USEF Symposium

EXPECTATIONS TO THE SPACE INDUSTRY
IN THE 21st CENTURY

4th USEF SPACE INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM
AGENDA

Date:  Monday, March 5, 2001
Time:  13:00-20:00
Place: KEIDANREN KAIKAN, Tokyo


OPENING 13:00-13:10

Mr. Takima Chikyu, President, USEF
    Mr. Nobuyori Kodaira, Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Economy,
         Trade and Industry

PART 1 PRESENTATIONS 13:10-15:40

13:10-13:30 METI's policy on Japanese space industry
by Mr. Junya Nishimoto, Director, Space Industry Office, Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
13:30-14:00 The European Space Industry Today
"What can a public space Agency do to support Commercialization?"
by Professor Dr. Hans M. Kappler, Director of Industrial Matters and
Technology Programmes, ESA
14:00-14:30 Space business in Russia
by Mr. Igor S. Radugin, Deputy General Designer,
KHRUNICHEV
14:30-15:00 Commercialization of the space in the 21st Century
by Mr. John C. Mankins, NASA Headquarters
15:00-15:40 Japanese Space Industry in the 21st Century
by Mr. Toshio Suzuki, Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic
Organizations)
15:40-16:00Break

PART 2 PANEL DISCUSSION 16:00-18:15

Moderator : Professor Shinichi Nakasuka, Tokyo University
Panelists : Dr. Hiroshi Kimura, Keidanren
Professor Dr. Hans M. Kappler, ESA
Mr. John Mankins, NASA
Mr. Igor S. Radugin, KHRUNICHEV

RECEPTION 18:30-20:00
    Mr. Takashi Kitaoka, Chairman, USEF
    Mr. Iwao Okamoto, Director-General, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
20:00 Adjourn

(c)Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer(USEF)