Carlo Gavazzi Space SpA is a small high tech company, present for more than 15 years in the Aerospace market.It is member of the Fuchs Group, a group of medium small European enterprises, with operating units in Germany, Italy and Russia, and memberof the AIPAS association (Associazione Italiana PMI Aerospaziali - Aerospace Italian SME Association).
The Company, located in Milan, occupies a surface of 4000 m2, with relative infrastructures for the construction of space systems and employs about 90 engineers and investigators, with matured experience in space programmes. Since its origins, the Company entered in the market with the activities of on board electronics and software and in the last years has reoriented its own objectives towards the systems activity, moving the own fields of interest.

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The Community of Ariane Cities (CVA) was formed on 17 July 1998. The CVA is a French "association" but with a European dimension, the aim of which is to contribute to the economic, cultural and educational development of those cities - and their citizens - which contribute directly or indirectly to European space transportation activities. The accredited members of the CVA are as follows:

Honorary member: The European Space Agency (ESA)

Municipal Aand urban community authorities:
Augsburg, Barcelona, Bordeaux-Metropole, Bremen, Charleroi, Colleferro, C.R.P.G. (*), Evry-Coucouronnes, Kourou, Les Mureaux, Liège, Mulhouse, Ottobrunn/Taufkirchen, Toulouse, Torino, Vernon, Zurich

(*) The Permanent Regional Conference of Guiana (CRPG) groups the
following Guianese authorities: Regional Council, General Council, and Cayenne, Iracoubo, Macouria, Mana, Matoury, Montsinery-Tonnegrande, Roura, Saint-Laurent and Sinnamary Municipal Autorities.

Institutions and companies:
Alcatel Alenia Space, Arianespace, EADS (Bremen), EADS (Ottobrunn),EGE, Forum Ariane Lampoldshausen, EADS Casa Espacio (Madrid),Snecma (Bordeaux), Clemessy, Snecma (Vernon), CNES,Contraves Space, Avio SPa, GTD, MT Aerospace AG, Techspace Aero

Consular body:
French Guiana Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Territorial Authorities, French Guiana Regional Council (*), French
Guiana General Council (*), General Council of the Department of
Essonne

The Association has its headquarters at Arianespace in Evry, but the General Delegation'premises are located in ESA (European Space Agency) in Paris. The CVA office staff is headed by the Secretary General, assisted by the CVA Coordinator.

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Rolls-Royce plc operates in four growth markets - civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine and energy. It is a global company investing in technology and capability that can be exploited in each of these sectors to create a competitive range of products. The success of these products is demonstrated by the company's rapid and substantial gains in market share over recent years. The investments in products, capability and infrastructure to gain this market position create high barriers to entry. Rolls-Royce has a broad customer base consisting of more than 500 airlines, 4,000 corporate and utility aircraft and helicopter operators, 160 armed forces and more than 2,000 marine customers, including 50 navies. The company has energy customers in nearly 120 countries.
It employs thousands of people worldwide. Most of the engines in service will have operational lives of 25 years or more, generating an assured aftermarket demand for the provision of spare parts and services.
During the Formation Workshop 2005 in Belgrade, the International Board and Rolls-Royce renewed the cooperation agreement for another year, giving Rolls-Royce the status of a supporting member of EUROAVIA. The support given is mainly technical and organizational. The company tries to be present at all main events on international level to give participants an overview about ongoing technical as well as HR developments. Also, there is a special email address at Rolls-Royce where EUROAVIA members can send their questions and remarks. This shows the great motivation Rolls-Royce puts in the collaboration.

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The von Karman Institute is a non-profit international educational and scientific organisation, hosting three departments (aeronautics and aerospace, environmental and applied fluid dynamics, and turbomachinery). It provides post-graduate education in fluid dynamics (the diploma course, doctoral program, lecture series) and encourages "training in research through research" . Created in 1956 following Theodore von Kármán's proposal, it is currently supported with subsidies from most of the member countries of NATO and with an income derived from contract research.

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International Space University gives you the opportunity to be trainned to the future leaders of the emerging global space community. Its Central Campus is in Strassbourg, France and has locations around the world. ISU offers you two programs, two-month Summer Session and one-year Master program which cover a unique Core Cirruculum covering all desciplines realted to space programs and enterprises e.g. space science, space engineering, systems engineering, space policy and law, business and management, and space and society. During 20 years of ISU programs(founded in 1987) more than 2500 studnets has graduated form 96 countries making an extremely effective network of space professionals and leaders that actively individual career growth, professionals activities and international space cooperation. The ISU starts cooperate with EUROAVIA from 2007.

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