:15 Managing the risks of space projects
Dr. Michael Soelter, EADS

15:15 – 15:40 Management of security and commercial in confidence aspects
René Oosterlinck, former ESA Director Navigation

15:40 – 16:05 Tea Break

VII. LESSONS LEARNED

16:05 – 16:30 Lessons Learned and Perspectives
Prof. Bernd Madauss, PMT

16:30 – 16:55 Hidden drivers of cost and schedule in institutional space programs
Peter Dubock, former ESA Inspector General

VIII. CONCLUSIONS

17:00 – 17:30    Panel Discussion
17:30 – 17:45    Concluding Remarks
17:45 – 19:00    Close-out Reception