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	Technical Visits

Registration before 23 July!

A number of technical visits will be proposed during the Congress, both industrial sites and academic laboratories. All technical visits require prior registration. If you intend to visit Thales Avionics, Intespace or Astrium, please send a copy of you passport with your registration form. In any case, you will have to show it on site.

Visits of industrial sites and academic laboratories include:

Airbus
Thales Avionics
LAAS-CNRS, ONERA
CNES
Intespace
Astrium
Alcatel-Space

AIRBUS Tuesday 24 August - 9h to 11h
AIRBUS assembly line of the world famous European airline manufacturer.

Thales Avionics Tuesday 24 August - 14h to 16h
Thales Avionics: the Number one European supplier of avionics and cabin electronics for both airplanes and helicopters, and among the three world-wide; it is a major player in the global aviation industry, delivering solutions for civil and military aircraft, today and for the years to come.

LAAS-CNRS, ONERA Wednesday 25 August - 9h30 to 11h30
	LAAS-CNRS: the Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems is the largest laboratory of CNRS (French National Research Organisation). Its activities span Computer Science and Engineering, Automatic Control, Micro- and Nano-Electronics.
	ONERA: the Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales is the French Organisation for Aerospace Research, with activities in fluid mechanics and energetics, in materials and structures, in physics, in information processing and systems.

LAAS-CNRS, ONERA and IRIT (The Institute for Research in Informatics of Toulouse) have founded FéRIA, the Federation of Research in Informatics and Automatic Control.

CNES Wednesday 25 August - 14h30 to 17h
	CNES: the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales is the French Agency for Space.

INTESPACE Thursday 26 August - 9h30 to 11h30
	INTESPACE: Space equipment testing since 1962. Today's test facilities enable to test articles of all sizes, from single equipment items to complete systems, in strict compliance with recognized civil, military and space standards.

Astrium Thursday 26 August - 9h30 to 11h30
	Astrium: a world leader in the design and manufactureof satellite systems, with business activities covering civil and military telecommunications and Earth observation, science and navigation, space equipment and associated ground infrastructure.

Alcatel-Space Thursday 26 August - 14h to 17h
	Alcatel-Space: the leading European industrial specialist and supplier of satellite electronics and informatics, and the European leader in telecommunications satellite payloads.