Space industry conference centre opens at Harwell
A conference centre designed to support the UK space industry has opened at Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire.
The new facility, named the Magali Vassiere Conference Centre, is situated next to ESA’s European satellite and space telecommunications centre.
Features of the centre include adaptable meeting facilities, a conference hall for 300 people, meeting rooms as well as breakout areas, exhibition space and dedicated rooms for interpreters.
Named after ESA’s former director of telecommunications activities and head of ECSAT, Magali Vaissiere, the new centre supports collaboration between the campus’ life sciences, quantum, energy and space clusters.
Director General of ESA, Josef Aschbacher, said: “The brand new facilities add to ESA’s growing footprint in Oxfordshire, and exemplify our excellent cooperation with the UK, as we work together to advance Europe’s ambitions in space. Magali has built up ECSAT to a modern centre that combines space technology and business. This conference centre deserved to be named after her.”
Over the next two years Harwell will build an additional 500,000 sq. ft of new laboratory and research & development buildings across the campus.
Chief Executive of Harwell Campus, Stuart Grant, said: “ESA’s new state-of-the-art conference centre and event space is an exciting and welcome addition to the campus. As a leading science campus known for world-leading breakthroughs, the centre further bolsters the campus’ ability to bring together scientists, researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors from across the globe, forging new partnerships and propelling advancements across Space, Quantum, Life Sciences and Energy sectors.”
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