{"349141":{"#nid":"349141","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hazane Discusses CNES and the European Space Agency","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPhillipe Hazane, Space Attach\u00e9 and Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES) representative, visited Georgia Tech to speak about French and European space activities and policies on October 22, 2014. The talk was co-sponsored by the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP) and the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies, both of the Nunn School. Nunn School Assistant Professor Mariel Borowitz served as moderator for the talk.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn his remarks, Hazane discussed the mission and activities of CNES, France\u2019s space agency, and the European Space Agency (ESA). Hazane characterized the work of ESA and CNES, as well as the EU\u2019s overall space effort, as being a success due to high levels of expertise, flexibility, industry competitiveness, and domain integration. \u0026nbsp;He also covered specific European initiatives and goals, the configuration of Europe\u2019s space institutions, and looming strategic and policy decisions that will confront France and the EU in coming years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Default\u0022\u003EBefore being appointed as Space Attach\u00e9 and CNES Representative in the French Embassy in the US in July 2011, Philippe Hazane, a senior technologist in remote sensing systems and GNSS system operations, served as the Deputy Assistant Director of the Mission Operations Directorate at the Toulouse Space Centre at CNES, which is in charge of operating all space missions under the responsibility of the French Space Agency. In the course of his career Mr. Hazane has held numerous leadership positions - including as the chairman of the CNES Senior Review, as well as the Head of Mission Center Operation Office, where he was in charge of mission centers such as universe study, navigation, and microgravity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022Default\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;Founded in 1961, CNES is the government agency responsible for shaping and implement France\u2019s space policy in Europe. Its task is to invent the space systems of the future, bring space technologies to maturity and guarantee France\u2019s independent access to space. CNES is a pivotal player in Europe\u2019s space programme, and a major source of initiatives and proposals that aim to maintain France and Europe\u2019s competitive edge.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPhillipe Hazane, Space Attach\u00e9 and Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES) representative, visited Georgia Tech to speak about French and European space activities and policies on October 22, 2014. The talk was co-sponsored by the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP) and the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies, both of the Nunn School. Nunn School Assistant Professor Mariel Borowitz served as moderator for the talk.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Phillipe Hazane, Space Attach\u00e9 and Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES) representative, visited Georgia Tech to speak about French and European space activities and policies on October 22, 2014."}],"uid":"28115","created_gmt":"2014-11-25 17:56:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:34","author":"Robert Barnhart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"349111":{"id":"349111","type":"image","title":"Hazane","body":null,"created":"1449245696","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:14:56","changed":"1475895073","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:13","alt":"Hazane","file":{"fid":"201949","name":"hazane.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hazane.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hazane.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1750800,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hazane.jpg?itok=DN-kb6If"}}},"media_ids":["349111"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"}],"keywords":[{"id":"795","name":"CISTP"},{"id":"55091","name":"CNES"},{"id":"589","name":"ESA"},{"id":"851","name":"INTA"},{"id":"167043","name":"Sam Nunn"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJeremiah Granden\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jeremiah.granden@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejeremiah.granden@inta.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jeremiah.granden@inta.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}